Greetings from the Apostraphoe Cafe and Lounge in Schenectady, New York where I quickly eat a second breakfast during my hour planned layover to photograph the decrepit AmStation. The day started early, on the A train. I left home at 6:20 and at 6:58 was stepping off the A train at Penn Station. I left […]
Today I took a little adventure to finally photograph the Newark Airport Monorail fully, because of a free connection I discovered in Amtrak’s reservation system. Tomorrow I’m taking the Maple Leaf to the Adirondack to the ferry to Burlington to visit some friends who are renting a house near St. Albans (don’t worry I’m taking […]
Well in this update I make my last upload of a big town, Champaign-Urbana Amtrak Station from my recent trip, I also finally got to making pages for the last three I visited on my Tennessee to Texas Trip that I didn’t lose from having hard drive issues (I still haven’t brought it somewhere to […]
Over the Last few days I wrote about my trips on the Lake Shore Limited, Carl Sandburg, Lincoln Service, Illini, Pere Marquette, Capital Limited, and Northeast Regional during my time doing RAGBRAI this year. I postdated the posts to the dates I actually road the trains because of issues with my iPhone. It wasn’t like […]
I would have gladly spent a few days in D.C. finally getting the Metro for this website, but both having my bike waiting for me in New York and Amtrak’s strange fare quirks requiring my layover to be less than 24 hours dashed those possibilities. I had booked myself on Regional Train #176 the Lynchburger, […]
Sunday was a day for hanging out with my relatives. Around Noon I left to ride my bike up the Lake going north of Lollapalooza and over to Union Station, I attach the two saddlebags I want to also check through to New York as luggage. I get on one of the two elevators on […]
Well during my time in Chicago I basically finished off the CTA using the 3-Day CTA Pass I bought for only $9 via http://www.groupon.com/deals/chicago-transit-authority-cta Groupon. I am now just missing a few stations on the CTA Blue Line branch to O’Hare and the Green Line branch out to Harlem. I might have had time to […]
My all nighter easily began finding the Megabus stop. Its location is very clear, a mass of people standing and sitting on a sidewalk across the street, south of Union Station. I wonder a bit going back into Unoin Station, realizing McDonalds is the only thing open in the food court and at 11:30 a […]
As I was waking up I saw the Texas Eagle on its diversion leaving town crossing a more southern bridge across the Mississippi out my 20th floor hotel room window. I wish I had been able to figure out a way to ride it diverted without spending a bunch on a sleeper since #322, the […]
Although tomorrow busing starts again on the Lincoln meaning I’ll probably take the dog or MegaBus back to Chicago, the Texas Eagle on its detour would require me to spend $150 on a room, something I’m not willing to do. Yesterday around noon I got an email that welcomed eTickets on all routes. I spent […]