A water main break near the Hempstead Gardens station caused the suspension of service on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead branch this morning --...
... Well obviously the reporter should know this or at least, obviously the copy editor should pick this up and correct it. Anyway, this is how disputes like...
Lemme get this straight... MNRR people are paid less, yet the service is better. LIRR people are paid more, and the service is horrible. Is it a difference in...
Service is suspended on the West Hempstead branch because of a water main break in the vicinity of the Hempstead Gardens station. Thank God I can work from...
In a message dated 1/31/2007 9:52:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, yomf@... writes: Obviously the writer meant the MTA... Obviously the writer should have...
Water main break causes problems for LIRR Service suspended on W. Hempstead branch btn. Valley Stream and W. Hempstead; 10 to 15 minute delays between Jamaica...
The water main breaking is obviously not the fault of the LIRR, but how it is handled and responded to IS the fault of the LIRR. Nearly every time this type of...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 8:06:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, william_f_joseph@... writes: Rail road officials said they did not know how many trains...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 8:48:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, phil_yanks@... writes: Is it a difference in management, a difference in mentality and ...
Going west, there was the 5:37, 6:53, 7:17, and 8:30 "rush" trains that were affected. There's also about 3-4 trains (I think) coming east during that time. ...
People (in general) love to narrow things down to just one thing - it is easier to think about that way. The differences between MNRR and LIRR are ALL of the...
Just for clarification, no, I do not blame the railroad for this incident. While sometimes aggravation gets the better of all of us, I really try not to blame...
It was a death blow to me. If I wasn't lucky and could not work from home, I would have taken the bus (N31 or N32) to Hempstead and take the train to the city...
Metro-North Testing New Armrests NEW YORK (AP) -- Metro North Railroad has unveiled new pants friendly armrests on two M7 cars. The old armrests have been...
Wouldn't it just be cheaper to pay for people's ripped clothing? I would think by far. ... http://wcbs880.com/pages/194310.php?contentType=4&contentId=299721...
Wouldn't it just be cheaper to pay for people's ripped clothing? I would think by far. ... http://wcbs880.com/pages/194310.php?contentType=4&contentId=299721...
Actually, this may be one instance where the RR is doing the right thing, even if it's not the cheapest. Wouldn't you rather NOT have to submit a claim for...
Better pay doesn't make for a better product at all. Look at teachers! <ducking> Seriously, though, the more I learn about Metro-North, the more that I see ...
I believe that replacing the armrests is the right thing to do. It will, eventually, be cheaper (it may take years). Also it is only a matter of time until...
There is another article on this (I think it's in the NY Times) where they name the cars (4001/4002) and the note that it is going to cost approximately $5,000...
my trusy internet weather sites, weather.com,accu-weather.com,the national weather service,and metro-weather are all calling for the same 1-3 inches of...
So if something is designed wrong (or with a problem) it should just be accepted and not fixed? Hey, there's a pothole in the street, it broke my front wheel,...
While an interesting take on things from a passive-aggressive viewpoint, I suspect that most people would like to get to work with their clothing in one piece,...
Back in my Waldbaum's days, every once in a while, the unthinkable would occur. Someone would show up to pick up a sheet cake that they had preordered, and we...
There's a difference between 1 pothole on your block and 20,000 potholes all across suffolk county. It was a bad design, and they're going to fix it....
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