Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • From Florida on Valentine’s Day

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    Webweaver

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    Member Gary Kazin, a “snowbird” who winters in Florida and is an avid cyclist, sent in this report from his travels this past Valentine’s Day: We’re in Kissimmee, Florida, an appropriate destination for Valentine’s Day weekend, for the Florida Folk Dance Council’s Winter Camp, which started Friday evening and ends at noon Monday.  Eat (too…

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  • Coalition Statement About NJT’s Handling of Winter Storm Juno

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    David Peter Alan

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    Everyone feared the recent snowstorm, which New York Mayor DiBlasio predicted would be “historic” in its effect. The actual storm did not reach that level of intensity or devastation in New Jersey or New York City, but it is shaping up to be one of the worst winter storms of all time in New England…

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  • January Meeting Postponed

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    David Peter Alan

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    The weather reports have gotten worse throughout the day, so the meeting originally scheduled for tomorrow evening has been postponed. The new meeting date will be Thursday, February 5th.  We plan to meet at the regular time and place, 7:00 at Millburn Town Hall.  If the conference room where we normally meet is not available, we will inform…

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  • NJT Web Site Disappoints During Storm

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    John Bobsin

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    As an “Alberta Clipper” snowstorm blanketed New Jersey on Tuesday, January 21, transit riders rushed to NJ Transit’s website to ascertain whether their trains were running—but for more than 3 hours in the middle of the storm, the website was largely unavailable, according to reporting in The Record newspaper by Karen Rouse (January 22).  At…

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  • 1000 Stranded by Downed Wire

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    John Bobsin

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    On the coldest night of the year, 1000 riders on a packed rush-hour NJ Transit train from New York to New Brunswick got no farther than a little beyond Newark on Tuesday evening, January 7, after an overhead wire fell on the train.  Heat and main lighting immediately failed, and the train sat from 6:15 p.m.…

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  • Gladstone Service Returns Aug. 25 after Storm Disruption

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    John Bobsin

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    Less than 10 months after Hurricane Sandy devastated NJ Transit’s rail operations, the railroad received a sharp reminder of the power of nature on Thursday, August 22, as intense local storms struck northern Somerset County and wiped out the roadbed on the line’s Gladstone Branch in multiple places, disrupting train service for days.  Local weather…

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  • Flood-Proof Yards Make Progress

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    John Bobsin

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    After Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, NJ Transit belatedly realized that not all of its storage yards for rail equipment are storm-safe, after storm-surge waters flooded yards in Hoboken and the Jersey Meadows and damaged many cars and locomotives in the NJT fleet.  In response to the disaster, the railroad decided to invest in additional…

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  • NJT Analogizes Weather Emergencies to Terrorism When It Comes to Preparedness

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    David Peter Alan

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    New Jersey Transit management has refused to disclose information regarding its plans for hurricane preparedness, telling the Lackawanna Coalition that storm preparations are considered part of an “All Hazard Planning Process” that includes planning concerning “terrorism issues”.  The Coalition had requested a copy of NJT’s plan to deal with severe storms, in light of the…

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  • NJT Executive Director Blames Sandy Indirectly for Service Outage during Snowstorm

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    Donald Winship

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    NJT Executive Director James W. Weinstein indirectly blamed the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy for a shutdown of rail service on the Morris & Essex, Montclair-Boonton, and Gladstone Lines during the snowstorm on Friday and Saturday, February 8th and 9th.  He said that, with the Mason Substation out of service and only a substation in Summit…

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  • M&E, Montclair Restored after Storm

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    John Bobsin

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     Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton lines are scheduled to restore service at noon, Saturday, Feb. 9; service had been suspended at 8 p.m. on Friday during  the snowstorm.  NJT attributed this action to the vulnerability of those lines to tree damage, citing the experience of Superstorm Sandy in October (which has resulted in continuing reduction…

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