Editor:
For well over a century, when huge snowstorms or other weather-related disturbances hit, the train networks around NYC still operated. Sure, there were delays — sometimes lengthy — and scheduled trains might be cancelled or “combined.” But if you hung around the station and had a few more drinks while waiting, eventually you might find your way crammed into a train home, or further away, on AMtrak or its pre-1970’s predecessors. ANy of us who have commuted from GCT on the New Haven Line for years have probably had that kind of thing happen. But we got home.
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