USA:30th Street Station’s flipboard is going away. Here’s what it looked like through the years.
Plans are in place for Amtrak to remove the Solari board, installed more than 30 years ago, and replace its soothing clicking sound with a digital sign sometime in January. [philly.com]
Asia: ‘Trolley boys’ cheat death to make a living
As soon as the train rumbles past, the men heave their home-made pushcarts back onto the tracks and passengers hop aboard – cheating death and beating Manila’s notorious traffic. [manilastandard.ne]
USA: We snuck into New York’s secret subway station–and this Is what we saw
The City Hall Loop was a terminal for the first-ever line of the New York City Subway. Closed on December 31, 1945, you can still get a glimpse of history if you know what you’re doing. [fastcompany.com]
USA: In auto-choked Charleston, the remains of a trolley network sit beneath the streets
On the Charleston peninsula a network of electric trolleys operated, running down main thoroughfares for more than four decades, from 1897 to 1938. [postandcourier.com]
A eulogy for New Zealand’s lost passenger rail services
When musician Anthonie Tonnon started to research the history of Dunedin’s railway system for his new music video, it grew into a consuming nvestigation – and tour. [thespinoff.co.nz]
USA: Raise a glass to the golden era of train travel at Los Angeles’ Union Station
For decades, the former Fred Harvey restaurant at Los Angeles’ Union Station sat vacant, its design elements hidden from the public. [usatoday.com]
