The main thing that spurred this Local Trains to Boston and Vermont trip was needing to take the train up and meet my parents in Windsor, Vermont where we have relatives. I’ve taken the train up to that station with the lowest ridership of any stop in the Northeast before but not in many years. […]
For my one full day staying in Rhode Island on Local Trains to Boston and Vermont me and Robbie decided to park at the new Wickford Junction Station (so RIPTA buses serve his beach house) and take MBTA Commuter Rail to head into Boston for a day trip of Downeaster and MBTA Riding. I did look […]
My one railfan friend Robert’s family has a house near Westerly in Rhode Island. Were both off this week and were planning to do some train riding in New York until I realize that this is as good a time as any to finally take the train up to Rhode Island where his parents already […]
I’m finally getting back to updates from my June trip, these are all on my Empire Builder trip starting in Washington heading across Montana and into North Dakota, a number of the updates are simply photos out the rear window that I decided to add to the already built station pages (or a few out […]
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!
Introduction: Today is my day to head home from this Downeaster to the CapeFlyer Trip in High Speed Luxury: the Bay State Ferry Company’s Provincetown High Speed Ferry leaving at 3:00pm to the last Acela Express train of the evening, leaving at 5:20 using an upgrade coupon for first class travel. The day begins with […]
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 […]
I have a nice walk in Brunswick, stopping at a cafe to use the internet for a bit and for some pizza for part of my dinner. I also need to sample something from the Downeaster Cafe car since it tries to be local (and is cheeper) like the one on Amtrak Cascades. I return […]
Greetings from Brunswick, Maine! As I continue my Downeaster to CapeFlyer trip. This past April the State of Maine decided to start an experiment with the Downeaster trainset that layovers in Brunswick by having it on weekends make a shuttle trip between 3:00pm and 3:45 to and from Freeport, its intended use is to let […]
Introduction: I’ve been to Maine nearly every summer of my life, my extended family has a house near Ellsworth, much farther downeast than Amtrak’s Downeaster Goes. Only once before (when this blog was in its infancy) have I gone up to Maine not driving with my parents. On that trip I took Greyhound north through […]