ACES To Atlantic City

Atlantic City Express Service; Atlantic City, New Jersey

As summer wound into fall, the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) trains operated by New Jersey Transit under contract for the casinos at the shore resort ran their final trips of the season. We have photos from the final month of operations in Photo Lines.

An Evening on the Main Line

SEPTA; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Come on over to Photo Lines and join us for an evening watching the SEPTA rush hour at Bryn Mawr, located on the Main Line of the former Pennsylvania Railroad.

Lackawanna F3s Make A Debut

Lackawanna F3s at Nay Aug Tunnel, Scranton, Pa.

The debut of "Lackawanna" F3s Nos. 663 and 664 at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., is one of the newest sections on the Photo Lines section of the website. Come out for a celebration as the Tri-State Railway Historical Society and Anthracite Railroads Historical Society break in their new power on a short trip to Nay Aug Tunnel!

In the Blog: A Dash of Nutmeg

Metro-North; Cos Cob, Connecticut; May 14, 2011

I got around to doing some writing and put together a blog entry on a two-day trip to Connecticut. There's Amtrak, Metro-North, Shore Line East, a night photo session at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum -- and Thomas the Tank Engine! Read it here.

Day Trips In May

New Jersey Transit; Belmar, New Jersey

O-Train; Ottawa, Ontario

Our Photo Lines gallery has been updated with the results of a few day trips in May. First up is a visit to CSX along the Schuylkill River Walk in Center City Philadelphia, with several freights in a scenic, yet urban, locale. Then it's a day on the New York & Long Branch (better known as New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line) with a lot of cool bridges. And finally, we head to Canada and spend a morning riding the O-Train, the diesel-powered light rail line that serves Ottawa. 

CSX Transportation; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Riding the O-Train

We have a new selection of images in Photo Lines. In this edition we go from station to station on Ottawa's diesel-powered transit line, the O-Train. We also pause at the Amtrak station at Syracuse, N.Y., to check CSX and passenger action.

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We now have an easy way for you to be notified when something new is posted to the website. Our "What's New" page now has a feed using Feedburner from Google. Just go to the bottom of this post (or any post) and enter your e-mail address in the box where it says "Subscribe via E-mail." You will be notified by e-mail whenever the Departures blog is updated so you can check out the latest blog posts or additions to the photo galleries. (And if you are into RSS feeds, there's a way to sign up for that just below the e-mail subscriber box.)

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A Visit to Connecticut

We've added a new section to Photo Lines covering two days in Connecticut with visits to the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum and the Valley Railroad, plus action on Amtrak, Metro-North, Shore Line East and the Providence & Worcester.

Stop by if you get a chance!

Western Maryland Scenic Photo Charter

Western Maryland Scenic; May 1, 2011

New on the website: A photo charter on the Western Maryland Scenic hosted by Carl Franz. Join us for an all-day steam freight extravaganza! You can see it here.

In the Blog: Florida

We have a new entry in the blog on a visit to Florida to see South Central Florida Express, Florida East Coast and Tri-Rail. Check it out here.

Florida East Coast; Stuart, Florida; March 23, 2011

Earn Free Prints!

We now have a new rewards program where you can earn free prints and gift cards. Each day you check in to our What's New page (that's the page you are on now) and click on that red ribbon you see over there to the left, you receive 100 points. You can earn additional points by entering comments or liking us on Facebook. Accumulate 5000 points and you get a free 8x12 print on lustre paper (your choice of any photo on the site). Get 7000 points and get an 8x12 on our way cool metallic paper. Wait longer, accumulate 10,000 points and you'll get a $50 gift card. It's that easy.

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Midwest Trip Photos Posted

We have a lot of new sections posted in Photo Lines. The Midwest Crossroads trip to Chicago and St. Louis is finished.

We also have a set of photos of a night photo session at Steamtown National Historic Site recreating what Buffalo might have looked like in 1956, with Lackawanna diesels mingling with Nickel Plate steam.

And in our "From the Slide Scanner" section, we go back to February 1996 for a day on the Northeast Corridor in southeastern Pennsylvania.