Next 2 days it’s supposed to be about 103 here in sunny NY/NJ. I’m confident there will be issues with the trains as a result. Who agrees/disagrees?

I sent this to NJTransit. I’ll let you know what they tell me.
I seem to keep revisiting this question and this time, I’d like to hear about the official policy aboard NJ Transit trains. This morning, train service leaving Jersey Avenue - according to njtransit.com - had some minor delays. I arrived at about 7:30 […]

I need your input. As a Trainman, I have to deal with all sorts, but my interest is in how you feel about people who scam rides by using fake monthlys. Last week I busted a very nice and cute young lady using a fake monthly. In fact, she had four months worth of fake […]

I seriously think that NJT hates the Pascack Valley Line (PVL).
My regular round trip trains for years (1612 and 1631) consisted of 6 cars that were always moderately full. Sometime in early 2005, both of these trains were converted to 5 car trains and since then I have seen ridership go thru the roof with […]

I am so FURIOUS right now.
I got on the 166 bus into Manhattan at 67th and Blvd East in West New York, NJ. After paying 2.30 in cash I noticed there were no seats on the bus. (The bus driver knew this because there were a few people already standing in the back.)
So she obviously […]

Forget about Fridays, how about Tuesdays? The Portal Bridge is open. All trains out of NYPS are delayed at least 45 minutes. Thanks Amtrak!!!

What the (Transit)Hell is it about Fridays that makes the commute home just that little bit more of a bitch? Is it that the ‘workers’ don’t have Saturday off so they like to screw with those of us who do?
For a start, the usually-(comparatively)reliable PATH trains are guaranteed to be running two minutes skewed from […]

All of my days are starting to blend into each other, but if my mind serves me correctly, this happened yesterday.
I was working on the Main Line so I only overheard bits and pieces of conversations on the radio.
A conductor calls the M&E train dispatcher requesting EMS at Mountain Station for an unconcious passenger. When […]

Irene, you’re famous!!
Transit planning, like baseball, is sometimes a game of inches
Thursday, July 13, 2006
By JOHN CICHOWSKI
ROAD WARRIOR
Imagine buying an expensive new car, pressing the garage remote and watching in horror as the door rolls down on your highly polished rear bumper.
Bummer! Few humiliations compare with the sinking feeling that comes from realizing you measured […]

What’s the over/under on this heat causing power problems on the North East Corridor this week?