Tuesday Tour of the Hudson Line: Peekskill
Cropped postcard views of Peekskill station For today’s Tuesday Tour, we venture back up to the un-electrified territory of the Hudson Line, 41 miles north of Grand Central, and make a stop at Peekskill....
Author: Emily
The New York & Harlem Railroad in the 1860’s – Tryon Row
Early photograph of a New York and Harlem Railroad horsecar. New York & Harlem transfer tokens from the American Numismatic Society. I’m not sure how many of you frequent twitter, but I think it...
Tuesday Tour of the Hudson Line: Yonkers
Although Grand Central Terminal may be the obvious gem of the Metro-North system, interspersed along all three of the main lines are many other beautiful stations. On the New Haven Line, I can’t help...
Checking out the old Milwaukee Road depot in Minneapolis
Print of the Milwaukee Road depot by Mark Herman, from his wonderful Minnesota Landmarks series. Continuing with my series of photos from my trip to Minnesota, today we visit the old Milwaukee Road depot....
Tuesday Tour of the Hudson Line: Breakneck Ridge
Penn Central locomotive passes by Breakneck Ridge in 1971. Though Metro-North is primarily a commuter railroad, there are a few station stops throughout the system that break that mold. Mount Pleasant is a limited-service...
Pac-Man Inspired Transit Maps
The subtitle of this post might as well be “stuff that happens when Emily gets bored.” For some reason I thought it might be amusing to make a completely useless Pac-Man transit map, where...