Category Archives: Amtrak

Northeast’s Blighted Corridor

Posted on November 5, 2012 by TJ

Seen this yet? Very interesting essay/photo essay on the Amtrak route between Washington and New York, and all the cities, large and small, that have been left behind as the knowledge industry won out over the manufacturing industry. The pix … Continue reading →

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Yankees’ Offense, and Chartered Train, Sputter

Posted on October 10, 2012 by TJ

Amtrak had a chance to win over some high earning rail riders the other night, but failed to, as the metaphor goes, get the run in from third base. The Yankees had a chartered train lined up to go from … Continue reading →

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Amtraks For Sale: Old and Rusty, But Zero Mileage

Posted on June 4, 2012 by TJ

Interesting story late last week on some rusted old Amtrak trains, and their unfulfilled history in the state’s quixotic efforts to create a high speed rail line from New York City to Albany. The state bought and refurbished the trains … Continue reading →

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Station Photo Project is ‘Unstoppable’

Posted on May 15, 2012 by TJ

It was National Train Day on Saturday–a day to “celebrate train travel and the ways trains touch the lives of people across America,” said the press materials–and our pal Emily over at IRidetheHarlemLine spent it photographing trains. She hit a … Continue reading →

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JerseyJim Journey Marred By Tourney

Posted on March 8, 2012 by TJ

Overheard in the Quiet Car… Bustling commute back to Jersey last night. Despite the weather outside deciding to spring ahead a bit early, Penn Station was the epicenter of the perfect storm of hassle and noise for last night’s commute. … Continue reading →

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Down to ‘The Wire’: Close Calls in Baltimore

Posted on March 1, 2012 by TJ

I was heading down to Baltimore yesterday via Amtrak, banging out an interview with a Media Titan, then schlepping back on the beloved Northeast Corridor. This was the goal: Leave the wilds of Central Westchester at my normal time, take … Continue reading →

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Taking Amtrak to Virginia, and a Subway to Westchester

Posted on November 21, 2011 by TJ

Upon our return from Big Sis’s place in Virginia Beach in September, after a combined, oh, 19 or so hours on Amtrak, Little G was nearly inconsolable to no longer have his cousins around to play with. So we asked, half … Continue reading →

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Jersey Jim Locked In ‘Portal’ Combat

Posted on October 6, 2011 by TJ

Commuters on New Jersey Transit often worry and complain about crossing the river to and from Manhattan, but the mighty Hudson is often wrongly accused as the wager of our woe. It’s the Hackensack River that we should worry about. As … Continue reading →

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Scamtrak & Glamtrak: A Tale of Two Train Trips

Posted on October 3, 2011 by TJ

We put Amtrak to a major test over the long Rosh Hosh weekend, as the four of us–TJ, The Missus, Little G, Little Miss C–took the train to Newport News, Virginia en route to Big Sis’s place in Virginia Beach, and … Continue reading →

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Off the Rails

Posted on September 28, 2011 by TJ

I am going on a rather long train trip tomorrow, and will write about it upon my safe return. Have a terrific holiday weekend.

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