#amtrak
‘Hangry’ Amtrak passenger has pizza delivered to stalled train en route to Washington, DC. “Problem solved.” http://abcn.ws/2rgcjdH
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IT RIDES UPON US by Ross Goodwin (c. 2012) complete photobook (hi-res PDF) now available to patreon subscribers.
patreon.com/rossgoodwin
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#photobook #photobooks #photobookdesign #photography #photobookforyou
#railroad #railways_of_our_world #trains #pocket_rail #train #railroadtracks #trb_express #daily_crossing #railway #train_nerds
#amtrak #train #travel #amtrakgram #amtraktravel #railfan #amtrakvacay
#dc to #nyc & back & forth, etc.
#2012
#itridesuponus (at NYC)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Dqn7jFEXM/?igshid=wm4rqufjdx4b
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March 24, 2019. “Hinton Train Depot”. #hinton #hintonwv #traindepot #hintontraindepot #summerscounty #summerscountywv #wv #appalachia #rivertown #newriver #amtrak (at Hinton station)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3BGzQ6B9sK/?igshid=14bbou76rj8i3
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And no airport security.
A seven hour day trip to Chicago? No problem.
All hail the i94
As someone who’s about to embark on an 11-hour solo drive east on I-90 tomorrow: it’s still preferable to flying out of O'Hare.
And really, the only reason why I stopped taking Amtrak to visit my family for the holidays is because it’s an overnight route and I am now too old and sciatica-plagued to sleep in a standard seat (and even a “roomette” with a bed costs almost as much for a round trip as my half of the rent on my apartment), but early-20s Cat was very into it.
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Train ride through the mountains. En route to Seattle.
Last year I spent two weeks working with Amtrak & Passion Passport on a project aboard a cross-country train. The project is now live on my website. Check it out here.
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Last year I spent two weeks working with Amtrak & Passion Passport on a project aboard a cross-country train. The project is now live on my website. Check it out here.
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Last year I spent two weeks working with Amtrak & Passion Passport on a project aboard a cross-country train. The project is now live on my website. Check it out here.
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Last year I spent two weeks working with Amtrak & Passion Passport on a project aboard a cross-country train. The project is now live on my website. Check it out here.
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Last year I spent two weeks working with Amtrak & Passion Passport on a project aboard a cross-country train. The project is now live on my website. Check it out here.
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Have you ever dreamed of riding across the USA on a train with fellow photographers, writers, and people who love experiencing the world through meaningful travel? Well lucky lucky you! From September 10 - 24 I will be riding on Amtrak trains from D.C. to San Francisco with Passion Passport on the Passport Express! There are *~20~* additional spots available and if you are accepted you can attend at no cost! I repeat: zero. zilch. nada — APPLY NOW! The application isn’t too long and is due August 15th. Do. It. Now: http://passionpassport.com/passport-express/
Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection
Amtrak. Traveling by train.
Amtrak Features for the Short Trip. 1968
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Impeccably designed train station in Anaheim, CA, all lit up for Pride
Photos by: Erika Mugglin
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On Friday I had to be in Buffalo for a conference. Because I couldn’t miss work on Thursday, I took an early morning Friday flight: 6am from JFK, landing in Buffalo at 7:18am. But on Saturday I didn’t have to be back at a certain time, so I booked the Amtrak Empire service, leaving Buffalo at 7:34am and getting back to NYC at 3:45pm. Sounds awful, right? Here’s why it wasn’t, and why the train part of this trip was better than the plane part:
Free wireless on the train
The ability to get up and move around whenever I felt like it
The empty seat next to me
The electrical outlet next to me, below the large, clear windows
The wide, comfy seatbelt-less seats
I only had to get to the station 5 minutes before the train left
I didn’t have to wait in a check-in line, get out my ID, wait in a security line, take off my shoes, or get patted down
I was deposited by the train in the middle of the city, not way out in Queens or Newark
I was able to look out the window, and learn about the changing landscape between the cities
If a baby started screaming, I could get up and change seats
When we were paused in Oneida, the lady in front of me pointed out a river snake and a muskrat in the pond we were next to.
I could go on, but I’m about to do some work, watch a crappy movie, and then stretch out and take a nice nap.
Now, obviously, planes are awesome, and necessary. Can’t get to Cairo from here on a train (yet). Trains have less flexibility, and if it’s a long trip the time it takes starts to become an issue, blah blah blah. Nevertheless, for short trips I’ll stick with trains, not the “commuter flights.” Give me a slightly longer (although not much, when you factor in all the airport nonsense), comfortable train trip upstate any day.
“Amtrak’s ‘Day One’ 50th Anniversary heritage unit, ALC-42 number 301, swings through the tight North Canal Street curve, just a couple minutes from its final arrival at Chicago Union Station with train 8, the eastbound Empire Builder. To the right, the old Cassidy Tire building, long a local landmark, is being demolished, presumably to make way for more condos- this is a hot area in real estate.”
May 25, 2022
Photo by Jonathan Lee
Metra E-unit with Amtrak detour Chicago IL 1993
“It’s July 1993 the great floods of the Mississippi River caused many detours on other railroads. The San Francisco Zephyr detoured over the C&NW Iowa division making Amtrak to lease Metra E-units to lead for cab signals. In the shot it’s leaving Chicago at Racine Ave.”
Photo by Mark Llanuza
Amtrak
Griffith, Indiana
June 1976
En Route to Canada, on Amtrak. Train travel is *it*
We are waiting at the border for customs right now and Mike is reading his book and I’m distracted by scenery, and the terrifying impending interrogation. I have nothing to hide but I feel inherently guilty whenever authority figures ask me questions.
On a tastier note…
I watched this Anthony Bourdain episode about Montreal and Quebec City and all I can think about is eating a disgusting amount of Poutine and molasses, and seeing if my last name will get me a free bagel at Schwartz’s.
Hopefully more updates to come soon.
P.S. Interrogation just happened and was underwhelmingly pleasant - except apparently my pronunciation of one of the towns we are going to was very wrong. Mike was asked nothing. So now, off we go.
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Proustian
This town looks like a postcard from 1946 and I both love it and am slightly unnerved by it. #americana #timetraveling #journeyhome #colfax #california #amtrak #retrovibes (at Colfax, California)
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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”-Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full Of Sky
#traveler #traintrip #amtrak #california #journeyhome #railway #coastalviews (at Martinez, California)
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