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Fall Foliage through Domes

The Open Air Whistler Sea to Sky Climb

Greetings from Whistler where we took the Rocky Mountaineer’s Ski to Sky climb up to this morning. The trip started early, we had to be in the lobby of our hotel at 6:50. From there it took about half an hour for the single Rocky Mountaineer representative to to hand us our boarding passes and […]

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Fall Foliage through Domes

The First Sightseeing Day in Vancouver

Greetings from Vancouver, BC. We arrived yesterday on an Air Canada non-stop from Newark, a trip that I sort of wish I could title from AirTrain to SkyTrain. The early 7:00am departure though meant that my mother drove us to the airport. The flight was uneventful and fun, cloudy most of the way except over […]

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Fall Foliage through Domes

My Trip for the Next Month: Fall Foliage through Domes

Greetings from Newark International Airport where I join you at this early hour waiting for the 7:00am flight on Air Canada to Vancouver to start my great fall adventure. My working title is Fall Foliage through Domes: A Canadian Rockies and Cross-Country Rail Adventure. This flight will be my only form of air travel (well […]

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Transit Adventures

Upload: Canal Street and 3 different major subway disruptions throughout today

I didn’t have any reason to leave the neighbrohood today so I didn’t experience what has been a bad day for the subway with 3 different emergency service changes, so I’ve been just following via the internet although I know someone who it took an hour and 20 minutes on a jam packed 1 train […]

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A Philly Day Trip By Greyhound Express and Bolt Bus – Both Chestnut Hill Branches Complete

Greetings from the 8:15 Bolt Bus run to Newark on which I am the only passenger which feels strange. I decided to do something I’ve been meaning to do for the entire summer go spend the day on an independence pass in Philly, I hadn’t gone there to railfan since 2006, and now the day […]

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Transit Adventures

The Low-Vs Boardwalk Empire Express, An Amazing Diorama of Canal Street

Low-Vs

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A Long Montclair Walk: Getting 5 of its open stations (and one recently closed)

Montclair-Boonton Line

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An MVM in MoMA

Today I used This MVM that costs $25 Adults General Admission (I have a membership) just to access: These are some screen shots that an MVM doesn’t usually make: It is located in the MoMA exhibition Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects and gives out these special MetroCards and receipts: […]

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NYC Subway Transit Adventures

Cortlandt Street Fully Reopened an hour early (Upload) and two missing pieces of artwork

Well today I just had to go down and investigate the new Cortlandt Street Station as advisories listed it opening in time for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at the odd hour of 5pm. I also read on Second Avenue Sagas, my favorite blog for subway news (no personal affiliation, just a fan), that there […]

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Transit Adventures

Some Intercity Transit Service Restored and More Station Entrances

Well this afternoon I went on another much longer walk and the MTA’s website announced that at 4:30 bus service in Bronx and Manhattan has begun to be restored. I did though notice this service about to resume its trips to Miami and Atlanta in the neighborhood, 3 buses were outside its step: It is […]