Adirondack Mountains

Adirondack Mountains – Amtrak’s Adirondack train links New York’s Penn Station to Montreal’s Grand Central. Multi-seasonal glimpses of a wonderful eleven hour train ride along the Hudson River, through the mountains and right next to Lake Champlain

The Adirondack Train to New York

July 15, 2009

Adirondacks, Always, New York, On the road

July 15th, 2009 A coffee at my side, I’m sitting in the almost deserted café car of Amtrack’s Adirondack train to New York, pondering how much more comfortable than planes these trains are… ...

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Winter railway magic on the Adirondack train

January 1, 2010

Adirondacks, On the road, Photoblogs

On December 20th, 2009, Marie and I set out on a holiday trip to the Frenchie side of the family. These were my second and third rides on Amtrak's Adirondack train between New York's Penn Station and ...

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Back on the Adirondack Train

December 24, 2010

Adirondacks, On the road, Photoblogs

The Adirondack train has done its magic once more and taken me from New York's Penn Station to Montreal in some eleven hours and exactly sixty-two dollars. Can't beat that deal. And it's such a sweet ...

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March of the Blizzards: First we Take London, Then we Take Manhattan

December 28, 2010

Adirondacks, New York, Photoblogs

On the morning of Sunday December 26th, when I left Montreal on the Amtrak Adirondack train - a day early because a blizzard was forecast to strike New York at a critical time that evening - the weath...

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Live from Amtrak's Adirondack Train from New York to Montreal

November 24, 2011

Adirondacks, On the road, Photoblogs

A sign of unstoppable progress, Amtrak now features wireless internet access on its trains. As the Adirondack to Montreal rushes through the state of New York, the Hudson River long left behind in ...

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Adirondack Tracks

December 4, 2011

Adirondacks, New York, On the road, Photoblogs

With eleven hours to kill, one's rhythm slows down spectacularly when traveling by train to Montreal. Much time spent on the computer working, some reading, coffee, meals and lots of staring out the ...

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From the Amtrak Adirondack Train

February 15, 2013

Adirondacks, On the road

The train left New York's Penn Station on time and is rolling north at a good speed. Marie had packed me a delicious breakfast and lunch, complete with wine and a glass. While waiting in the statio...

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Wintertime Train Ride Through the Adirondacks

February 18, 2013

Adirondacks, On the road

Here are more shots taken from the Amtrak train through the Adirondack Mountains, New York-Montreal in eleven hours of very pleasant railroad time. Little snow, unfortunately this year, and spotty ...

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White Out

February 15, 2014

Adirondacks, Photoblogs

Stillness through motion. The world outside the train is white. Light snow has been falling since we hopped off Manhattan. Hours stretch into one another. Short stops in small towns break the rhyt...

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