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NYC Subway

R62 2 trains and it terminating at 96 Street, relaying at 103 Street and 148 Street-Lenox Terminal

For a number of weekends in February and March trackwork on the Lenox Avenue Line and the refurbishment of 149 Street-Grand Concourse made the 2 train operate in two sections: A Northern Section operated between 3 Avenue-149 Street and Wakefield-241 Street For the first 4 weekends the southern section terminated at 96 Street and reversed […]

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NYC Subway

An R Train Along the Sea Beach Line, A Diesel at Queensboro Plaza, and More Subway Photos from the Past Few Months

It’s that time again, for me to start cleaning out my subway photos that I’ve taken from the past few months (a few are of the R train post-Sandy) and finally upload them to my website. This includes some photos of the R train outside (albeit out of service) and show how far spread my […]

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NYC Subway

The last two A train stops in Inwood

Going off of yesterday’s update today I’ve finished the last two A train stops in Inwood: Inwood-207TH St–(25 photos of the station, and 76 of the artwork including most of the quotes about Inwood and the end of the A train) Dyckman St-200TH St–(54 Photos) Enjoy!

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NYC Subway

Take the A Train to the Heights!

The hardest stops to upload have been those in my very backyard on the A train in the heights, and here they are. Two are unique stops with elevators or ramps (your choice) to reach the platforms. These stops being my home stations have a range of photos from my ten years taking pictures on […]

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NYC Subway

Upload: The H train Stopping at Rebuilt Rockaways Stations

Yes, Smith-9th Street reopened today and I do plan to visit it soon but felt no reason to trundle down to Brooklyn today since I already go down there twice a week (I was there yesterday) so that updated photo essay will have to wait for next week. Instead I spent quite a lot of […]

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Superstorm Sandy

The Seastreak New York to the Seastreak Martha’s Vineyard to the Rockaways. Back via the H Train to the Shuttle Bus to the A Train

Today I awoke to a nice Spring Day and a presentation to work on for my internship with the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center. What a better way to do both of these things and get some more H train photos and then a $2 ride on the temporary Rockaways Ferry. I’ve ridden the ferry twice […]

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NYC Subway Superstorm Sandy

Photos of the South Ferry Loop Station Reopened and Reconstruction Process

I am bad at keeping up with current NYC Transit events even if I’ve visited them. This update is all encompassing with all the photos I took of the South Ferry Stations and closure and reopening situation: Rector Street–(33 Photos) right after Superstorm Sandy the South Ferry-bound platform became an exit platform and the MTA […]

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New Jersey

Upload: Short Hills, Millburn and Maplewood

This quick update I finished processing while on the train back from Syracuse, its the final three stops on the shared Gladstone Branch/Morristown Line that I visited last February: Maplewood–(79 Photos) Millburn–(43 Photos), the one non-historic stop on the entire line Short Hills–(33 Photos), the station house is a ticket office by day and restaurant […]

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Transit Adventures

An Add-on day trip to Philly via the Keystone, doing the Fox Chase Line a Keystone points run from Downington and BoltBus back

Today I did another points run and more SEPTA stations trip to Philadelphia that I put onto my itinerary back from via Keystone Train Syracuse. It was a $10 addition. Im running late, and leave the house at 8:45. I get off the A train at Penn Station at 9:12. At 9:17 I’m entering the […]

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Amtrak Transit Adventures

Springfield is Here! plus a points run on early #236 from Yonkers down to Penn Station

Greetings from the ClubAcela in Penn Station where I’ve arrived after completing a YNY-NYP points run on the first Empire Service Train of the day to stop at Yonkers #236 to set up my day-trip to Philadelphia tomorrow and enjoy a second breakfast before a noon time appointment in midtown. First I’ve rebuilt, and added […]