This morning I have an early morning appointment that was done before 9am. Although rain is in the forecast I decide I might as well try my next transit adventure. The goal is getting some of the rare diesel trains running on the Gladstone Branch that normally uses Arrow IIIs but are running diesels (except […]
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Upload: Hoboken Terminal is Here!
Hoboken Terminal is the first historic and major NYC Rail Terminal that I’ve actually managed to make complete enough for my website! It has three different sections for the three different Commuter, Heavy, and Light Rail modes that all stop at the station: 1907 Lackawanna Terminal–(rebuilt with 94 new photos!) — NJT Commuter rail &mash; […]
Well in this update I present the final 3 PATH intermediate stops that aren’t part of larger train station complexes that I’m still working on. 14th Street and 23rd Street were on over a year ago to complement the two IND Subway stations there integrated with. Newport–(rebuilt with 37 new photos) Christopher Street–(13 Photos) 9th […]
This afternoon I deceided it was time to finally leave the neighborhood and go on a little transit adventure down the Jersey side of the Hudson River waterfront. The main excuse for the trip was to finally get more photos and more importantly my descriptions of the Pavonia-Newport (excuse me just Newport) and Hoboken PATH […]
One tiny transit system in New York City, I’ve neglected for far too long is PATH, the Port Authority Trans Hudson. It’s one of the oldest transit lines in operation based around two sets of 100 year old tubes beneath the Hudson River. What’s more amazing, except for station rebuildings, and the realignment of trains […]
Well, Yes I have FrontRunner South that I’m working on from my last week trip to Utah but at the moment I’m trying to get back to my routes and finally get some of New York’s larger transit hubs onto my website and make the New York Flagship section much more complete. In this Update […]
The trip home on a JetBlue red eye 3 buses, TRAX, and the A train, began after a nice final day of skiing Alta. I headed back to our lodge, the Peruvian, and had a quick shower before a night of overnight travel. The trip home began with me and my Dad having a icy […]
Today was my one full day in Salt Lake City. I spent it rail fanning the new FrontRunner South extension who’s service is luckily fully interlined with FrontRunner north. The day though was rippled with delays from waiting to meet late trains going the other direction on the numerous passing sidings. This is somewhat expected […]
After a nice day in Denver visiting friends and only taking RTD once, the 16th Street Free Mall Ride its time to continue my trip with my day on the California Zephyr from Denver to Salt Lake City, a route I’ve only done eastbound arriving in Denver after dark. I get to the station at […]
Today is the Centennial of Grand Central Station. I am a distant Vanderbuilt discendent and was trying to become part of the one descendent that was honored during the main dignitaries ceremony but that fell through. I still though had to stop by Grand Central today and have lunch for 20 cents through throughback to […]