Ahhhh, Quebec City, perhaps the closest one can get to Paris in North America. At least le vieux Quebec. Been a great two days here, much fine food, great atmosphere, lots of history, and, of course, staying at the Chateau…
Some distance has certainly passed since the last update… 2500km or so. I’m here at the Winnipeg train station, broadcasting from the Via1 wifi connection. The times on the train have been great – after I closed the netbook in…
Here we go! Awaiting boarding onto our train… only a single night onboard for this leg, as we go to Jasper for our two night stay. Mmmm… excited! Trip up here so far has been great, met someone cool on…
This morning I had a meeting with a contractor/builder to discuss the Lofty project (mainly info gathering). I check the address, check the traffic… check what’s around the address. Hmm, down by the ballpark, parking could be nasty. Oh, hey,…
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Also excited that, especially as a lover of trains (and, of course, train stations), I got a chance to check out the new Moynihan Train Hall! The destruction and demolition of Pennsylvania Station in NYC is, by this point, the…
These are mesmerizing x-ray-like illustrations of the major train stations in Tokyo (Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Tokyo central)… all the more incredible as they were done in ballpoint pen! It also calls to mind how amazing the those rail stations are,…
This is both amazing as well as mesmerizing… the Tokyo Shinkansen train station serving all eastern routes, with a super busy schedule and only four platforms, and the amazing and hyper-precise dance of incoming and leaving trains, nearly once every…
Here’s a nice, humble, and neat train station gracing the countryside of the Czech Republic. Solid brick, a playful gable roof that isn’t quite exactly a gable roof, and a reimagining of the traditional sheltered platform that leads to covered…
While shipping container architecture has become a bit of a thing (I’ve highlighted a few here in the past – I still love this train station), this one takes a different approach to using the ubiquitous containers: as inhabitable roof…
There’s something that I quite like about this train station in Dinan, France. Built in 1879, it’s got this interesting mix of old school form, art deco-ish ornament, and some clean lines of modernism, all wrapped up into one. And…
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