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Amtrak Metro-North

The 3 New Havens: West, Union and State

I think the title describes all of this update, finally completing most of the Shore Line East Route and another major NEC Station: New Haven-State St–(38 Photos) New Haven–(104 New Photos) West Haven–(69 Photos) Enjoy!

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NYC Subway Transit Adventures

A Quick Trip to Ardsley-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry, Getting the Lake Shore with PV

Today, a nice sunny fall day after a productive morning and early afternoon working I just had to get out of the house and go up the Hudson Line. The main thing I want to photograph was the Lake Shore Limited, something I’ve done countless of times but this time I was quite curious. The […]

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Amtrak Metro-North

Update: Every Stop on Shore Line East: Branford to New London

This is one of the larger updates I’ve written recently since it covers 7 stations with 100s of photographs. Here are all 7 intermediate stops from Branford east that is every stop on Shore Line East outside of New Haven: New London–(113 Photos) Old Saybrook–(55 Photos) Westbrook–(46 Photos) Clinton–(40 Photos)–including Beach Grove Passing Madison–(40 Photos) […]

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Amtrak

Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, Wallingford are here, Completing the intermediate stops of the Inland Route and Amtrak’s Shuttle

This update is pretty much the station’s I visited on my last trip on Wednesday with Hartford coming straight out of the archive from a visit in March I had never quite written. Hartford is a station I definitely need to revisit. Hartford, CT–(48 Photos) Berlin, CT–(43 Photos) Meriden, CT–(53 Photos) Wallingford, CT–(30 Photos) Enjoy!

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Transit Adventures

Visiting West Haven and an AGR Points Run on the Vermonter and Shuttle as far as Berlin

When I headed up to New Haven last August for my Long Day Wending my Way to Rhode Island trip the conductor on the local train from Fordham to Stamford didn’t punch my ticket so in Stamford I bought a new ticket from Stamford to New Haven for $6.75 and decided to save my full […]

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Chicago

Glenview and La Grange in Metra Territory

This is a bit of an unusual update but one I’m making to try and get all the Amtrak stations I can on the website. It is 3 stations in Metra territory, the Chicago Commuter Rail system that I’ve also written a rudimentary home page for: Glenview–(24 Photos) La Grange Road–(60 Photos) Stone Avenue–(51 Photos) […]

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Amtrak

Amsterdam (Station Closed) and Utica-Union Station

I’m still figuring out how I want to write up the Adirondack Scenic Railway for the website, so until then I have made the pages for the new Amtrak Stations I visited; Amsterdam, NY–(45 Photos) Utica, NY–(130 Photos) Enjoy!

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Transit Adventures

An Hour Late ES Train #284 Points Run From Yonkers Breaking Down Upon Arrival into NYP, Missing the Newark Leg (and getting the $12.13 refunded instead of waiting)

Yesterday I road 4 segments, technically only using 3 of the multi-city segments out of four that Amtrak’s website has. The reason is that the Lake Shore skips Hudson and Rhinecliff so it offers a directly ticketed connection to train 244 that I rode the 1 stop. With my remaining segment I decided to be […]

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Transit Adventures

A Stormy: SYR-UCA-(ALB)-HUD-YNY aboard 2 On Time Empire Service Trains & the Lake Shore Limited to Hudson, NY ending on The 2 hour late Adirondack due to Downed Trees and Signals

For my trip home from Syracuse, I want to make a second photo essay visit to Utica and maximize AGR point.With another weekend trip (by car) over Columbus Day Weekend, I realize a second day-trip down to Philly on Wednesday (I work Tuesday and Thursday) will be way too much for me. With the Lake […]

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Transit Adventures

To Syracuse with a stopover in Amsterdam on the Maple Leaf and Empire Service

I want to be early down to Penn Station so I can have a little bit of time in ClubAcela and I also know that the Maple Leaf is a train that boards 15-20 minutes early. I leave the house at 6:05, just miss the A train and am getting off the subway at Penn […]