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Staten Island Rapid Transit.

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Here’s today’s logical continuation from Sunday’s Tracking the Light.

Lumix LX7 photo.
Lumix LX7 photo.

On arrival at St. George, Staten Island, I had exactly 40 minutes to explore and photograph the old Staten Island Rapid Transit (Staten Island Railway).

Compared with more than 40 years photographing Amtrak, or 18 years photographing Irish Rail, that isn’t a lot of time.

Here’s what I came up with in that short span.

Here's the face of the Staten Island Railway.
Here’s the face of the Staten Island Railway.
St. George terminus.
St. George terminus.

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Staten Island Railway with the Narrows Bridge. Contrast adjusted in Lightroom.
Staten Island Railway with the Narrows Bridge. Contrast adjusted in Lightroom.
Lots of rules and warnings on the line. Gosh!
Lots of rules and warnings on the line. (see: ‘Code of Conduct’ to the left of the station sigh). No this, no that. Gosh!
The railway has an unusual off-center logo. I wonder if that signifies something?
The railway has an unusual off-center logo. I wonder if that signifies something?

All photos were exposed with my Lumix LX7.

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