Recent content by Abzweig

Thanks for the nice review, Mystic River Dragon! We did get over the Walnut Street Bridge to City Island, and I agree that it's a nice place. The bridge is also very interesting itself. There are historical markers explaining that it was a road bridge from the late 19th century until 1972.

My parents and I did a trip to Harrisburg for two nights earlier this week. I've been on the Keystone before, but not since I learned that the cab cars used on the route (which I call "bumblebee" on account of the striking paint scheme compared to the front of NJT and European cab cars) were...

Thanks jis. I realize that the platform lengths of the open-air stations can be estimated with the Google Earth ruler. I somehow had thought that Wilmington was short, probably because it's between two tight curves, but you're right, it is not. That makes sense, that the limit is based on the...

Hello everyone, I am curious to know what the limiting platform length is on the Northeast Corridor. The original Acela is only 202 m long (664 feet). The Avelia has more carriages, but they are shorter, and the length is 213 m (699 feet). In both cases, this includes the length of the two...