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22-10-29 PHOTOS: HARRIS With Friends
After my trip to the recently preserved Harrisburg Power Director's office, I had a non-railfan friend express interest in heading up to see the facility for themselves. The bad news was that after...
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22-11-10 PHOTOS: Baltimore Penn Rehab
Baltimore Penn Station is currently undergoing a revitalization project that will see the upper floors converted into some sort of commercial space, the tracks #1 and #3 platform re-opened and...
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22-11-15 PHOTOS: Silver Line Phase II
In July of 2014, the Washington DC Metro (WMATA) debuted the first phase of its Silver Line to Dulles Airport and Loudon County and I was on the first non-VIP westbound train to depart West Falls...
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22-11-20 PHOTOS: Reading and Northern Searchlights
As the Reading the Northern continues to expand its use of CTC on former Reading and CNJ territory in the eastern PA anthracite coal region I am provided with the increasingly rare opportunity to get...
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22-11-23 PHOTOS: Croydon Westward
Each year on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I head out to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to take photos on what is often Amtrak's second busiest day of the year. In the not so distant past, Amtrak...
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22-11-27 PHOTOS: Thanksgiving Leftovers
As discussed in my previous post on Amtrak Thanksgiving Wednesday, despite the surge in post-COVID travel, Amtrak did little to increase post-Thanksgiving capacity on the Northeast Corridor with zero...
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22-12-01 PHOTOS: Buddy Cap
I've been in a position to arrange winter season trips to Chicago and although I am often forced to fly, I sometimes manage to sneak in a Capitol Limited run here and there. 2022 would be my first time...
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22-12-05 PHOTOS: Elmhurst
The subject for my 2022 Metra express run video would be the Union Pacific (ex-CNW) west line inbound from the Elmhurst station that seems to mark a service zone boundary. This line runs out of the old...
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This is a followup video post related to my Metra trip to Elmhurst for nab an inbound UP-West Line morning express run. In addition to the run itself I also have a few additional Metra videos taken at...
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22-12-17 PHOTOS: Salida
Once again I managed to find the time to explore the defunct DRG&W Tennessee Pass Line while on one of my annual trips to Colorado. I had previously visited the area in April of 2021, but as is...
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22-12-27 PHOTOS: SEPTA Mid-Winter Trip XIII
The SEPTA Mid-Winter Trip is an annual curated transit experience covering the entirety of the SEPTA rail transit network. Part of the curation is to provide variety both within the same type and...
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22-12-21 PHOTOS: Patuxent
On along the NEC between Odenton and Bowie State is an ~8 mile stretch of track that runs parallel to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a surprisingly large track of undeveloped land in the I-95...
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23-01-06 PHOTOS: LEAMAN Distants
When the western end of Amtrak's Harrisburg Line was rebuilt in the mid-2000's, the 1940's vintage PRR signaling was replaced by a flavor of cab signaling without intermediate wayside signaling....
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03-06-13 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Boston Acela Trip
In June 2003 I set out on a rather complex Amtrak journey from my base in South Jersey that would take me back to central Connecticut to wrap up some loose ends from my college days before continuing...
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23-01-15 PHOTOS: Elmont
As the LIRR steps up its efforts to replace its position light signals with Metro-North-like dwarfs I scheduled a trip up to NYC to visit the new Elmont station that conveniently provided a vantage...
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23-01-21 PHOTOS: GLX
The big news in Boston for 2023 was the opening of the GLX or Green Line Extension to Union Square and Medford/Tufts. The multi-billion dollar project would extend the E Branch from its terminus at the...
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23-01-29 PHOTOS: The Wave
Since the COVID pandemic my friend group and I (along with a lot of other people it seems) decided to engage in more destination type outdoor activities. As you have seen in previous posts this...
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04-03-14 CLASSIC PHOTOS: RiverLINE Opening Day
In 2004 the NJ Transit RiverLINE represented a new concept in regional light rail and using transit to spur growth. Running between Camden and Trenton, the line promised 15-30 minute headways and a far...
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22-09-02 PHOTOS: Franconia Landover
In the fall of 2022 the Washington Metro was planning a long term outage of its Yellow Line service due to a necessary reconstruction of the long bridge over the Potomac river. To partly compensate for...
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04-05-15 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Baltimore Stuff
Here's another set of photos from my time living near the Baltimore Belt Line where I also had easy access to Penn Station. I was still in school at the time so arguably I had more free time to do rail...
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