Category Archives: photography

Photo of the United States Capitol subway system

Posted on February 26, 2012 by brian

A photo of the rarely photographed United States Capitol subway system showed up in the New York Times recently. More information about the United States Capitol subway system: Wikipedia, BelowThe Capital.org

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1960 Aerial Photos of Jersey City NJ railroads

Posted on February 15, 2012 by brian

I came across three great photos of the Jersey City waterfront taken in 1960 that show the extensive railroad infrastructure that used to exist there. Photo 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59635146@N08/6478913999/ Photo 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59635146@N08/6479012469/ Photo 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59635146@N08/6523535499/ Annotated version of Photo 1: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-02-01-12/Overview_Jersey_City_NJ-annotated.jpg (courtesy of the Railfan.net Erie Lackawanna Email List … Continue reading →

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Attention Railfans: Photographing the DC Metro just got easier

Posted on March 5, 2010 by brian

WMATA is replacing the 2.5 inch tall car number stickers on the subway car sides with new 5 inch tall car number stickers (as seen in the photo above). This will make identifying the car numbers of the subway cars … Continue reading →

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Photographer wins $30k from City of New York over arrest

Posted on February 15, 2010 by brian

I know Robert and am very happy to see this result. Second Ave. Sagas: Unlawful arrest for subway photography costs city $30K myFox New York: Shutterbug Fights Bogus Ticket

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