Photo 308: Train platform 13
Archive of posts tagged metra
Photo 291: Locomotive Wheel
I like the mechanical industrialness of this. (This shot was Jason’s idea.)
Photo 158: Waiting for the train to pass
Photo 83: Train car
Photo 76: Commute
I like the lack of focus I got here. I kicked it up a notch in some post processing.
Photo 24: Good Advice
Metracide still happening
I was delayed on Metra this morning due to train vs. pedestrian. Metra had another problem yesterday. People on the train this morning were talking about yesterday’s having been a suicide and its going around that today’s was as well. It reminded me of an article I read and blogged about back in 2004. Its …
Whoooah, we’re Halfway there!
For about 2 years I’ve been periodically going into Spin Doctor Cyclewerks, my local bike shop, and looking at a bike that I thought would be a great addition to my morning commute. In late June I went in one last time, and Greg, the owner, told me to just buy it already since its …
Good Samaritans?
I got off the train to find my Vue not starting. The car wasn’t turning over, it feels like a dead battery or something similar. I called Sarah and she loaded up the kids and headed to the train station to come and give me a jump. While I was waiting I got the jumper …
The end of an era
I saw this on the morning news on NBC 5 this morning. So I could share it here, I found Metra says so long to its rail saloons in the Trib’s online edition. Every weekday at 5:17 p.m., the bar car on Metra‘s Milwaukee District West line becomes the place where everybody knows your name …