Flight & Light: Photos from Southern California
As too many people have informed me, I haven’t posted on this site for quite a while. Suffice it to say, things have been quite busy. Earlier this month I presented at the Center...
SmartCat Sundays: Restoring a Grand Central to Chatham Roll Banner
Not everything you’ll find in my collection is printed on paper… Admittedly, I have a little thing for roll banners (I own three for the Harlem Division). Long before computers and other technology, these...
Planes of the New York Central – The Railroad’s WW2 Combat Bombers
While the New York Central’s famous trains are legendary, it seems that few know of their planes. Believe it or not, the New York Central and its employees raised the funds to purchase two...
Happy New Year, a look back at 2015
Happy New Year to all from I Ride the Harlem Line! As you’ve likely seen, 2015 was a very busy year for me. I got married in Grand Central, started working at Amtrak, moved...
Riding the Tunnelbana – the painted caves of the Stockholm Metro
It’s been about a month since the site has gone on hiatus (hope you didn’t miss me too much!), I figured it might be nice to slowly bring things back with a post about...
Public Art on the Green Line – Nancy Blum
It has never been a secret that I am a lover of transit-based art. One of the reasons I enjoy the light rail in Minneapolis so much is due to the abundance of art....