Some of you might have been as baffled reading the title of this entry as I was when I wrote it, but yes, New Jersey Transit has actually done something positive. Generally my posts about New Jersey Transit have to do with them “biting the dust,” however for once I am actually going to commend them.

Yesterday a Nor Easter came into town and dumped absolutely torrential rain everywhere. I don’t have an exact figure, but last night on the news they were reporting 6.74 inches at Central Park, so I’m guessing by this morning that total was easily over 7 inches. Yes, 7 inches of rain in a little over 24 hours. It goes without saying that this amount of rain can certainly wreak havoc on any public transportation system.

To my surprise, however, the amount of delays on New Jersey Transit this morning were pretty minimal. The trains were operating only slightly behind schedule (save one line that was shut down due to massive flooding). I didn’t truly appreciate the train service this morning until I arrived in Hoboken and saw that all of the tracks throughout the entire station were flooded. None of the trains were able to pull completely into the station because all of the tracks were underwater.

So even though the rail system was one you’d expect to see at Atlantis, New Jersey Transit held their own and managed to get people to work today with very little delay. Here is a picture of the flooding at Hoboken (pardon the blurriness, I was on the move while snapping this shot):