Monday, October 4, 2010

Eight days on a train

Last month I had a week and a half between the end of my internship and the beginning of school, so I decided to do what any normal person would: take an eight-day transcontinental train trip across the United States.

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Day One: Amtrak's Southern Crescent at Kemper Street Station in Lynchburg, Va.





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Crossing the James River in Amherst, Va. on a trestle built by the Southern Railway in 1912.

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Snaking along the Potomac River in West Virginia.

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Day Three: Sunset on the Western edge of the Colorado Rockies.

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Utah.

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Days 4 & 5: Telegraph lines. Utah Desert. Pacific Ocean.

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Sunrise. Mid-day. Sunset. Mid-night. 24 hours on the train.

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Day 6: Dwayne Gooden and "Tori." Los Angeles, Ca.

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Day 7: Travel fatigue.

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Day 7: Midnight smoke stop in Cleveland, Ohio.

Thanks for looking!

**All photos copyright Luke Sharrett**

1 comment:

Steven said...

Oh yeh! Nice work!