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Metro-North's blogging conductor spots the stars, regales riders

Robert McDonough, a conductor for Metro-North Railroad, leans

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Robert McDonough, a conductor for Metro-North Railroad, leans out of the window of his New Haven-line train at Grand Central Station in Manhattan. (Jan. 2, 2013)

Shirley MacLaine. Andy Rooney. Whoopi Goldberg. Ron Howard. Bill Clinton.

They've all made it onto Metro-North conductor Bob McDonough's blog of his chance encounters on the railroad with the famous and the not-so.

A 27-year veteran of the railroad, McDonough, 50, recalled watching actor Christopher Reeve, who portrayed Clark Kent in the screen version of "Superman," rushing...

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