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Riverheads High School [01]

Stuarts Draft school campus

Selfie aboard car 3189

Escalators at Parliament station

Thomas Jefferson School No. 1 [01]

Thomas Jefferson School No. 1 [02]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [03]

STO bus 2008 on Rapibus corridor

Selfie on OC Transpo railcar 1156 [04]

Tower 18 interlocking [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [01]

Selfie on OC Transpo railcar 1156 [03]

Purple and Brown Line trains on the Wells Street Bridge

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [03]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [02]

Selfie on OC Transpo railcar 1156 [02]

Wells Street Bridge

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [04]

Selfie on OC Transpo railcar 1156 [01]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [02]

View east from Roosevelt platform

Parking lot beneath the CTA tracks

View west from Roosevelt platform

Panhandle Bridge

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Wheelock AS at Walnut-Locust station [01]

Wheelock AS at Walnut-Locust station [02]

Restroom closed due to COVID-19

Riverheads High School [06]

Riverheads High School [07]

Riverheads High School [08]

Riverheads High School [10]

Riverheads High School [11]

Riverheads High School [13]

Riverheads High School [12]

Riverheads High School [03]

Riverheads High School [09]

Riverheads High School [02]

Riverheads High School [14]

Riverheads High School [05]

Riverheads High School [04]

OC Transpo bus 6597 on Elgin Street

Interior of R11/R34 car 8013 [02]

Former CARTA bus 3424 [03]

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Interior of R11/R34 car 8013 [01]

Interior of R10 car 3189

Elyse smiles on car 3189

Interior of R33S "World's Fair" car 9306 [01]

Interior of R30 car 8506

Interior of R33S "World's Fair" car 9310 [01]

Worn license plate on Windsor bus 606

Selfie on car 6415

Elevator at Westfield World Trade Center

Interior of R33S "World's Fair" car 9310 [02]

Interior of R33S "World's Fair" car 9306 [03]

Interior of R33S "World's Fair" car 9306 [02]

Fire alarm at the New York Transit Museum

Fan on car 1612

Interior of R16 car 6387 [02]

Interior of BRT car 1404

Interior of R16 car 6387 [01]

Exit sign at New York Transit Museum [03]

Exit sign at New York Transit Museum [02]

Exit sign at New York Transit Museum [01]

Red Wheelock RSS strobe at New York Transit Museum

Vintage fire alarm call box at New York Transit Museum

Underside of Honda HR-V

Fire alarm pull station at Station de la Cité

Train departing WTC Cortlandt station

STO bus 0713 on Boulevard Maloney

OC Transpo bus 6702 on Rideau Street [02]

Elyse enjoys a Cheerwine Ale

Court Street interlocking board

34th Street-Herald Square station entrance pylon

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [04]

Vintage New York Subway signage [02]

Vintage New York Subway signage [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [03]

Tower 18 interlocking [08]

STO bus 1217 on Rapibus corridor

Green Line train at Morgan Station

Public notice for 2301 West Lawrence Avenue

CTA Red Line train at Belmont

OC Transpo bus 6702 on Rideau Street [01]

Honda HR-V on the MV New Jersey [02]

Tower 18 interlocking [04]

Tower 18 interlocking [06]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [07]

Tower 18 interlocking [05]

Honda HR-V on the MV New Jersey [01]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [03]

CTA bus stop sign at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Composting toilet at Whitney Point rest area [01]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

Train arriving at Marcy Avenue station

Fire alarm at Lyon station [04]

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Interior of CTA car 5436 [01]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [02]

Interior of CTA car 5414

Graffiti on a utility box in an alley

Train arriving at Jackson station

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

Composting toilet at Whitney Point rest area [02]

Train departs Chicago station

Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

Eastbound platform at Parliament station

Stair to walkway at Borough Hall station

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [11]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

Concrete planters beneath the Brown Line tracks

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Happy face on a column rivet

Signal FT8 at 15th Street station

Fire alarm at Lyon station [01]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

Fire alarm strobe at Fulton Street station

Stall without door at Sheetz in Dunmore, Pennsylvania [01]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at CARTA headquarters for the last time [02]

Fire alarm at Lyon station [03]

Tires inside former CARTA bus 3426

Fire alarm at Lyon station [02]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Alley speed limit sign

Selfie on the Silver Line

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at CARTA headquarters for the last time [01]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at CARTA headquarters for the last time [03]

Southern portion of Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [02]

STO bus 1221 and 1502 at Albert and Metcalfe Streets

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [03]

COVID-era signage still in place at Jackson station

OC Transpo railcar 1156 [01]

Escalators at Lyon station

CTA bus 4154 at West Jackson Boulevard and South Dearborn Street

Blue tablet in toilet

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [14]

OC Transpo railcar 1106

"Do not hold the doors" signage

OC Transpo railcar 1156 [02]

Stall without door at Sheetz in Dunmore, Pennsylvania [02]

Pavement markings for utility work

Platform sign at Court Street station

Folding seat on OC Transpo car 1106

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [12]

Graffiti on "L" train support

Train at 15th Street station

OC Transpo railcar 1156 [03]

Shop towels in a dispenser

OC Transpo railcar 1156 [04]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [10]

STO bus 2210 at Albert and Bank Streets

STO bus 1411 at Albert and Bank Streets [01]

Contents of a trash can at 14th Street station

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [01]

STO bus 1411 at Albert and Bank Streets [02]

OC Transpo bus 4335 on Elgin Street

Work vehicles at High Street-Brooklyn Bridge station [01]

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [03]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [07]

Farragut West station [03]

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [02]

Broad Street train at City Hall station [02]

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [04]

Sun-faded Autocall pull station [02]

Sun-faded Autocall pull station [01]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [08]

OC Transpo bus 4500 on Elgin Street

Rosa Parks bus at The Henry Ford [02]

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [03]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [06]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [09]

Red Line train arriving at East 55th Street station

Cherry blossom train at New Carrollton

Pandemic-era signage at Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Langhorne [01]

Elyse in the driver's seat of former CARTA bus 3424

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [01]

Cleveland RTA rail yard

Van traverses a speed hump

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [03]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [01]

Platform signage at 14th Street station [01]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [02]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [01]

PATCO railcar 1072 at Lindenwold

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [05]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [04]

OC Transpo bus 4393 at Blair station [03]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [01]

Marker graffiti at East 55th Street station

Train at Frankford Transportation Center [03]

Apartment balcony decorated for Halloween

PATCO railcar 1086 at Lindenwold

Broad Street train at City Hall station [01]

Broad Street train at NRG station

Justice Robert D. Rucker Superior Courthouse [01]

Toronto streetcar 4592 services Spadina station

Potomac Yard station [09]

Potomac Yard station [06]

Potomac Yard station [03]

Green Line train at East 55th Street station

Justice Robert D. Rucker Superior Courthouse [02]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [02]

Train at Frankford Transportation Center [01]

Stairs leading to an escalator at Christie station

New Carrollton station, April 2023 [02]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at the Shoppes at Seaside Farms [03]

Potomac Yard station [05]

Potomac Yard station [14]

131 East 5th Avenue

New Carrollton station, April 2023 [01]

Potomac Yard station [02]

Potomac Yard station [01]

RTA railcar 827 at Tower City

Potomac Yard station [07]

Marker graffiti at East 55th Street station

OC Transpo bus 6487 makes a turn onto Bank Street [02]

Train at Frankford Transportation Center [02]

Abandoned pair of shoes on the Metro

OC Transpo bus 6702 on Rideau Street [03]

Platform signage at 14th Street station [02]

OC Transpo bus 6487 makes a turn onto Bank Street [01]

Builder's plate on RTA railcar 827

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [02]

Potomac Yard station [04]

Ceiling-mounted speaker/strobe with "ALERT" lettering

Utility worker in an alley

Scavenger service sign

Former CARTA bus 3424 [01]

Former CARTA bus 3424 [05]

RTA railcar 199 at Tower City [01]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [01]

Former CARTA bus 3424 [02]

TTC bus 3332 at Toronto Pearson International Airport

RTA railcar 199 at Tower City [02]

Interior of RTA railcar 199

Former CARTA bus 3424 [04]

Interior of RTA railcar 827

Former CARTA bus 3426 at the Shoppes at Seaside Farms [04]

Rat poster in an alley

Work vehicles at High Street-Brooklyn Bridge station [02]

Riverheads Elementary School [06]

Riverheads Elementary School [07]

Remains of an advertising wrap from former CARTA bus 3426 [01]

US Bank building in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Riverheads Elementary School [05]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at the Shoppes at Seaside Farms [02]

Interior of WMATA railcar 6143 [02]

Riverheads Elementary School [02]

Riverheads Elementary School [08]

Riverheads Elementary School [09]

Train servicing St. George station

Riverheads Elementary School [03]

TTC railcar 5144 at Bathurst station

Interior of WMATA railcar 6143 [01]

Riverheads Elementary School [01]

WMATA railcar 3166 at Huntington

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [01]

Farebox on RTA railcar 827

Weathered poster on a utility pole

Train at Christie station

Interior of Detroit People Mover car 11

Fort Defiance High School [05]

Cluster of wrapped cables

Stuarts Draft High School [08]

Riverheads Elementary School [04]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [02]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at the Shoppes at Seaside Farms [01]

Remains of an advertising wrap from former CARTA bus 3426 [02]

Speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [05]

Stuarts Draft High School [16]

Stuarts Draft High School [13]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [03]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [07]

Stuarts Draft High School [14]

Elyse gives former CARTA bus 3426 a goodbye hug

Fort Defiance High School [08]

Stuarts Draft High School [09]

Elyse leans out of the window of former CARTA bus 3426

WRTA bus 2091 at Century Square [01]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [09]

Used underwear on a stair landing at Fulton Street station

Directional sign at Jackson station

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [11]

Elyse stands with WMATA bus 1001

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [10]

Fort Defiance High School [04]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [12]

People wait on benches at Delancey Street station

Edward G. Clymore Elementary School [02]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [03]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [08]

Edward G. Clymore Elementary School [06]

WMATA "Rosa Parks" bus at the Washington Auto Show [01]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [02]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [15]

Stuarts Draft High School [15]

Stuarts Draft High School [12]

Amazon box containing free items

Edward G. Clymore Elementary School [03]

Clymore Elementary School [01]

Fort Defiance High School [15]

Elyse works on some adhesive residue on former CARTA bus 3426

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [13]

Fort Defiance High School [11]

Stuarts Draft Elementary School [06]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [01]

Fort Defiance High School [03]

Tower 18 interlocking [02]

Fort Defiance High School [06]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [05]

Edward G. Clymore Elementary School [04]

Fort Defiance High School [07]

Stuarts Draft High School [10]

Fort Defiance High School [01]

WRTA bus 2091 at Century Square [02]

Fort Defiance High School [09]

Fort Defiance High School [12]

Edward G. Clymore Elementary School [05]

Fort Defiance High School [02]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [02]

Fort Defiance High School [10]

Toronto streetcar 4542 services College Street at Spadina Avenue

Stuarts Draft High School [11]

Elyse peels a section of wrap off of former CARTA bus 3426

Main hall at Ogilvie Transportation Center

WRTA bus 2091 at Century Square [03]

Honda HR-V in a ferry boarding lane

Toronto streetcar 4542 departs from College Street at Spadina Avenue

Riding car 6091, part of a Toronto Rocket train

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Fort Defiance High School [13]

Pandemic-era signage at Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Langhorne [04]

Column at 28th Street station [02]

Fort Defiance High School [14]

Crane at New Carrollton

"Joy of Life" fountain [02]

Interior of TTC bus 3332

Toronto streetcar 4420 turns onto Spadina Avenue

Stairs at Cathedral Parkway-110th Street station

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [02]

Elyse hangs from a train

Red Line platform at Jackson station [01]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [01]

Kitchen at New Carrollton office building

Maintenance vehicle just north of Davis Street station

Fort Defiance High School [16]

Column at Cathedral Parkway-110th Street station

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [03]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [01]

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Tile mosaic at Cathedral Parkway-110th Street station

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [06]

"Joy of Life" fountain [05]

WMATA Pride train 2023 [02]

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [02]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [07]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [01]

Leaves on a vine across a fence

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [03]

40th Street trolley portal

Light on the back of an apartment building

Elyse gives the finger

Wilson Middle School [01]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [04]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [04]

"Do not feed the birds" sign

Column at 28th Street station [01]

Elevator to RTA at Tower City Center

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [04]

Wilson Middle School [02]

Wilson Memorial High School [02]

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [01]

S. Gordon Stewart Middle School [05]

Wilson Middle School [03]

"Joy of Life" fountain [04]

Wilson Memorial High School [01]

"Joy of Life" fountain [03]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [05]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [17]

Overview of Woodrow Wilson Complex

Stuarts Draft Middle School [14]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [02]

Column at Hoyt Street station

WMATA Pride train 2023 [01]

Wilson Memorial High School [07]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [11]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [09]

Interior of Metra railcar

Wilson Memorial High School [06]

Former CARTA bus 3426 at The Market at Oakland [06]

Busted while taking a candid shot

Wilson Memorial High School [05]

Interior of WMATA railcar 7558

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [15]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [13]

Train arriving at Fort Totten lower level

Stuarts Draft Middle School [10]

Wilson Memorial High School [03]

Beverley Manor Elementary School [02]

Red Line platform at Jackson station [02]

Stuarts Draft Middle School [12]

Metra train arrives at Davis Street station

Stuarts Draft Middle School [16]

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [01]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Beverley Manor Middle School [03]

Wilson Memorial High School [04]

Kyle poses for the camera

Beverley Manor Elementary School [01]

Fire beneath Market-Frankford Line

Beverley Manor Middle School [01]

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center

Beverley Manor Middle School [06]

Former CARTA bus 3246 at Leeds Avenue and Dorchester Road

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

Chicago sewer manhole cover

Verona Elementary School [01]

Bus directory sign at Glenmont station

Verona Elementary School [02]

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

Verona Elementary School [03]

Beverley Manor Middle School [04]

Beverley Manor Middle School [02]

Ottawa Via Rail station

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Verona Elementary School [04]

Beverley Manor Middle School [05]

Verona Elementary School [05]

Elyse gives a look to the camera

Water tower at 233 West 26th Street

New Carrollton station, May 2023 [02]

FedEx truck on West Giddings Street

Gas meters along an alley

WMATA "Rosa Parks" bus at the Washington Auto Show [02]

Platform at Fulton Street station

Interior of WMATA bus 1001

Car 6165 at Stadium-Armory

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [02]

Ballston terminal [02]

Clark Street Beach [01]

Aerial view of northern Evanston and Wilmette

Platform at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Ballston terminal [01]

Face drawn on a wall

"Joy of Life" fountain [01]

Davis Street Metra station

Clark Street Beach [02]

Shot bottles at L'Enfant Plaza

Boot menu on Dollar General self checkout machine

Selfie on Elgin Street

New Carrollton station, May 2023 [01]

Eastbound platform at Lyon station

Aerial view over Lake Michigan, facing east

Audi Q7 at Branch Avenue [01]

Route selector box at East 55th Street station

Handwritten completion of "BLOOR"

Ridgewood High School [03]

Ridgewood High School [09]

Ridgewood High School [04]

Emergency call box beacon at East 55th Street station

WMATA "Rosa Parks" bus at the Washington Auto Show [03]

Exit sign at Christie station

Honda HR-V at Commonwealth Coach & Trolley lot [02]

Aerial view of Staunton High School

Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind

Ridgewood High School [05]

Faregates at Lyon station

Ridgewood High School [07]

Desire path from Gloucester Centre mall to the train

Ridgewood High School [08]

Signal X-238 at East 55th Street station

Ridgewood High School [06]

Rules sign at East 55th Street station

No smoking sign at East 55th Street station

Ridgewood High School [02]

Breda train at Greenbelt

Audi Q7 at Branch Avenue [02]

Honda HR-V at Commonwealth Coach & Trolley lot [01]

Farragut West station [02]

Elyse sits in a small three-wheeled taxicab [02]

Elyse sits on a cycle rickshaw

Elyse sits on a motorcycle

"Date night with happy ending"

Elyse waits at Shady Grove

Elyse sits in a small three-wheeled taxicab [01]

Honda HR-V at Shiloh Public School

Bus stop sign at Greenbelt station

Elyse poses with a palmetto [02]

Coach Canada motorcoach

Bloor-Yonge station

College station

Augusta Regional Landfill [02]

Trackside signage at Fort/Cass station

Augusta Regional Landfill [03]

Augusta Regional Landfill [01]

Detroit People Mover token [01]

Detroit People Mover token [02]

Lighted wall signage at Tower City station

Potomac Yard station [11]

Potomac Yard station [13]

Potomac Yard station [10]

Elyse poses with a palmetto [01]

Potomac Yard station [08]

Potomac Yard station [12]

Lynchburg Public Elevator [01]

Platform at Fort/Cass station

People Mover sign outside Fort/Cass station

Entrance to Fort/Cass station

Lynchburg Public Elevator [02]

Lynchburg Public Elevator [03]

Toronto Union Station

Lynchburg Public Elevator [04]

Verona Elementary School [06]

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Author: Ben Schumin

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Created on: Thursday 9 November 2023

Dimensions: 6000*3375

Albums: Photos by date / 2023
Photos by date / 2023 / Midwest road trip, November 2-9, 2023
Photos by location / Ohio / Cuyahoga County / Cleveland
Photos by subject / Transportation / Transit / Transit agencies / Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)

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