I rode NJT/ConRail/Amtrak for years in the 70s/80s, from Princeton to north into NYC, and if anything stopped, the back-ups and delays were massive until they could get re-routing done. We’d usually just catch a southbound train and go home for the day.
Wow!
Other than being wounded and in the hospital(RVN), I have only missed three days of work. Ever!
I didn't always take the train, but when I did it was the early milk run, just after 5AM.
Get in early, relax, read the paper and have some coffee... before I have to function.
Seldom had a problem in the AM.
Coming home, you get used to it.
A train in front, stuck in the snow!!! This ain't Yellowstone! How does that happen? And they run every 20 min!!
That said, sometimes I would drive, I had a parking spot of my own, only walk about 50 ft!
Everyday was a near death experience, if something didn't fall off a truck and crush you or someone else, you could sit for no reason!!!
Worst day, a drug dealer sensing a trap, tossed a large pile of cash off the Cicero Ave bridge on to the expressway. Many ran to scoop some up! I was just out of downtown, out of the money.
I should have stayed downtown!