23 Tuesday Apr 2013
Posted in architecture, art, Canada, design, history, Manitoba, photography, photowalking, random, trains, Travel, urban, Winnipeg
22 Monday Apr 2013
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alberta, b.c., canada, Edmonton, Jasper, Manitoba, music, Ontario, rail, railroad, railway, Sask, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sudbury, Toronto, tourism, train, trains, transcontinental, vancouver, Via Rail, Winnipeg
If you’re on Via Rail’s western transcontinental train, “The Canadian”, keep your eyes — and ears — open for two members of Toronto-based band Running Red Lights, who will be performing aboard the train that leaves Vancouver on Tuesday, April 26, 2013.
I had the pleasure of enjoying Scarlett Flynn and Kevin Howley’s music as I travelled westbound with them through much of last week.
Check out their website to learn more about the whole band and to see blog entries recounting their epic cross-country journey.
They’re also all over social media:
Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/RunningRedLights
Twitter — http://twitter.com/rrlmusic
YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/user/rrlmusic
Top photo: Kevin and Scarlett performing in the second Skyline car aboard Via Rail’s “The Canadian”.
Below: A little boy listens intently as Scarlett and Kevin perform a quick gig at Winnipeg Union Station.
Bottom: Scarlett and Kevin entertain the crowd at Jasper train station.
18 Thursday Apr 2013
09 Saturday Mar 2013
27 Wednesday Feb 2013
19 Tuesday Feb 2013
Posted in photography, photowalking, Portland, random, trains, transit, Travel, urban
07 Thursday Feb 2013
Posted in history, New York, photography, photowalking, random, trains, transit, Travel, urban
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Grand Central, MTA, New York, photography, photowalk, rail, railroad, railway, random, station, train, trains, transit, Travel, urban
New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Grand Central Station.
Cheers and here’s to 100 more — at least!
Here’s a shot of the station taken on a visit back in February 2011.
07 Thursday Feb 2013
Posted in London, photography, photowalking, random, trains, transit, Travel, urban
04 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, friends, fun, photography, trains, transit, urban
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alberta, art, C-Train, calgary, canada, light rail, LRT, photography, rail, railroad, railway, trains, transit
I often wonder if most people who use Calgary’s light rail system notice the art that exists intrinsically all around them.
Well, there are six Calgarians who most certainly do. Flickr friends and photographers (above, from left) James Tworow, Linda M. Cunningham, Nathalie Babineau-Griffiths, Wanda Martin and Dave King, along with Ian Proctor (not present), share their visual insights from the newly opened west leg of Calgary’s LRT system.
Their photo exhibition, One Place, Six Perspectives, demonstrates the innate artistic richness of Calgary’s newest C-Train stations, which stretch 8.2 km westward from downtown.
Swing by for a look and you, too, will see how transit can be more than just trains, buses, bricks and mortar.
One Place, Six Perspectives takes place on the walls of Pages Books in Kensington until the end of April.
P.S.: The group’s photos are also available for sale.
18 Thursday Oct 2012
Posted in fun, history, London, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, Travel, urban
Ricky Leong 