Leaving York
A lone passenger at York University station. Empty trains, empty halls.
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Passy Sortie
A late night train near the Eiffel Tower, from my brief visit to Paris in December.
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To the Bridge
Don’t look back with regret. Digging through my 2008 archives, I found this quick shot from a speeding tram, on my way to Charles Bridge.
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Platform Tickets
In an empty and decaying train station, just before the rain, visions of journeys past.
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Rain on the Bridge
The bridge and colonnaded viaduct Pont de Bir-Hakeim, with a southbound 6 train.
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Luggage
One of the luggage windows at an abandoned railway station in Kisumu, Kenya. The last train departed in 2006, but locals say that service is on its way to being restored.
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On the Railing
Early evening at the station in Nimes.
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Nimes Arches
Street-level view of the train station in Nimes, France as the tracks rumble overhead.
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Eastbound at Dusk
A brief break in the action and a deserted platform at the station in Nimes, France.
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Bags
On Platform A at the SNCF station in Nimes, France, shortly after a local train unloaded passengers.
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Waiting.
Amidst the continuous flow of trains, people and cargo (living and otherwise) in and out of the New Delhi Railway Station, some trains fill and wait. And wait.
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Do Not Enter
A Kipling-bound train arrives, while plenty of people wonder why someone is setting up a tripod to shoot into the mouth of the tunnel at the end of the platform.
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Girl on the Tracks
A girl walks along the tracks in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone – an entire district of former factories and industrial spaces now used for galleries and cafes.
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Railway Queues
As the remaining minutes of the afternoon were overtaken by a clear night sky in Beijing, the swirling mass of people buying tickets never stopped. Hundreds, thousands streaming by. Except for one man on his phone.
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Full Carriage
One of a constant stream of fully-packed trains departing New Delhi.
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Underpass
Crossing from Ulaanbaatar’s main platform to a second set of tracks as a huge train approaches departure time.
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Wrap Before Shipping
On the platforms of the New Delhi train station, all kinds of things are on carts awaiting the constant flow of trains. Sacks of rice. Cartons of eggs. Bottled water. It’s all ported by hand in and out of the storage compartments at the terminal ends of each train. This cart had just been loaded from a recent arrival and was being secured.
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Belgrade Bound
On the way to one of the more unusual destinations on my trip, I took this shot out the open window of my sleeper car just after sunrise. The moon still high. The light still cool. Rumbling toward Belgrade, 10 years ago today.
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Quiet Station
Evening trains at Gare du Nord, as listed on the Departures board.
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The Last Stop
The Cité station, in the center of Paris, isn’t the last stop on the Metro’s Line 4. But after one year of daily photo posts, this shot is the end of the line for my yearlong project. 365 posts ago, I set out to try something different.
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