Accidents
Boy Falls Into Gap At Peekskill Station
This past Friday, a young boy fell into the gap at the Metro-North’s Peeksill station. Here is more from the Associated Press:
A Metro-North Railroad spokesman says a boy has fallen into a gap between a train and platform in Westchester County, but the child was quickly pulled out unhurt.
Railroad spokesman Dan Brucker says the boy’s [...]
LIRR Derailment Just West Of The Jamaica Station
In the previous entry I mentioned how I was having a telephone conversation with my sister. During this conversation, she asked if I had heard & subsequently blogged about the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) derailment that occurred west of the Jamaica station. I told her I did not so I decided to hit the [...]
LIRR Statement On Today’s Accident
I apologize for not posting this sooner but I was tied up. Anyhow, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) issued a statement via e-mail on this morning’s minor accident where 2 trains bumped west of the Jamaica station:
The MTA Long Island Rail Road is expecting normal evening rush hour service.
At 7:30 am today, a [...]
4 Commuters Hurt In Minor LIRR Accident
Earlier this morning, my sister sent me a text message saying she was stuck on her LIRR train due to an accident. I did not notice the text message until sometime later but decided to poke around to find out what happened. As it turns out, local media outlets had the story. The cause for [...]
Sharp Eyed Motorman Saves The Day
There are many thankless jobs in NYC that do not get the recognition they deserve. One of those jobs happens to be a motorman for the MTA’s NYC Subway. The job is held my thousands who have thousands of lives in their hand every single day with the sole purpose of getting them from “Point [...]
Man Dies After Motorcycle Hits A MTA Bus
A few days ago, Newsday featured a brief story about a man who died after his motorcycle crashed into a MTA bus. Here is that brief story courtesy of Newsday:
NEW YORK - One man is dead after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a New York City bus.
Police say 43-year-old Derrick Walker [...]
7 Train Service Disruption
I received an e-mail from my sister this morning alerting me to a 7 train service disruption. I was not around to post an entry about it but I’ll bring it up anyhow. The service disruption was the result of two trains bumping into each other as they were leaving Corona Yard on their way [...]
LIRR Gap Issue Rears Its Ugly Head Again
The station gap issue that has been tormenting the Long Island Rail Road for almost 2 years now once again rears its ugly head. I had just finished talking about them in the previous entry especially relating to big gaps that I’ve seen. I had linked to an older entry I made about the huge [...]
