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A 'Legendary' ride: Taking the Ichabod Crane train to Headless Horseman country

A 'Legendary' ride: Taking the Ichabod Crane train to Headless Horseman country

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Apr 18, 2012
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A 'Legendary' ride: Taking the Ichabod Crane train to Headless Horseman country
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One thing I love about old Metro-North trains is the romantic names bestowed to a good number of the aging beasts. One of my favorites? The “Ichabod Crane." 

There’s something very cool about the idea of riding the "Ichabod Crane” to, say, Tarrytown, the hometown of Washington Irving, who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and brought the Crane characte…

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