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Amtrak California

Capital Corridor: Rocklin, Roseville, Auburn

I don’t like stub-end updates but I’m still figuring out how I’m going to go about the pages for Davis and Sacramento and thought I might as well add the other Capital Corridor Stations on the Rush Hours only extension to Auburn: Auburn, CA–(40 Photos) Rocklin, CA–(31 Photos) Roseville, CA–(88 Photos), including the adjacent UP […]

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Long Island Rail Road NYC Subway Transit Adventures

Riding the LIRR from West Hempstead to Long Beach via A,F Subway and N6 and N33 Buses – Plus the S Relaying at Howard Beach

When I photographed the section for the LIRR’s West Hempstead Branch I got off at the first stop, Westwood and walked/took buses to the rest of the stations on the branch. I’ve kept meaning to actually ride the West Hempstead Branch (it, the Greenport Branch beyond Mattituck, and the Port Jefferson Branch between Port Jeff […]

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Amtrak California

New Amtrak Capital Corridor Stations: Berkelely, Richmond, Martinez, Suisun

If my update yesterday didn’t already make clear, I think this update is an obvious one to come next, four more stops on the Capital Corridor, and finally finishing the entire San Joaquin except Sacramento. These stops all have interesting opening histories has well, when Amtrak began the Coast Starlight and City of San Francisco […]

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Amtrak California

Upload: Hayward, and the Two Oakland Amtrak Stations

I’ve decided to again dive into the domain of adding new pages before I make updates outside of California and in this update continue up the Capital Corridor from Fremont branching away from ACE north to Oakland Hayward, CA–(34 Photos) Oakland Coliseum, CA–(rebuilt with 42 Photos) Oakland-Jack London Square, CA–(rebuilt with 112 Photos!)    Also […]

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Amtrak California

Santa Barbara, Salinas and L.A. Union Station Additions

This Small Update just finishes my additions to the California section from my trip out there last month, everything else in California from that trip will be new stations: Santa Barbara, CA–(15 Photos) Salinas, CA–(10 Photos) Los Angeles Union Station–(26 Photos) Trains and Platforms at L.A. Union Station–(38 Photos)   Enjoy!

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Metro-North NYC Subway Transit Adventures

No Hudson Line at GCT and the C Train Using R46s and R160s

Today I stopped at Grand Central to get a few photos of the lack of Hudson Line service. As I was getting off the subway I walked by every entrance into Grand Central and it wasn’t clear where you were supposed to flash your Metro-North ticket for the Subway Cross-Honoring to 242 Street. It turned […]

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Metro-North

The CSX Garbage Train Derailment at Spuyten Dyvil: Photos from the Broadway Bridge

Yesterday evening a CSX Train carrying mainly compacted garbage derailed between the Spuyten Duyvil and Marble Hill Metro-North Stations. Today Metro-North Hudson Line service is a total mess. There main alternative is telling people to drive to stations on the Harlem Line. There is Limited Service (hourly during middays in each zone, half-hourly during rush […]

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Amtrak California

The Few San Diego Trolley (with new S70s) Photos plus Solana Beach and San Juan Capistrano

After my trip to Jersey two days ago I was very tempted just to write those station but decided it was time to get back to my current goals getting photos from my California trip up onto my website. This update has no new stations but I did finally rewrite the San Diego Trolley section […]

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Transit Adventures

Nearly finishing the Montclair-Boonton Line and not making it Hackettstown because of a missed connection

This heat wave made me want to get out of my non-Air Conditioned Apartment to spend an afternoon-evening riding the last stretch of New Jersey Transit’s Northern divisions that I still haven’t been on the Montclair-Boonton Line out to Hackettstown. I also decided it was time to visit a few more stations on the diesel […]

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NYC Subway

The SMEE Museum Train of Many Colors in All Star Game Special Service on the 7 plus C, F, J and R Weekend Trackwork

On Thursday the MTA put the notice up on their website that on Sunday, in honor of the Sunday All Star Game Festivities (The Futures Game) that the SMEE Museum Train, also known as the Train of Many Colors will make 3 round trips beginning at 1:00pm from Times Square to Flushing running Express towards […]