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How many transit trains get stopped by bears?

Never a dull moment on New Jersey Transit!

http://www.nj.com/news/2020/10/70-pound-bear-cub-at-train-station-delayed-nj-transit-rail-service.html

For a few more laughs, click on the story about the guy who drove his car under the platform and onto the tracks.

And guess what? NJ Transit’s veteran F40’s are back in service! Saw them myself last week. Here’s a vid. Full disclosure, not shot by me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzT6fxrcDRI

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Not many, but in my CERA book about the origins of the “L”, a short vignette is included about cajoling a draft horse that escaped from the ice house off the North Side line’s right-of-way.