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Metro-North New Jersey Transit Adventures

Labor Day to Port Jervis via Otisville, Main Line Express Trains and Hoboken

This trip occurred on Labor Day, September 7, 2015 Introduction: The goal of the website right now is “finishing things” particularly far-flung portions of our commuter rail system that in the past I’ve been too primarily cheap to venture out too. The most obvious was my Summer Sunday to the Hamptons to finish that branch […]

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Metro-North New Jersey Transit Adventures

To Spring Valley via the Hudson Line to the TZx up and the Pascack Valley Line Back

This trip was taken on September 4, 2015. It took a few days to write! Introduction: Hunter gives us all the Jewish Holidays off so this semester is starting on a big whimper and giving me time to tie up some loose ends for the website, ideally with long train rides to read on (it’s […]

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New Jersey

Randomly Over to NJT: Morris Plains and Mount Tabor

This week’s postings have been in the works for a few weeks (or a couple of months in the case of when I wrote the descriptions going through my archives before I had a chance to finally process the photos). I know I’m jumping around since this update takes us over to New Jersey Transit […]

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Long Island Rail Road

Westhampton and Hampton Bays, Last 2 Before the Canal

It’s finishing the Montauk Branch week on the SubwayNut (from my trip to finish photographing the branch a couple weeks ago). Here are the next two stops eastward that means the posts reach the last stop before the Shinnecock Canal: Westhampton–(35 Photos) Hampton Bays–(32 Photos) Enjoy!

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Long Island Rail Road

Patchouge, Bellport, and Speonk – The end of Commuter Friendly Territory on the Montauk Branch

It’s finishing the Montauk Branch week on the SubwayNut (from my trip to finish to the branch a couple weeks ago). This update contains the 3 stations I visited that have more frequent service (Mastic-Shirley has 5 poor photos that I didn’t quite get to) that I consider ‘commuter’ friendly. East there are just 5 […]

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Long Island Rail Road Transit Adventures

A Sunny Summer Sunday to the Hamptons to Finish the Montauk Branch

This rather long post has taken me a few weeks to finish. The actual trip took place two weeks ago on August 16, 2015: Introduction: This summer I haven’t had much time for the website but have been trying to “finishing” things for the website. A few weeks ago curiosity got the best of me […]

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NYC Subway Transit Adventures

City Hall Loop

A week ago in the morning I was able to go on a tour of the historic City Hall Loop–(52 photos, including some from the Subway Centennial). We entered and left the station on the 6 train.    I’m presently wrapping up an internship for DCP nearby and when I went for a quick walk […]

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Amtrak Metro-North Transit Adventures

To Westerly via SONO, Devon Transfer and Naugatuck

This Trip took place on August 1st: At this point I’ve done the entire New Haven Line and all train stations in Connecticut (except for a couple tiny stations on the Waterbury Branch, plus needing to revisit Waterbury itself) east of Norwalk. For the summer though because of construction on the Housatonic Swing Bridge closing […]

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Metro-North

Harlem–125 Street is Rebuilt

Well the title says it all I’ve ‘modernized’ and finished Harlem-125 Street–(29 Photos)   Enjoy! Stay tuned for an exciting Metro-North Trip this weekend.

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Metro-North Transit Adventures

Yankees – East 153rd Street (and the ferry dock) and the Entire Hudson Line is Here

It’s only fitting to make the last Hudson Line Station the newest, Yankees-East 153rd Street–(61 Photos) that opened only in 2009. Since 2005 I’ve had photos up of the temporary ‘station’ (just wooden steps up to each door) that was used for two days during the Transit Strike. This ‘previous’ Yankee Stadium station has been incorporated into […]