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    Friday, July 3, 2009

    Jalopnik Repost: Ten Worst Train Stations

    Jalopnik typically writes about auto-related issues, because they're gear heads and like big diesels. But in an odd twist recently they wrote about the Ten Worst Train Stations in The World. It's a real crop.

    Their post goes hand-in-hand with another blog post from The Infrastructurist on Eleven train stations that got the wrecking ball (six more listed HERE).

    Great reading!

    Wednesday, July 1, 2009

    Video - Sound Transit Light Rail Testing

    Oran Viriyincy posted this video of Light Rail testing in the Rainier Valley. It's 9 minutes of crossings, honks, bells, and traffic. Great stuff when you like trains, that's for sure!

    If you can't see the embedded video below, click HERE to see it directly on YouTube.


    Thursday, June 25, 2009

    Waiting...


    "The past is behind me. My destiny is on the other side of that tank car. For now, I stand and wait."


    Photo: DSC09011, originally uploaded by emilie_roulet

    Saturday, June 20, 2009

    Track Fatality in Seattle

    A man was killed on Saturday night on the tracks at Carkeek Park, according to this KIRO write-up. The locomotive horn scattered a number of people who were on the tracks, and the one killed was the one who didn't move. The group was not at a sanctioned crossing.

    This sad tale is repeated every year along that line, at Golden Gardens and Carkeek. My heart goes out to the family and friends of this man.



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