Live blogging from the train (2)
I am on my way to write a series of blogs from the train. A horribly hot/humid day which beats hands down all horrible weather I have witnessed in NJ/NYC in the recent years triggered power shortages which affected computers and trains alike. According to the conductor of the train that I am riding just now, no train moves between Philly and NYC. I shall be stuck somewhere midway along with some other hundreds of late commuters. NJtransit.com confirms that, Amtrak.com does not publish such information about the lines they own and operate.
Later edit: Only 40 minutes delay! That’s almost normal business. 
Even later: The other Newark - New York City train, the PATH, just announced 20 minutes delays, after cancelling its other line for the whole day. With the whole 4 dollars a gas gallon fuss keeping leisure drivers away from the wheel, it will soon be faster to drive into Manhattan.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:09
This is another shattered ‘over the ocean heaven-living myth’, for me, of course. I thought that only Pl-Buc / Buc-Pl trains can have 45 minutes delay, when all they need is 45 min to reach from one place to the other.
The difference is that I speak about 59 kilometers distance, which is absolutely /cool/.
June 16th, 2008 at 0:11
Part of the explanation here, in the US, has to be the extreme weather: the rainfall per 24 hours was broken this week and I think the maximum temperature came very close too (that is 36 Celsius, not much by Bucharest standards). There’s also a repair going on for some kilometers on one of the four tracks. Still, this should increase the esteem for Belgium, which didn’t have a government for a year, but where trains still ran on time.