Colonial Guide

Riding the train and reading his iPad; everyone has to get to work somehow.

March Theme Day - Electricity

First day of the month is theme day for the City Daily Photo Blog Community. My contribution is the train yards in South Boston with the electricity towers for the Commuter rail and Amtrak. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Waiting for the train

All aboard

This is Frank, a "Redcap" at South Station in Boston. Frank has been a Redcap for a year, but has worked for Amtrak for 30 years. He said he stepped in about a year ago when one of the Redcaps got hurt. He said he has done just about everything at Amtrak and he really loves his job. Frank can also be seen on the Amtrak Guest Rewards website as one of the models at a train station.

I'm heading out of town and will not be doing any posting or commenting for awhile..

Winter Trolley

"C" line trolley on Beacon Street approaching Kent Street.

Monochrome Monday - Approaching train

Monday morning means taking the train to work and posting a b&w photo. A like minded group of monochrome maniacs can be found here at the Home of Monochrome Monday. Give them a visit and leave a comment or two. Have a great week.

Standing by ....

Red Line train at Davis Square standing by because of switching problems at Alewife Station.

Tracks to nowhere

Train tracks lead into a vacant building on the Boston waterfront. This building was built in 1940 to help build ships but is now empty and vacant. As in many cities in the U.S. that used to play important roles in shipbuilding, that industry is now a thing of the past.

Model train display

Holiday train display at South Station.

Subways and Trains

Incoming train at Park Street Subway Station. I liked the feeling of movement in the picture and the reflection of the woman in the moving train.



Escalator from train platform at South Station takes you up two levels, which can be seen here.







Canopy to South Station subway entrance. An outside view of a shot I took earlier this year can be seen here.

Longfellow Bridge