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Vintage trains running every Saturday along 6th Avenue Subway stops

December 3, 2011 @ 6:07 pm

A little treat from the MTA this holiday season! They are putting vintage R1/9 subway cars (weather permitting) onto the 6th Avenue line trains. All the stops between Queens Plaza and 2nd Avenue on the F and M lines are … Continue reading →

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Long-exposures taken from the front of Tokyo trains

September 22, 2011 @ 1:20 am

Coudal shared this link to AppuruPai’s photos on Flickr tagged “motion” which include some long exposures taken from the front of trains in Tokyo. Gorgeous!

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Videos of various freight trains at the LA River

September 7, 2011 @ 10:59 am

I remember when I was in Buffalo last year, I made a detour to a freight train yard and I literally stopped my car and sat there for maybe an hour and a half just watching the trains go by. … Continue reading →

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Henry Chalfant wallpaper

June 14, 2011 @ 9:25 pm

I would love and hate to have my room plastered with this as a wallpaper. This was taken at the Art In The Streets exhibit at the MoCA.

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Martha Cooper at Art In The Streets (MoCA)

May 10, 2011 @ 8:09 am

Check out this short interview by VNA with photographer Martha Cooper at the Art In The Streets exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA. Martha goes briefly into her long history photographing graffiti and train art and how … Continue reading →

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How NASA uses the rail system to launch shuttles into space

March 27, 2011 @ 2:28 pm

I really like trains. So seeing how trains help bring another favorite item of mine — the space shuttle — into space is rather interesting. I had no idea the rail system was so intertwined and important to space shuttle … Continue reading →

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