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Transportation Tuesday: Sad state of affairs for train transport in Indianapolis
I was really impressed with downtown Indianapolis. Ambitious restaurants. People on the streets. Bike Lanes. A canal walk trimmed with...

Becky Fifield
Jun 11, 20131 min read


Transit Tuesday: Grand By Design Exhibition at Grand Central
After a boozy brunch with Dr. V’s cousins, we wandered up the sunny side of the street to Grand Central Terminal, celebrating its 100th...

Becky Fifield
Feb 12, 20131 min read
Transit Tuesday: The Walking City
Colleagues of mine were up from DC this week for the Alliance for Response NYC program “Community-Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy”...

Becky Fifield
Jan 15, 20132 min read
Wanderlust Wednesday – Worcester, Massachusetts, by way of Springfield
Answer: Corsets. The Royal Worcester Corset Factory was the largest U.S. employer of women in 1908. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary....

Becky Fifield
Dec 5, 20122 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Time to Get Geeky – The Amtrak History Website
Perhaps Amtrak is a little late for many rail fans, but the Amtrak history website led to me losing a few hours last night while I poked...

Becky Fifield
Nov 27, 20121 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Amtrak’s Quiet Car
I was putting together another post on Amtrak when I stumbled across a New York Times Opinion on Amtrak’s Quiet Car by Tim Krieder. The...

Becky Fifield
Nov 20, 20122 min read


Transportation Tuesday: Two Loves Collide – Historic Preservation, Transportation, and the Sus
Sorry for the pun. Photo: r25 Productions. Flowers by Amanda’s in Havre de Grace. Since I was a little girl, driving into Havre de Grace...

Becky Fifield
Oct 16, 20122 min read


Wanderlust Wednesday: Seattle
Seattle. RL Fifield, 2012. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. Brilliant sun and a cloudless sky marked my days in Seattle. Like San...

Becky Fifield
Oct 10, 20122 min read


Transit Tuesday: Rail – Stories of Our Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Call me a dreamer. A romantic. Impractical. Head in the clouds. One of those city folk (that’s hilarious, you should see where I grew...

Becky Fifield
Oct 9, 20124 min read
Transportation Tuesday: Amtrak Fiction
I’ve been working on a short story for years about a friendship slipping into an unfamiliar place. One of these days I’ll fish it out of...

Becky Fifield
Jul 31, 20122 min read


Trainscribbling – Moving and Writing.
Grand Central Terminal. RL Fifield photo. When I leave the city, it’s either on a plane or a train. On a plane, you have little sense of...

Becky Fifield
Apr 6, 20122 min read


Trainscribbling – Moving and Writing.
Grand Central Terminal. RL Fifield photo. When I leave the city, it’s either on a plane or a train. On a plane, you have little sense of...

Becky Fifield
Apr 6, 20122 min read
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