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The Needham MBTA Commuter Rail Line to Acela Express First Class – The Final 231 miles in 3 hours 35 minutes

This post is the second half of 433 Miles on 3 Coastal Trains Home From Rockland, Maine To get home the final jaunt down the coast from Boston, the 12:10pm Acela in First Class at the low-bucket $109 price is too tempting to pass up with 4 First Class upgrade coupons I might as well use […]

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By Slow Train 202 miles in just over 6 hours – from Rockland, Maine to Boston: the Maine Eastern Railroad to the Downeaster

This post is part 1 of 2 of 433 Miles on 3 Coastal Trains Home From Rockland, Maine We leave our house at about 10:10, so I can drive the first 48 miles down Route 1 to Searsport to start my long coastal journey. As we near Searsport we we pass a railroad track and […]

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Driving to Maine via Machester by the Sea – Tomorrow I return via Rail from Rockland, Maine

Greetings from my extended family’s house in Downeast Maine, on the mainland near Acadia National Park. I’m here because I drove my Brooklyn grandmother up from New York and we stopped to visit my Great Uncle in Manchester by the Sea–(43 Photos) where I did a photo essay of the commuter rail station. Yes I […]

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A Saturday Afternoon on the Slightly Infrequent MBTA Subway Lines to Revisit Some Stations

This past weekend I was in Boston for the third straight year mainly for what is turning into an annual pre-Christmas visit by car from New York with my family to see extended family. This year though I found myself with Saturday afternoon completely free because my parents each had a different old friend they […]

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Wickford Jct. to Exeter, NH plus more for the 3 Boston Sations

This update isn’t much, just the rest of my Wickford Junction to Exeter Round-Trip Day last month: Exeter, NH–(54 Photos) North Station–(23 Photos)–Including a Pull-Pull Train with a P42 under the Boston Graden South Station–(8 Photos) Back Bay–(18 Photos) Wickford Jct, RI–(50 Photos) Enjoy!

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Boston T Subway Updates From My Brief Trip there Last Month

After getting the major Chicago stuff up I finally got my photos up from a couple hours doing the Boston T last month on my Wickford Junction to Exeter Round-Trip, the photos I’m most happy about getting is doing the airport station mostly justice (didn’t want to spend another fare there and didn’t leave, maybe […]

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Update: Brunswick, Freeport, Portland, Hyannis: Downeaster and CapeFLYER Stations

I’ve finally gotten all my photos uploaded from my  Downeaster to the CapeFlyer Trip. First the Amtrak stations in Maine and North Station from my Downeaster Trip: Brunswick, ME–(29 Photos added) Freeport, ME–(47 Photos) Portland, ME–(10 Photos added) North Station–(10 Photos) North Station (Green Line)–(2 Photos) From the Cape Flyer Day! Boston-South Station–(19 Photos) Hyannis–(63 Photos) Enjoy!

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The Relaxing, Scenic CapeFLYER out to Hyannis (and connecting to Wellfleet on an old Plymouth & Brockton Coach)

Today is the second highlight of my Downeaster to CapeFlyer Trip, riding the CapeFlyer out to Hyannis and connecting to the P & B Bus to Wellfleet. The day begins with me and my grandmother having an uneventful drive in from Needham on a Sunday Morning, it takes about 20 minutes and we arrive at […]

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Upload: Worcester Union Station, a hidden gem plus dumpy Newtownville and West Newton

Well I finally finished my upload from my quick trip to Boston (Springfield I’m holding since I will have a two hour layover there in less than two weeks) and lets start with the three new stations, first with the gem: Worcester-Union Station – (106 Photos!) West Newton – (33 Photos) Newtonville – (29 Photos) I also made […]

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Upload: The Green Line out to Cleveland Circle

This morning I was reading the New York Times over my breakfast and found an article about the last Amtrak Station I ever thought would have an article written about it Birmingham-Troy, MI, there is a summery of the article now on the updated station page. Today I also finished the Green Line’s ‘C’ Branch: […]