Doug
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Riding into the next generation: After a long wait, what a pleasure to be able to ride the inaugural revenue trip of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela this morning (in my case, from Stamford to Philadelphia).
August 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Riding into the next generation: After a long wait, what a pleasure to be able to ride the inaugural revenue trip of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela this morning (in my case, from Stamford to Philadelphia).
Summer Streets goes uptown! This year, Manhattan Summer Streets (August 2, 9, and 16) stretches al the way from Dyckman Street to the Brooklyn Bridge. Had a nice leisurely walk down Broadway from Dyckman to 145th.
August 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Summer Streets goes uptown! This year, Manhattan Summer Streets (August 2, 9, and 16) stretches al the way from Dyckman Street to the Brooklyn Bridge. Had a nice leisurely walk down Broadway from Dyckman to 145th.
Happy Pride Month to all my queer transit friends! 🚇🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Happy Pride Month to all my queer transit friends! 🚇🏳️🌈
Architectural palimpsests of Bergenline Avenue.
May 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Architectural palimpsests of Bergenline Avenue.
It’s the only animal on the city seal other than humans and an eagle for a reason!
May 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s the only animal on the city seal other than humans and an eagle for a reason!
A break in the clouds makes for a dramatic backdrop as the bulk carrier SSI Marvelous departs the Brooklyn Navy Yard on its way to Providence on a voyage from Turkey.
May 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A break in the clouds makes for a dramatic backdrop as the bulk carrier SSI Marvelous departs the Brooklyn Navy Yard on its way to Providence on a voyage from Turkey.
And from the Manhattan Bridge.
May 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
And from the Manhattan Bridge.
Views of the stricken ARM Cuauhtémoc from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
May 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Views of the stricken ARM Cuauhtémoc from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
I took this photo at 18:35, not knowing this was about to become news…
May 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I took this photo at 18:35, not knowing this was about to become news…
Prospect Park and Franklin Av, the terminals of the Franklin Av Shuttle (BMT Franklin Av Line).
May 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Prospect Park and Franklin Av, the terminals of the Franklin Av Shuttle (BMT Franklin Av Line).
Happy National Train Day! Here’s a train.
May 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Happy National Train Day! Here’s a train.
Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ. Formerly the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (Eero Saarinen, 1962), a research lab. Now a “metroburb”: offices above, a “pedestrian street” at ground level, and a conference center underground.
April 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Bell Works, Holmdel, NJ. Formerly the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (Eero Saarinen, 1962), a research lab. Now a “metroburb”: offices above, a “pedestrian street” at ground level, and a conference center underground.
City Island feels like a little coastal town that floated down the Sound and settled next to the Bronx coastline, especially on a cloudy day. It’s a short ride on the Bx29 from Pelham Bay Park on the 6, but feels far from the city.
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
City Island feels like a little coastal town that floated down the Sound and settled next to the Bronx coastline, especially on a cloudy day. It’s a short ride on the Bx29 from Pelham Bay Park on the 6, but feels far from the city.
Pelham Bay Park. Next to the city’s biggest park is the northern terminal of the country’s busiest rapid transit line, the 6 train. It also has a station house with cool vintage backlit signage.
April 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pelham Bay Park. Next to the city’s biggest park is the northern terminal of the country’s busiest rapid transit line, the 6 train. It also has a station house with cool vintage backlit signage.
Harlem-148 St, aka 148 St-Lenox Terminal. Opened in 1968 in the preexisting Lenox Yard, this is one of my favorite subway terminals because of its unusual design and history even though it took me until April to get here. I’ve also now visited every Manhattan terminal this year.
April 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Harlem-148 St, aka 148 St-Lenox Terminal. Opened in 1968 in the preexisting Lenox Yard, this is one of my favorite subway terminals because of its unusual design and history even though it took me until April to get here. I’ve also now visited every Manhattan terminal this year.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
April 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
Welcoming the Fall River/New Bedford Line. Today, for the first time since 1958, Fall River and New Bedford again have a rail connection to Boston. An early start (the first train was at 0427) and gloomy, wet weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the commonwealth’s newest rail service.
March 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Welcoming the Fall River/New Bedford Line. Today, for the first time since 1958, Fall River and New Bedford again have a rail connection to Boston. An early start (the first train was at 0427) and gloomy, wet weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the commonwealth’s newest rail service.
Some truly fascinating typographical choices on this Home Depot mailer:
* First and third lines bold
* Second line semibold (?)
* All words capitalized
* Important (?) words all caps
* First and third lines bold
* Second line semibold (?)
* All words capitalized
* Important (?) words all caps
March 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Some truly fascinating typographical choices on this Home Depot mailer:
* First and third lines bold
* Second line semibold (?)
* All words capitalized
* Important (?) words all caps
* First and third lines bold
* Second line semibold (?)
* All words capitalized
* Important (?) words all caps
Word Trade Center. Only debatably a separate station from the adjacent Chambers St, this terminal is a reflection of the IND’s thinking that express trains would travel between boroughs while locals wouldn’t. Its Brooklyn counterpart, Court St, closed in 1946 and is now the New York Transit Museum.
March 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Word Trade Center. Only debatably a separate station from the adjacent Chambers St, this terminal is a reflection of the IND’s thinking that express trains would travel between boroughs while locals wouldn’t. Its Brooklyn counterpart, Court St, closed in 1946 and is now the New York Transit Museum.
The A Division had its own NTTT, the R110A, which had some of the advanced NTT passenger information features missing here. Sadly, all 10 were damaged and converted to pump cars. But there’s still the R110B, and for the first time in 25 years, you can experience this unique piece of subway history!
March 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The A Division had its own NTTT, the R110A, which had some of the advanced NTT passenger information features missing here. Sadly, all 10 were damaged and converted to pump cars. But there’s still the R110B, and for the first time in 25 years, you can experience this unique piece of subway history!
It retains “conversation seating” like the R44/46/68, but with more modern materials. Unlike the production NTTs, there’s still a front rollsign and no electronic strip maps or next stop signs, just LCD destination signs like the post-overhaul R44/46. There’s a passenger intercom for the first time.
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It retains “conversation seating” like the R44/46/68, but with more modern materials. Unlike the production NTTs, there’s still a front rollsign and no electronic strip maps or next stop signs, just LCD destination signs like the post-overhaul R44/46. There’s a passenger intercom for the first time.