by Joe Aiello | Northeast Field Coordinator New York had the “Summer of Hell” in 2017 when Amtrak needed to make necessary repairs to Penn Station tracks and signals. Commuter rail and subway cancellations, reroutes, and delays were in order and public transportation in and out of Manhattan suffered for months. We made it through. 2018 brought us “Summer of Hell II” when the Amtrak continued their work at Penn Station. This time, it was the Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Adirondack and Maple Leaf trains were rerouted from New York Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal - while the Lake Shore Limited only ran from Boston to Chicago for the summer. We all survived. The looming “L Train Apocalypse” had everyone in NYC in full crisis mode, until Governor Cuomo gave a last minute reprieve to a full shutdown - instead pushing for modern technology to help with the work, limiting the service halts to nights and weekends. Something tells me that we will survive this too. Continue reading...
