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As luck would have it, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have stories today one how mass-transit trains seem to have benefited from last week’s elections. The Times says the streetcar, which America invented but Europe … Continue reading →

Tonight’s headliner at Madison Square Garden is none other than those whiskey-swilling, schoolboy-uniform wearing louts from AC/DC. As you may have heard on the radio, AC/DC has a new album out, and the first single would warm the heart of … Continue reading →

I got out of the train at Valhalla station, looking for the Ryder Cup. Couldn’t find it anywhere. [image: Yanks Ben Curtis and Steve Stricker at Valhalla Golf Club, compliments of NY Times]

I was hustling out of a conference at the Grand Hyatt around 3:15 yesterday, having just watched a Major Media Mogul say business is just dandy amidst the crumbling financial institutions around us. It seemed a small crowd had gathered … Continue reading →

I have almost no control over the ads you see at the top of the page. Yes, I signed up for the program, called Google Adsense, and on a good day, what I and JerseyJim and Foot It guy Tim … Continue reading →

A young couple sat on facing folding chairs on the 6:33 last night. She was a pretty woman with dark hair and skin, perhaps Indian, around 30. He was a typical white guy–beige oxford shirt, black slacks, black size 12 … Continue reading →

It appears Dr. Seuss enjoyed the T on a recent trip to Boston. The Mystery Train The Mystery Train is a train of excitement, With windows so clouded that you cannot see Which station you’re passing – or IF there’s … Continue reading →

You scored this sweet townhouse in Red Hook, within crawling distance of the Liberty Heights Tap Room. The only downside is that nasty-ass commute to lower Manhattan–the long walk past the projects to the F train. Then along comes Ikea, … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal has a delightful page 1 story on the Children’s Railway in Bulgaria Budapest, a holdover from the days of Stalin when elite children were sent to run a fully functional railroad. Orsi Morzsik punches tickets of passengers boarding … Continue reading →

As TJ gets a dreadful sunburn up in Cape Cod next week, Trainjotting will be in the very capable hands of journalist/novelist/memoirist/chiropodist/screenwriter/copywriter/EasyRider Tim Coleman. Tim has a Weegee-esque knack for stumbling upon curious and dubious happenings around Gotham, and a … Continue reading →