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Amtrak

Upload: VIA Cars at SDY and Port Henry

Well, here are the two stations that I got photos of Adirondack Trains #68 and #69 a little over a week ago when I rode the unique VIA Equipment using Park Cars. I also have a nice full photo essay and description for the new station: Port Henry–(85 Photos) Schenectady–(44 Photos add)-with the Adirondack, Maple […]

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Transit Adventures

A Day Trip to Philly to Finish the MFL and the Norresstown High Speed Line, Home via SEPTA to Levittown to Bus Route 127 to NJT to Newark to PATH, taking 3 hours and 45 minutes!

This is the fourt post (Post 1|Post 2|Post 3) about four trips over four days on a POH-YNY-NYP-NWK-PHL points run muli-city ticket I bought to ride VIA Cars on the Adirondack after Thanksgiving 2012 and to also get enough points for S+ status. After PATH took so long yesterday to get me home from Newark, […]

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Superstorm Sandy

The AmPolice putting on a show at NYP, denying me platform access via the exit concourse then searching my bag on a points run to Newark, back via PATH

This is the third post (Post 1|Post 2) about four trips over four days on a POH-YNY-NYP-NWK-PHL points run muli-city ticket I bought to ride VIA Cars on the Adirondack after Thanksgiving 2012 and to also get enough points for S+ status. My points run on Wednesday is from NYP-NWK, a trip with fewer train […]

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Superstorm Sandy

A Points Run from Yonkers to Penn Station on #236 up to Yonkers via Bee-Line Bus

This is the second post (Post 1) about four trips over four days on a POH-YNY-NYP-NWK-PHL points run muli-city ticket I bought to ride VIA Cars on the Adirondack after Thanksgiving 2012 and to also get nearly enough points for S+ status. If I am ever already buying a ticket on the Adirondack to and […]

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Superstorm Sandy

Train #68 south through the Sunset with an uneventful cross-platform transfer at Albany

The southbound finally is visible at 3:08, there is a crowd of about 15 people boarding and for some reason the crew is insisting on scanning all of us on the platform. This gives me time to get a few photos of the Park car in the station, Evangeline Park, the Park car I realize […]

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Superstorm Sandy

A Chatty VIA Park Car Ride North to Port Henry on Adirondack #69

This is the second post (Post 1) in a multi-part series about a going home from Syracuse via Port Henry on the Adirondack to run the VIA equipment borrowed by Amtrak over Thanksgiving to provide an increase in capacity after Superstorm Sandy. I get on the Adirondack and start chatting with one railfan who’s is […]

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Superstorm Sandy

Crowded Empire Service train #280 from SYR to SDY for the northbound VIA Adirondack

This is the first post in a multi-part series about a going home from Syracuse via Port Henry on the Adirondack to run the VIA equipment borrowed by Amtrak over Thanksgiving to provide an increase in capacity after Superstorm Sandy. A few weeks ago I decided I would spend an extra day in Syracuse and […]

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Superstorm Sandy

Riding the Last Day of Statue Cruises Free Ferries from the Battery to Liberty State Park to the HBLR Home

Today, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a completely free day for me. Tomorrow I leave to drive up to Syracuse with my family but I am taking the train back via Port Henry on the Adirondack to ride the VIA Rail Canada equipment that will be operating on it. My more immediate decision was on […]

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Superstorm Sandy

Trying the Trans-Hudson Commute: taking a late bus from Fort Lee to HBLR, bailing for PATH instead of the free ferry for fear of being late

Today I decided (without an Unlimited Ride MetroCard in my pocket) I would try the trans-Hudson commute, by taking the free Statue Cruises ferry from Liberty State Park to the Liberty Landing Marina, on my way to my internship that I need to arrive at around 10am. I left the house at 7:40 and started […]

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Superstorm Sandy Transit Adventures

A Day Trip on MegaBus to Philadelphia for a Keystone Service Points Run, Visiting a Friend, and the RiverLINE to New Jersey Transit to PATH back

The purpose of this quick day trip to Philly is to both see a friend who lives in South Jersey and also get a quafecta of 400 AGR S+ qualifying points by riding the Keystone Service for just $16 total (would have been $13 off-peak: Saturday or Monday through Thursday) on the last day of […]