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[edit]Georgia
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The entrance to the NB Georgia Welcome Center on I-95 at Exit 1.
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Sign for the Georgia Welcome Center.
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In 2012, I went back and started taking pictures of this MK 14 Torpedo on display at the welcome center.
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Longer shot of that torpedo.
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Shot of the plaque on one of the concrete brackets supporting the torpedo
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The same plaque from a different angle with a better view.
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An even longer shot of that torpedo, which this time shows the whole thing.
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There's also an unusual Additional Parking sign for two extra car lots.
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Continuing north, the trip gave me a chance for a shot of the I-95 bridges over the Turtle River.
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Exit 109 sign for GA 21 and 30 in Port Wentworth, the last exit in Georgia,...
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.. if you don't leave now, you'll wind up in South Carolina.
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The only image I was able to get northbound in Georgia in November 2013 was the northbound off-ramp to US 17 in Richmond Hill.
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Southbound was a different story. I was able to capture the southbound truck weigh station near the Welcome Center.
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You could've even seen the scales from the picnic shelters at the time.
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And of course with any welcome center, you have to have a welcome sign.
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Not to mention a brick sign installed on the ground? Well, that's what GDOT decided to do at the time.
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A view of the road from the welcome center. I used to take pride in never ending up in a northbound traffic jam, until 2021.
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A formerly sunken anchor on display at the welcome center
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It was discovered during construction near the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in 1994.
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Like many rest areas, they indicate that I-95 is part of the Blue Star Memorial Highway.
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And even though I didn't enter the Glynn County Rest Area, at least I got the sign for it.
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Though I did capture the southbound I-95 weigh station in 2013, I never got the signs leading to it until November 2014
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The same goes for the sign to the welcome center.
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One sign tells truckers that the weigh station is open, while the one next to it tells motorists in general which radio station has tourist info.
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This is the entrance ramp to the weigh station. The entrance ramp to the welcome center is up ahead.
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A small tilted sign tells motorists that the next rest area is 71 miles away. That's the Glynn County Rest Area.
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And this is the entrance to the southbound Georgia Welcome Center.
More to Come
South Carolina
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Dillon, South Carolina Amtrak station, as seen in 2009.
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A historic plaque involving a precursor to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
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The four-faced station clock and thermometer in front of the station.
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Mayors of Dillon on display at the train station.
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The tracks at the station cross SC 34.
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The former northbound Pee Dee Rest Area north of Florence, Closed by SCDOT before this pic was taken.
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I've always been curiously drawn to this rest area, but I couldn't stop in to figure out why because it was closed.
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Jerry's Truck Stop(Travel Center of America), off of I-95 in Manning.
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Juanita M. White Crosswalk over I-95 between Exits 18 and 21.
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For April 2011, I thought I'd make it my mission to get pictures of Amtrak stations in the Palmetto State. Starting with Yemassee (Amtrak station).
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Eastbound view of the station from the Wall Street Railroad Crossing.
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This view is south along the CSX Charleston Subdivision.
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.. and this is a broader view, which shows that the station was facing major reconstruction.
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Then there was Kingstree (Amtrak station), which was further away from I-95 than I thought.
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Typical early 21st Century sign at the station.
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These two doors look like they used to be for segregated waiting rooms.
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The station house from the parking lot.
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An even older sign at Kingstree... or at least an older looking one.
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Like many old station houses, this too was converted into a restaurant.
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I thought I'd never get back to I-95 until I saw this blinker light at US 301. Then I realized I was getting close.
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My third Amtrak station for 2011 was Florence (Amtrak station)
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But the former Florence Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot was nearby too, so I had to capture that.
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Amtrak still stores their baggage carts there.
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Today the old station is a medical office.
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Another shot of the Amtrak station, but this time from the parking lot.
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On the way back from the New York Tri-State Area, I returned to Dillon Amtrak station.
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The close-up of this historic plaque tells the tale of how the Florence Railroad went through Dillon and shortened travel time for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
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Here's a clearer shot of the four-faced clock...
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.. and thermometer at the station
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Another shot of the station and one of CSX's road-rail trucks.
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The other side of this plaque tells the history of Dillon itself.
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This whole effort was an attempt to replace photographs that were ruined by a drug-store photo developer with others that aren't ruined.
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I-95 enters South Carolina from Georgia as seen in 2012.
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Former rest area near Exit 18, now a truck parking area.
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In 2013 I attempted my first gallery for the northbound I-95 Welcome Center, but I had to actually get there first.
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Almost there.
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Finally the first pic as I enter the welcome center.
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This was the main building in 2013
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They also had picnic shelters between the car and truck parking lots. This is the SCDOT identification tag.
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Wider shot of the picnic shelter from the car parking area,
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South Carolina Welcome sign facing northbound traffic.
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The same sign from a different angle.
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Blue Star Memorial Highway historical marker.
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Fork in the road between returning to I-95 or more car parking spaces.
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Close-up shot of the signs there.
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South Carolina still had state names on one of their interstate shields,
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The vending machine booth is behind these recycling bins.
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My first shot of the northbound Colleton County Rest Area. I've been there before, but this time I decided to pass it up.
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The same went for the northbound Orangeburg County Rest Area.
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On the other hand, I got this shot of the northbound bridge over Lake Marion
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Exit 153 on I-95 is Honda Way, but I haven't been able to find proof of that yet.
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On the way back, I grabbed some pictures of the southbound Sumter County Rest Area along I-95
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Though it's just an ordinary rest area, it has been trying to upgrade itself into a welcome center.
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They might think they're helping with that rustic log cabin, but they really aren't.
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Nevertheless, they do have bathrooms in the main building...
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.. and a separate booth for vending machines in front of the picnic tables between the car and truck parking lots.
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For 2014, I thought I should capture this series of billboards in Ridgeland
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Then I spotted the northbound Colleton County Rest Area
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.. and sadly passed by it again.
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On the way back, I managed to capture the southbound I-95 Welcome Center, but I had to get there first too.
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Almost there.
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Finally entering the welcome center, though I should make a cropped version with the exit gore sign.
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The welcome sign can be seen from both the main road and welcome center itself.
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The main building of the welcome center as of November 2014.
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A Blue Star Memorial Highway plaque next to the building.
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And a sign trying to get visitors to visit South Carolina State Parks.
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Extra parking for cars was found in the back,...
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.. however, this site was also a backyard wildlife habitat...
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.. a,k,a,. a "Carolina Fence Garden."
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The truck and bus parking lot can be seen from here.
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Trucks and buses enter here...
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.. and leave here, just before everybody else exits to I-95.
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The only shot I was able to get of the former southbound Pee Dee Rest Area north of Florence. Also closed by SCDOT.
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One that was still open though was the southbound Lake Marion Travel Information and Welcome Center in Santee.
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I could've gone there as an excuse to get around this horse truck in front of me.
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But I had to pass this one over too,
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September 2015 was the year I took a detour up US 17 to the Charleston area
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The railroad line is the CSX Charleston Subdivision.
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From there I resumed capturing pics of the Charleston Amtrak station. Only later did I find that I was on a private road.
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Sign on the chain-link fence to the entrance to the parking lot of the station
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The barbed-wires and the half-opened gate doesn't make this station look very inviting.
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Unfortunatley the trees and the fence blocked my view of the front of the station.
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I got a photo of the south end of the platform, so it was only fair that I took the north end.
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I took this and the next shots from between the tracks, but I don't recommend it.
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The only reason I was able to do this was because there were no trains around the area.
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North of the station is this freight spur heading to the east side of the station....
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.. which was for a company called Capitol Materials of Savannah. Obviously North Charleston is not the headquarters of the company.
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After some cheap gas in North Charleston, I took I-26 back to I-95 and stopped at the Northbound Lake Marion Rest Area in Santee
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The rest area has some picnic tables, shelters and grilles...
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.. above the modest mid-century modern main building (bathrooms) along the car parking spaces.
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The billboard kiosk is also mid-century modern, but is slightly less modest than the bathrooms.
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It didn't draw me in the way the old Pee Dee Rest Area did, but it's still a nice place to visit.
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Of course you've also got the obligatory vending machine booth.
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And SCDOT's list of prohibited activities at the rest area.
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I tried to get the entrance ramp to the rest area, but I should've stood in the middle of the road.
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That's better. From here I got the two "Do Not Enter" signs, but the "Wrong Way" signs were too far away.
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The rest area also has a "Liberty Garden," a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks.
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Plaque for the Liberty Garden. If we only had a President who was willing to honor them by destroying the people responsible, instead of appeasing them.
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The Men's bathroom at the rest area...
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.. and the women's bathroom.
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Across I-95 you can see a sign for the entrance to the southbound Santee rest area.
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Besides the sign telling motorists what they can and can't do, there's also another telling them that it's patrolled by cops.
More to Come
North Carolina
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Northbound CSX Freight train approaches...
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..and leaves. These tracks were originally built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
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Eastbound former Southern Railway track, which is now used for freight only by Norfolk Southern.
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Corner of the station.
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Curved connecting track behind the station.
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An Amtrak train takes the curve.
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Often, they stop here... as well as on the northbound-southbound tracks.
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Old Freight House west of the station.
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Automated interlocking for CSX & Norfolk Southern freight trains.
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Parking lot behind the station house.
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This lot is for the handicapped only.
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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CSX Garage in the distance.
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An old Caboose on display
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Caboose from the back parking lot
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Caboose from the former SR platform.
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Fayetteville Amtrak Station, a historic former ACL Depot.
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The canopy for Fayetteville Amtrak Station.
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One of many shots of Rocky Mount Amtrak Station, also a historic former ACL Depot.
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Unfortunately, I think this view of the cracked asphalt next to the platform might've cost them some travelers.
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The station was named in honor of Helen P. Gay, who was the first African-American woman to serve on the Rocky Mount City Council.
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On display at the station,,,
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.. is an old Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Business Car...
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.. they called it an "Office Car," but it's really the same thing.
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The former REA Express station and freight house...
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,,is now a restaurant and bus stop...
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.. for both Tar River Transit, and Intercity buses (Greyhound, Trailways, etcetera)
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Another former ACL car, but a "Stainless Whopper Hopper."
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This is car number 500,000!
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The next day I got another shot of the Helen P. Gay sign in front of the station.
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I also got a shot of the green in front of the station.
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Rocky Mount Firehouse Museum.
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Close-up of the Rocky Mount Firehouse Museum, with some of the antique apparatus behind the front doors.
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In April 2011, I captured at least one of the signs indicating the existence of the newly established Interstate 795.
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On the way back down, I returned to Rocky Mount to do something I should've done in the previous year.
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Capturing images of the buses of Tar River Transit.
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Despite the many paratransit buses shown in this and the previous image, they do have regular buses.
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And luckily one passed by before I left. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of not capturing the tornado damage in Dunn, North Carolina.
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Northbound Interstate 95 just before the beginning of I-95 Business in Fayetteville. This view was in September 2012.
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The ramp to the beginning of I-95 Business in Fayetteville itself.
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The northbound service road along I-95 at the NC 87 interchange.
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In November 2013 I snapped some pictures related to the Northbound North Carolina Welcome Center along I-95.
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An unfortunately blurry shot of the entrance to the welcome center...
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..and a medium-sized sign identifying it.
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Shot of the main building with a welcome sign
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The vending machine cabin...
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..which is also where you find the "Cars with Trailers" parking area.
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The first Interstate Business Loop 95 sign next to a US 301 sign south of Fayetteville
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Another US 301-BL 95 sign tree north of the NC 59 interchange.
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The intersection with Tom Starling Road. This could've easily been converted into a new interchange.
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I was looking for an NRHP plaque at Fayetteville Amtrak station that year, but I never found one. So, this old pic of a local trolley will have to do.
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After staying the night in Wilson, I decided to go downtown and get some pics of the Amtrak station.
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The old REA Express station (now a police substation) is on the left, while the main station house is on the right.
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Early morning shot from Lodge Street East.
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A plaque on the station house has the opening and closing hours.
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A plaque memorializing the "streetscape improvement project,,,"
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,, right in front of the station on East Nash Street...
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,,which is also where the canopy along the platform ends as East Nash crosses the tracks.
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For some reason, there's a statue of a woman named "Miss Rail Rose" along the platform,
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You can even see the old REA Express House behind the canopy over the platform.
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Southbound in 2013 entering the Nash County Rest Area.
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The split between the trucks and cars (also with trailers) parking areas.
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The Vending machine booth in 2013
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The main building at the rest area.
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An abandoned Sprint phonebooth at the rest area.
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This makes me wonder if Sprint had other plans for this phone booth before being merged into Nextel by T-Mobile
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This was my first attempt to capture the Picnic Booth. I have no idea why the picture came out so dark.
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I also returned to Selma Union Depot for 2013...
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.. for the Art Deco baggage cart along the old Southern Railway line
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As well as the more traditional cast iron baggage cart from the 19th Century,
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The cast iron baggage cart is in nice shape. Perhaps the local historical society can repair the other one.
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The official address to the station is in the handicapped parking lot behind the connecting tracks.
More to come
Virginia
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel fishing scale.
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel thanks America's military heroes.
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel commemorates the Battle of the Chesapeake(September 5, 1781).
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Ashland, Virginia Amtrak station & Visitor's Center
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Ashland Station Clock.
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Ashland Station old-fashioned luggage cart on display.
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Another shot of the station from South Main Street.
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The Northeast Regional is about to cross VA 54 before stopping here.
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Facing south towards the station.
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Display case inside Ashland Station
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Another display case. Both of them are in the former black waiting room.
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Richmond Main Street Station as seen from I-95 in June 2010.
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The first of several images of Fredericksburg's Amtrak and VRE station. This view is from Princess Anne Street.
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The station as seen from Lafayette Boulevard and Caroline Street.
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Second shot of that corner.
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Pedestrian tunnel from the south parking lot between Princess Anne and Caroline Streets.
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A billboard at the parking lot announces the arrival of VRE, but it has been there since 1992.
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This station was originally built by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
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The station house across the tracks was built in 1910.
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Lorton's Virginia Railway Express station on April 14, 2011.
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This is not the Amtrak-Auto Train station, though.
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The sign proves that. An entire neighborhood was built around it. Who says suburban sprawl is only caused by road improvements?
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A sign for Woodbridge VRE station, and the parking garage
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The Woodbridge Station house, plus the bus and taxi stand.
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Signs for both Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express
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Another shot of the parking garage...
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.. and a shot of the station from US 1 across the tracks. It was raining quite hard that day.
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In 2012, I spotted a bus at a rest area being delivered from Georgia...
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.. to New Jersey Transit, of all places.
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And it's a NABI 416.
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If you're in New Jersey, and you see Bus #6214, you'll now know where it was built.
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The Northbound Virginia Welcome Center on I-95 in 2013. These are the bathrooms.
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The main building at the Welcome Center.
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Vending machines at the welcome center.
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An interesting relic at that welcome center was this 1960 VW Bus.
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With an old inspection sticker from Pennsylvania...
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.. and New York
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The bus itself was from New Jersey.
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It also has a sunroof.
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Emporia's former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot was on the former Petersburg Railroad.
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A gazebo is also on the south side of the station.
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Momentarily, I grabbed a shot of the former Virginia First National Bank building.
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Handicapped ramp on the north side.
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The station is the HQ for the Emporia-Greensville Chamber of Commerce.
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A second shot of the historical marker at the station.
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In northern Virginia again, I grabbed a pic of the Rippon Virginia Railway Express station starting with this sign at the entrance.
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.. that was the parking lot entrance, though. This is the entrance to the bridge over the tracks.
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Another shot of the bridge entrance, this time from a median between two parking spaces across from the loop road.
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Northbound view of the tracks from the bridge.
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Returning to Emporia in November 2014, where I tried to get some shots of the Village View mansion.
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This view of the mansion is from US 301.
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So is this view, but it includes a Virginia State Historical Marker.
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But I also took another picture of a marker at the Masonic Lodge in the city....
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.. as well as the Old Merchants and Farmer's Bank three lots to the north.
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My primary target was the H. T. Klugel Architectural Sheet Metal Work Building on US BUS 58.
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The same building from a vacant lot. It's an antique shop now.
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Across from the old ACL station is the former Hotel Virginia...
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That too is an antique shop..
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Historical marker facing northbound US 301 on the south side of the Nottoway River.
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Northbound on the old US 301 bridge over the Nottoway River which you used to be able to see from I-95.
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This trip also called for more photographs of the Fredericksburg, though not for this garage and former gas station.
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It was for more photographs of the Fredericksburg Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express station.
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Which used to be a Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Station.
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The northeast corner of the station house contains a clock mounted on it.
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Nearby the old RF&P Depot is a Virginia Central Railway station.
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Across from that is a street sign indicating the stations are in the Downtown Historic District
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Today it's a bar called the Irish Brigade (Both Union and Confederate Troops had Irish Brigades),
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Either way, the distinction between the two Fredericksburg stations is why the Wikipedia Trains/US Stations project naming convention sucks!
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Another VRE station I was looking for was Leeland Road in Falmouth, Virginia.
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The platform at the station towards Washington, DC
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Here's another view, but with a better shot of the station sign.
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The platform at the station towards Fredericksburg
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The Fredericksburg-bound side also includes ticket vending machines and a VRE system map.
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Virginia Railway Express urges you to buy your tickets at the machines before boarding their trains.
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A wheelchair ramp also leads to the platform. I walked from the platform along that ramp, though.
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A bus shelter exists here, but I'm not really sure which bus services use it.
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A bike rack also exists here. Off screen, there were plenty of real estate signs for future development.
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On the way home, I spotted this Digiboo vending machine at the Davis Travel Plaza in Stony Creek.
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Virginia is for Lovers again at the northbound I-95 Welcome Center in 2015.
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Though a U-turn helped me get a series of southbound pictures for signs towards the southbound North Carolina Welcome Center
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The Church Road Bridge is the last overpass on southbound I-95 before the road crosses the state line.
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That welcome center is at the next right. You just have to cross the border.
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Back in Virginia, I stopped in Emporia once again...
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,, and snapped additional pictures of the Masonic Lodge.
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Across the street from that, is a marker for the grave of General John R Chambliss.
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My intended goal for Emporia this year was this place
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It was the NRHP-listed Greensville County Training School
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The old school was in the process of being restored
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They had a lot of work to do here.
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Something I wasn't expecting was to find this old truck
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It's a Chevrolet Steel-Tilt Cabover from the late-1960's.
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There really aren't very many of these still around today.
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In Stony Creek, I finally went to the Stony Creek Tastee Hut on US 301.
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I've seen it for years along I-95, and now I was there.
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Billboard for the restaurant facing US 301 traffic.
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The entrance to the northbound Ladysmith Rest Area on I-95...
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.. which unfortunately, I had to pass up.
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Northbound US 17 southwest of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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In Fredericksburg, there's a decorative pedestrian bridge over US 1 for the University of Mary Washington.
More to Come
Maryland
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Old big red "Do Not Enter" sign with flashing red lights at Maryland House.
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I-95 Memorial at Chesapeake House Rest Area.
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Colony of Maryland, and...
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..State of Maryland plaques on I-95 at Maryland House Rest Area.
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Aberdeen Amtrak-MARC Station
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Aberdeen Station's northbound tracks.
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Aberdeen Station's northbound tunnel.
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Aberdeen Station's southbound tunnel.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground plaque.
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Perryville MARC Station.
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An Amtrak train flies by Perryville station towards New York City.
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Antique luggage cart on Perryville Station's platform....
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.. and another beneath one of the canopies.
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Control tower between Perryville station and the Susquehanna River.
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I-95 Memorial at Maryland House Rest Area in 2011.
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Southbound on I-95 approaching Chesapeake House.
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Near the Perryville MARC station are these two bridges over MD 7
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These are for the wye to the old Port Road Branch
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Aberdeen's other railroad station, the former Baltimore and Ohio Depot.
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Close-up of the banner for the former Aberdeen B&O Station.
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Exiting I-195 at US 1 gives you a choice of two MARC stations. How cool is that?
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South view towards Halethorpe MARC Station
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The Francis Avenue Bridge just north of Halethrope Station
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The station platforms at Halethrope Station in 2011.
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A CSX Car Carrier at St. Denis MARC station.
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The Plexiglas platform on the Washington, DC-bound platforms at St. Denis.
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CSX's Capital Subdivision ends at St. Denis, and the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision begins here.
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The wooden shelter on the Camden Yards-bound platforms at St. Denis.
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A shot of one of the platforms at Muirkirk MARC station, facing US 1
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The previous shot was of the DC-bound platform, this is of the Baltimore and Perryville-bound platform
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Like many more modern railroad stations it has one of these electronic signs.
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One sign for the platform to Baltimore...
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.. and the other sign for the platform to Washington, D.C.
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In 2013, I caught a shot of the Dorsey MARC Station off of Exit 7 on MD 100.
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After this, I went to Baltimore where i tried to get some shots of the West Baltimore MARC station.
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The station was built where I-170 was supposed to be built, and where I-70 should've been built.
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Staircase to the Penn Station and Perryville-bound platform.
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Next door to the Edmonson Avenue Firehouse in Baltimore is the former Pennsylvania Railroad station that West Baltimore MARC replaced. Too bad I couldn't get a shot of that.
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Maryland House was rebuilt between 2012 and 2014. And these were the restaurants available there in 2014.
More to come
Delaware
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SEPTA and Amtrak's French Street Station in Wilmington, under repair.
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Cornerstone beneath the bridge under French Street Station.
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Towering Parking Garage across from the north side of French Street Station
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Car & Bicycle parking garage on the south side of French Street Station.
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DART Buses at French Street Station in Wilmington
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In November 2013, I started taking pictures of the Delaware House on the Delaware Turnpike.
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Yes, the sun glare really messed up these southwest-bound shots.
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That's because by the time I got there it was nearly midday.
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On the plus side, they had an original toll booth on display between the parking lot near the gas station and the main building.
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This was part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Delaware Turnpike.
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You could've even gone inside if you wanted to. Unfortunately, I didn't do it back then.
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In November 2014 I went to the Delaware House again, There was no old toll booth, but there was a Best Buy vending machine there.
More to Come
Pennsylvania
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Tried to capture the Spring Garden Market-Frankford Line station from Southbound I-95. Not such a good idea.
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The restrooms at the Eastwick Loop Subway-Surface Trolley stop.
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Two Kawasaki trolley cars at the Eastwick Loop Subway-Surface Trolley stop.
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Chester Transportation Center from the bus lane.
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The underground platforms of Samson Commons-36th Street Subway-Surface Trolley Line station.
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The station entrance on the northeast corner.
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Close-up shot of the same entrance with the braille sign.
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Another entrance to Samson Commons station on the northwest corner.
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From there, I walked up 36th Street to the 36th Street Portal on the Route 10 Trolley.
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I could've bought a transfer, but I wouldn't have been able to get these two shots if I did.
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The old 52nd Street Pennsylvania Railroad station as seen from SEPTA Route 10.
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A shelter for the 63rd & Malvern Loop;...
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..the west end of the line for SEPTA Route 10.
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Also a stop for some buses. This view is from US 30.
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This was my second attempt at the Spring Garden MFL station. This time I took it from the station itself.
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I couldn't believe they wouldn't sell me a ticket. I really didn't understand SEPTA's fare system for rapid transit or trolleys.
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Nevertheless it gave me the chance to get a shot of one of the signs along I-95.
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That could've been my train, and I wouldn't have had to pay. I still caught the one after that.
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In 2013 I decided to drive down I-95 in Pennsylvania...
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.. so I could capture the entrance to the Cornwall Heights (SEPTA station)
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But from there I drove off the interstate into Northeast Philadelphia, so I could capture some Market-Frankford Line stations like Erie-Torresdale (MFL station)...
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The white Kia Optima just happened to be here.
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I had to drive around the block to capture York-Dauphin (MFL station).
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My main reason for the Pennsylvania detour was to stop at Springfield Mall so I could take the Route 101 trolley.
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There's no third rail here, so I had no problem crossing the tracks to get a shot from the other side.
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And here comes a SEPTA Route 101 trolley now.
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I wanted to capture as many stations as I could between there and the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, but all I got was this one at Drexel Hill Junction.
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After the end of the line at 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, I took a ride to the 46th Street (MFL station) on the Market Street El...
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.. primarily for some trace of the stub that used to go above ground east of the station, and the ramp to the 45th Street tunnel portal around that curve.
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Looking south at South Farragut Street. The station's namesake runs along Market Street in a one block overlap.
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Below the station, you can see a staircase to the Upper Darby-bound platform.
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The station house is on the southeast corner and you can see it from above,
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What I wasn't expecting was the majesty of the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Building.
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The clock tower of that building can be seen above and behind the canopy over the westbound platform.
More to come
New Jersey
[edit]Connecticut
[edit]2016
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Entering the Danbury Welcome Center on I-84.
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Close-Up of the sign at the Welcome Center.
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Cars go left at this parking lot.
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Somewhere in the background is a grille.
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Stone drinking fountain and spigot.
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Other descriptions coming.
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This map shelter probably had a pay phone attached to it once.
2019
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Catching Danbury Branch trains on the New Haven Line requires a stop at South Norwalk (Metro-North station)
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How often do you see four-faced outdoor station clocks inside train station lobbies?
COMING SOON