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One Man's Story Of His Life On (And Off) The Rails

Saturday, July 19, 2008

How I roll-The week in review

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Monday, July 14: Today is the day I start my relationship with TIM (not that there's anything wrong with that). TIM is not a person, but...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Miss July

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Miss Late Night train, July 2008: Favorite activities: Partying! Partying! and Partying! Guilty Pleasures: Little black dresses. Stiletto ...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

The Week in Review

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Monday, July 7: Train 1388 - I'm alarmed because my engineer dumped the train (put emergency brake on) just west of Larchmont Station. ...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Connecticut Magazine, May 2008

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In case you missed it, here's an article that ran on the last page of Connecticut Magazine's May issue: http://www.zwire.com/site/ne...
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

Conductor's Log: 07/06/08

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0100 hrs : While boarding the train in Grand Central, conductor (me) observes a severely inebriated male passenger trot toward the train. He...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

A shocking coincidence!

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Last night, after collecting our tickets, a coworker and I sat down and began chatting. Somehow the conversation veered toward Dr. Josef Men...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

A word from Dan

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Hello everybody, I would like to thank everyone who voted for my entry in Animation Magazine's 7th Annual Pitch Party Contest. Although ...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Vote for Dan...and Rocket!

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While growing up, my older brothers teased and harassed me mercilessly, so I felt it only right that I pass these torture methods on to my n...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

"It was a dark and stormy night"

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Last night we had a severe thunderstorm and we lost our power. Just as the lights went out, our younger daughter called home from a friend...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Palindrome

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In my college years, I worked part time at Sears in Orange, CT in the paint department. One day, while filling in at the candy counter, Sall...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Reality TV Plott

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This lovely young lady got on my train last night in Stamford. She was carrying a boquet of six helium balloons. I wished her a happy birth...
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Monday, June 02, 2008

What about Bob?

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Folks, I must say... I'm a little hurt. As most of you know, Monday, May 26th, was " Bob Day "(a day to celebrate the ultimate...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

The New M-8's

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The good folks over at "Stationstops.com" (see link at right) have produced a great video on the new, New Haven Line M-8 prototype...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Innovations on the 6:12

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I have to give the passengers on the 6:12 PM train to Bridgeport a lot of credit; they're an innovative lot. Take these two fellows for ...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

A day at Yankee Stadium with my family...Priceless

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Today my wife and I took our daughters to the Bronx for their first New York Yankees' game. Recently, I'd been given two free ticket...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

In a New York Minute

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WARNING: This post contains subject matter that some might find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. In a New York Minute By Don Henley...
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One of the perks of being a conductor is...

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Last night I had a group of 24 Fairfield University co-eds on my train; one more beautiful than the next. They were posing for photos and I...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

The star to the conductors?

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It must be "Topsy Turvy Day." My union secretary just sent me a link to a blog where a celebrity writes about his experience with ...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

AN INTERESTING HISTORY LESSON

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Jamie, a friend and coworker, always sends me the most interesting emails. Here's an abbreviated version of the latest one: The US stand...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Physics 101

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This afternoon an elderly, white haired passenger stopped me and asked a question. "Conductor, what do you call the guy who drives the ...
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Bobby
Connecticut, United States
I was raised the youngest of nine children in an Irish-American-Catholic family. After finishing college I took a job as a railroad conductor until a real job came along. That was 33 years ago. I've been married for 30 yrs to my beautiful wife and we're raising two incredible daughters.
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