The 5:55 UNexpress to L.B.

If you have taken the 5:55 in the last few months, you know how obnoxiously slow the train is. This train is an express from Penn with first stop Lynbrook but consistently goes 15 mph give or take. One can often see local trains overtaking us on the other tracks even though we are supposed to go as fast if not faster then them. After all, we are and express train. At one point, I was even on a 5:55 that just stopped at Jamaica and let passengers on and off because our train was going so slow that once the stop signal was given, they just opened the doors.

After Jamaica, things tend to speed up a bit.....

But once we hit Locust Manor, we're back to the same old snail speeds again. 

It is a dream of mine that one day, the 5:55 will actually go express speeds. Until then, we can only hope.