Archive for January, 2008
LIRR Prepares For Possible Amtrak Strike
Earlier this month, Newsday had a piece about The Long Island Rail Road preparing for a possible Amtrak strike. Unfortunately at this time the strike is still a strong possibility. Anyhow here is the article courtesy of Newsday: The Long Island Rail Road is working on contingency plans in case of a strike by Amtrak […]
Some People Never Learn……
So it is time to go on a tear & catch up with all the transit news from the last few weeks. Lets start with the accident that briefly shut down service on the New Canaan Branch on New Year’s Eve. A Metro-North train clipped a van at a crossing shortly after 9 a.m. Here […]
Guitar Center: The Bad
3 days ago, I finally got around to writing about my trip to the Guitar Center in Queens. Now I must share the other half of the story from a completely different day. Based on the title you can just tell how it went however you may continue reading on. 6 days after I first […]
Guitar Center: The Good
I admit I was one of the millions who waited until the last minute to do Christmas shopping. I actually finished my shopping during the evening on Christmas Eve. However the day before Christmas Eve, I headed to Guitar Center to get a gift for my dad. I was getting him a combo amplifier that […]
5 Train Service Alert (Updated 1:43 pm)
The MTA has a service alert posted about delays on Bowling Green bound service due to a smoke condition at the Gun Hill Road station. However there is some breaking news that is related to 5 train service but not due to the posted smoke condition. There is no service on the between East 180th […]
