Instead of getting to work at 8:45, like I usually do, I got to work at 10am. Why? Three very simple reasons, signal issues, cancelled train, and a minor accident at Jamaica. I’ve got no idea what the signal issue did, it might have actually caused the accident. But the cancelled train caused me to …
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The LIRR
And another reason why I want to move off Long Island and to New Jersey: the LIRR only has one tunnel going east and one tunnel going west out of Penn Station. So if a train breaks down in the tunnel, everything behind it gets messed up. Apparently there was a broken train earlier this …
Great Weekend
This was a great weekend, unfortunately not a lot of sleep but lots of fun. Friday evening after work, my co-workers and I did a little bit of yoga. This was the first time I have ever done yoga, and the exercises destroyed me by the end of the hour and half. I was dead …
A First for the LIRR
I guess there is a first for everything. In all the time I have been taking the Long Island Rail Road, we have never been stopped at a station because we are ahead of schedule. But that’s exactly what happened last night. Apparently the train was going fast enough that we waited an extra three …