A sheep went on the lamb and wandered onto the Metro-North’s tracks Wednesday morning in Sleepy Hollow, the MTA said.
The adventurous animal ventured onto the Hudson Line tracks north of the Philipse Manor station at 11:10 a.m. after it escaped from a nearby private gate.
Metro-North track maintainers safely shooed it back to where it escaped — and then shut the open gate.
Trains went through the area slowly until engineers got the all-clear shortly after 11:30 a.m.
The sheep’s picture was posted on Facebook by a surprised rider, and then got picked up on Twitter by the user @mtaHarlemLine.
“Railroad tracks are dangerous for people and animals alike,” said MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg. “So we’re glad Metro-North employees were able to get this little lamb to safety.”
Bizarrely, there was a New York State Sheep and Wool Family Festival at the Dutch County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck over the weekend that Metro-North promoted, Gothamist first reported.
But it’s 65 miles away from the station — a long trek for a sheep.
The festival showed off local sheep, llamas, and alpacas, as well as sheepdogs.
In April, also on the Hudson Line, an a feisty pup took on a 400-ton train and darted in front of it from Mott Haven Junction to the 125th Street station.
Two MTA cops and a Metro-North worker rescued the collie mix from the tracks.
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