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My Trip on Luxury Rail Travel’s Steel City Limited, October 2016

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Ed KapuscinskiVideosLeave a comment

I can’t believe I forgot to post this last fall! My friend Russ has started a company, Luxury Rail Travel, that does private car charters (amongst other fun things), and I got a chance to ride his first trip to Pittsburgh. I had also just gotten my video camera, so I shot video.

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Railfanning Martin State Airport, May 2017

June 1, 2017July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotos, VideosLeave a comment

I’ve been doing a weekly railroad night with some of my friends since I started my current job where I work from home. Usually my group of friends go to someone’s house and works on modeling projects, but sometimes we head out railfanning. With the weather turning nice, I think that’s going to happen more often.

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Pittsburgh, Fall of 2016

April 18, 2017 Ed KapuscinskiPhotos, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My friend Ben, who I’ve mentioned a number of times here is a Pittsburgh boy. Consequently, when contemplating railfanning trip destinations, the Steel City frequently comes up. When planning a trip for the fall of 2016, he wanted to show off more of the city he loves, and especially the Conemaugh Line he’s planning to model.

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A Few Minutes In Lancaster, January 2017

April 15, 2017April 15, 2017 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

I had word that one of my favorite hobby shops was closing up, so I met my dad for one last stop before they were gone. While in town, we stopped by NS’s Dillerville Yard and the Amtrak Lancaster Station.

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Trying Out My New Camera on the NEC

July 5, 2015July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

I recently purchased a new camera, and spent a few hours getting familiar with it in a familiar setting: the Martin State MARC station.

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April 2015 Philly Trip

April 25, 2015May 2, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

I grew up, and learned how to railfan in Philadelphia. Every once in a  while I get a chance to go back and checkout my old haunts. This spring, I got a chance to do that with some friends and show them around the city that was so formative.

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Shaking Off Some Cabin Fever in March of 2015

March 7, 2015July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

The past few days have been snowy and busy. The combination conspired to keep me locked up in the house, and I needed to get out.

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Amtrak’s Busiest Day 2014

December 1, 2014July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

I tried something different this year: going up to Delaware for Amtrak’s busiest day. Ironically, it resulted in more freight action but missing the special Amtrak moves.

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The West Side of Baltimore: November 2014

November 15, 2014July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotos, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My friend Chris and I took the opportunity of a nice November day for me to show him around the parts of the West Side of Baltimore he hadn’t seen yet.

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Quick October NEC Scouting Trip

October 19, 2014July 29, 2019 Ed KapuscinskiPhotosLeave a comment

My friend Chris runs a railfan video company, which provides a great excuse to sneak out and go railfanning, even just for a few hours. On this day, we decided to go scouting locations on the NEC in northeastern Maryland and Delaware.

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