wlk (09/22/82)
Recently, as I was driving home through Madison, NJ, I listened to the sound of the "diesel" engine that was pulling the train out of the Madison station. The train was the 4:40 out of Hoboken, I believe (since it was PM, the engine was pulling rather than pushing). I noticed that the engine made a whining noise rather than the chugging that I normally hear. Are they using turbines these days? The weekend trains still chug, so maybe they are running a mixture of whiners and chuggers. Of course, the non-chugging, non-whining, antique brown (usually) trolleys still carry the bulk of the commuters and their WSJ's. Can anyone set me straight?