Please Select A Trip Below:

• 15 February, 2005: The Lake Shore or the Empire?
  Amtrak: Syracuse to Penn Station, New York. Which train to Take: The Empire Service or the Lake Shore Limited?
• 20 June, 2005: Metro-North's New Haven Line Branches
  Today I railfanned Metro-North's Danbury and New Canaan Branches. I had ridden the Waterbury branch on a previos trip. This trip completed every inch of the New Haven Line for me, now the only place I need to go is up the Harlem Line to Wassaic. I also made some photo stops on the main line.
• 23 June, 2005: Albany for Lunch
  Today I had to go up to Albany for Lunch via Amtrak's Aderondeck and Empire Service.
• 10 August, 2005: Metro-North: To The North: With Some Locomotive Oddies
  Today I rode up to Wassaic, finishing up Metro-North. I have now ridden every inch of it. I then went over to Danbury, and railfanned the New Haven Line. The two Shuttle's I took weren't using the typical Genesis P32 AC-DMs.
• 23 November, 2005: Metro-North: An hour at Sunset at Riverdale on Getaway Day
  
• 27 & 30 December, 2005: An Empire Holiday
  I went on a quick Christmas week trip to Syracuse
• 15 & 18 February, 2006: The No Snow Vermonter
  I went for a trip up to Vermont at a time of year when the area should be snow covered, but this time it was like mud season.
• June/July 2006: Amtrak All the Way Across the USA: From Pudget Sound to the Hudson River
  I finally did what I had wanted to due for a while, take Amtrak Cross-Courtry from Tacoma, WA home to New York, NY, making stops in Syracuse and Chicago. I rode Amtrak Cascades, The Empire Buider, The Late Shore Limited, and an Empire Service Train. Join me for this 3 days/3 nights, 66 hour adventure.