07 Thursday Feb 2013
Posted in London, photography, photowalking, random, trains, transit, Travel, urban
18 Thursday Oct 2012
Posted in fun, history, London, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, Travel, urban
13 Wednesday Jun 2012
Posted in Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, photography, photowalking, trains, Travel
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canada, halifax, nova scotia, photography, photowalk, rail, railroad, railways, random, station, train, trains, urban, Via, Via Rail
You’d never know this car was almost 60 years old unless you looked it up (or were told, as the case may be).
Evangeline Park (Via Rail 8704) was originally delivered by the Budd Co. to Canadian Pacific for the original Canadian, which launched in 1954-55. Today, the Park cars are also used on the Ocean, which runs between Halifax and Montreal. Today, apart from the Canadian, the Park cars are also used on the tail end of the Skeena (Prince Rupert-Jasper) and in summertime on the Ocean. (Thanks to Jon Calon for the reminder.) You may also see Park cars on charter duty at the tail end of other Via trains.
In this shot, the car is seen parked outside the Via Rail train station in Halifax.
25 Wednesday Apr 2012
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canada, métro, montreal, photography, photos, quebec, rail, railroad, railway, train, trains, Travel, urban
The original rolling stock of the Montreal metro, built by Canadian Vickers and dating back to 1966, still plies the tracks under that city’s streets. Here’s a train of such cars entering Viau station a few weekends ago.
These vehicles will be retired within a few years, when the Montreal Transit Corp. receives the first of a new fleet of new Metro cars, built by Bombardier and Alstom.
27 Tuesday Mar 2012
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, urban
21 Wednesday Mar 2012
Posted in architecture, Canada, design, fun, montreal, photography, photowalking, trains, transit, Travel, urban
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architecture, art, canada, design, métro, montreal, photography, photos, photowalk, quebec, rail, railroad, railway, random, stained glass, station, subway, train, trains, urban
Champ-de-Mars métro station in Montreal was recently identified as one of most beautiful subway stations in the world. Surely, the wonderful panes of stained glass has something to do with it.
10 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted in Calgary, Canada, history, photography, trains, Trains & Transit
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alberta, calgary, canada, Heritage Park, history, locomotive, photography, photos, pictures, steam engine, train, trains
Seen at Heritage Park in September 2008.
26 Friday Aug 2011
Posted in photography, Trains & Transit, transit, Travel, urban
Here’s an unexpected photo capture. I was in the last car of a No. 7 subway train as it was leaving Main St. station in Flushing. I decided to try a long-exposure shot inside the tunnel when all of a sudden there was no more tunnel and we were in broad daylight. This is the result.
27 Monday Apr 2009
Ricky Leong 