Author Archives: Emily

Fort Tryon Park, for my cousin

Visited on September 25, 2011 by Emily

This past week my cousin, a young mother, lost her long battle with cancer.

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Blog News: Catching up and contacting me

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Emily

My dear infrastructure fans: I am as sad as you are that I’m this behind in writing my posts. Careful readers may have noticed that the most recent entry represents the first time I’ve posted chronologically out of order – … Continue reading →

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Boardwalk Empire Lo-Vs (September 4)

Visited on September 4, 2011 by Emily

I heard whisperings on an earlier nostalgia train trip that the Lo-V cars would be running in September as some sort of promotion. I had to find out details! A few days before the first weekend of the month, and … Continue reading →

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Governors Island birthday

Visited on May 28, 2011 by Emily

My birthday fell on a Saturday this year and it was likely to be a beautiful day, so why not try to get people to come out and celebrate it with me? Since it was my day I’d get to … Continue reading →

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Lo-V Nostalgia Train

Visited on May 22, 2011 by Emily

I was super excited to ride my first nostalgia train since the holidays. The particular ones I was to ride this day were Lo-Vs, even older than the “Arnines” I rode over the holidays. Lo-V stands for low voltage – … Continue reading →

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City Hall Station and more

Visited on May 14, 2011 by Emily

The “Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station” was the first of the four New York Transit Museum excursions I signed up for during this, my first cycle of being a member, in spring/summer of 2011. I squealed when … Continue reading →

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To Phoenixville, Pennsylvania by Train

Visited on May 8, 2011 by Emily

A dear old friend of mine (the friendship is old, not the friend) invited me to her birthday party so I thought I’d make the trip to just outside of Philadelphia to reconnect and help her celebrate. I had traveled … Continue reading →

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Walk to work

Visited on April 29, 2011 by Emily

I don’t remember how the plan to try to walk to work first came about. Probably a few things inspired it – my excursion to and fascination with Tibbetts Brook Park and its pedestrian bridge (a path through the park … Continue reading →

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Secaucus Junction

Visited on April 2, 2011 by Emily

It was a beautiful, sunny, but still chilly Saturday morning. The weather was trying to be spring but still had the chill of winter. I had planned to take an infrastructure excursion this day, but earlier in the week my … Continue reading →

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Blog News

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Emily

My dear infrastructure followers, I wanted to take a minute between excursion posts to bring you a couple of pieces of news about the blog:

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