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Amtrak

Burlington and the Piedmond Triad NC Amtrak Stations

I’ve been working on the website quite a bit lately, just haven’t had anything substantial to update. Here are the next three stations in North Carolina from my Amtrak trip there in July. Burlington, NC–(65 Photos) Greensboro, NC–(86 Photos) High Point, NC–(72 Photos) Enjoy! There should be more soon.

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Amtrak Boston Transit Adventures

The Needham MBTA Commuter Rail Line to Acela Express First Class – The Final 231 miles in 3 hours 35 minutes

This post is the second half of 433 Miles on 3 Coastal Trains Home From Rockland, Maine To get home the final jaunt down the coast from Boston, the 12:10pm Acela in First Class at the low-bucket $109 price is too tempting to pass up with 4 First Class upgrade coupons I might as well use […]

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Amtrak Boston Transit Adventures

By Slow Train 202 miles in just over 6 hours – from Rockland, Maine to Boston: the Maine Eastern Railroad to the Downeaster

This post is part 1 of 2 of 433 Miles on 3 Coastal Trains Home From Rockland, Maine We leave our house at about 10:10, so I can drive the first 48 miles down Route 1 to Searsport to start my long coastal journey. As we near Searsport we we pass a railroad track and […]

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Boston Transit Adventures

Driving to Maine via Machester by the Sea – Tomorrow I return via Rail from Rockland, Maine

Greetings from my extended family’s house in Downeast Maine, on the mainland near Acadia National Park. I’m here because I drove my Brooklyn grandmother up from New York and we stopped to visit my Great Uncle in Manchester by the Sea–(43 Photos) where I did a photo essay of the commuter rail station. Yes I […]