I figure of the cool parts of being a Metro-North Conductor (besides the pimp hat) is that you get to see most of the riders on the train up close while collecting tickets (hm, now that I read that, probably not always so cool).
It is ALWAYS cool, however, when the rider is a cute celebrity [...]

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This post is cathartic.
First some background. My apologies if you’ve heard this one before.
Sometime last year, I got hammered and passed out on the last train out of Grand Central as soon as I took my seat. Next thing I knew (an hour later), the conductor was yelling my station name loudly in my ear.
I [...]

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OK, first I want to apologize that I have never heard of the town of Southeast, NY.
Actually, maybe I have heard of this town. For all I know, I have heard of it many times. How would I even know? Because the name of the town is freaking ‘Southeast’!!!
I want to take this opportunity to [...]

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The relationship between MTA and photographers officially came to an outrageous head this weekend when two television reporters from WFSB were arrested for being in an ‘employees-only’ area of the New Haven Train station by MTA police.
According to Dan Brucker, MTA spokesman, MTA police asked him how to proceed when they noticed the crew shooting [...]

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Update: In answer to some emails, the video was created with a Canon HG10 HD Digital Camcorder, a Canon SD870IS for the stills, edited with Pinnacle Studio 11 on Windows Vista Ultimate. A Shure SM57 Microphone was used for the voiceover narration, connected to the PC via Creative Labs X-Fi .

The embedded version [...]

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You would figure that, running a Metro-North blog, I would be on top of a story about the new M-8 car prototype being unveiled at Union station today, but truth be told I had NO CLUE.
And as far as I can tell, not many other news organizations knew either.
I looked on Governor Rell’s site - [...]

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Metro-North is encouraging you to ditch work early Friday and get the hell out of Dodge to beat the Memorial Day rush this weekend.
Also please remember that on Memorial Day (Monday, May 26) Metro-North will operate a Holiday Schedule.
Use the MTA Schedule Form for accurate Friday and Monday changes!!
From MTA:
To help get your Memorial Day [...]

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