After years of complaining to my friends on Facebook about my experiences on the LIRR, it was suggested to me by Dina Santorelli that I create a blog.
I am quite sure the inspiration for her suggestion came from her no longer caring whether or not the 6:53am was stuck in Cold Spring Harbor due to a broken rail, but after thinking about it for half a day I decided she was correct.
First and foremost this blog will be for those other folks who stand on those cold, dark cement platforms every morning, hugging their cup of coffee and simply hoping that their train will arrive on time, and more importantly that it will still be functioning in the evening when they try to get home. This blog will extend to my brother and sister commuters on N.J. Transit and Metro-North. We are all in the same boat, in a manner of speaking, so I think most of my musings will translate.
I'll start this off with a little background on myself and where I intend to take this blog.
I've been commuting on the Port Jefferson line out of Northport since late 1999. Over my 14 years on the LIRR I have been through a lot, numerous fare hikes, long and short-term service disruptions, leaves on the tracks and whatever else the good people at the Metropolitian Transporation Authority can throw at me. However, I don't want this blog to be nothing but a laundry list of my daily complaints. While I could certainly fill pages with such blatherings that would soon become tedious and frankly I would not be telling a fellow commuter anything he or she already did not know.
Instead I'll try and tell short stories about what I see both in and outside the train that has always either caught my eye or made me curious. In addition, I will lean a bit on my journalism training and try and find out a few answers to my questions.
So barring any track congestion here we go.
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