Northeast Trip 2009 | B-Fick.com | Home http://b-fick.com Homepage of Brian Ficker Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:45:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Northeast Amtrak Map http://b-fick.com/gps/2009/amtrak-trip http://b-fick.com/gps/2009/amtrak-trip#respond Fri, 29 May 2009 13:50:08 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=192 While taking our first trip on Amtrak from Charlotte to New York City recently, I had the handheld GPS on and recording our location along the way. I was curious about two things: first, where are the tracks amtrak uses, and secondly, how fast do the trains go. After returning home, I was able to download the tracks and using gpsvisualizer.com put together a series of google maps color coded by speed. Click on ‘Continue Reading’ to view the maps.

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**Due to the length of the trip, and limitations within this method of displaying gps data, the trip is broken up into 10 segments beginning at Charlotte and ending at Penn Station in NYC. Toggle between the overall view and individual segments using the buttons below. Breaks in the line exist in Washington DC, Baltimore and New York City – those are portions where tracks are underground and GPS doesn’t work.**

The portion of the trip from Charlotte to Washington, DC was on the Amtrak Carolinian. It uses a diesel engine and topped out in speed at 80 mph based upon track conditions. After Washington DC, the Amtrak Northeast Regional took us the rest of the way to NYC. That portion of the track was electrified and completely grade separated, so the train utilized an electric engine and topped out in speed at 130 mph based upon track traffic.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/gps/2009/amtrak-trip/feed 0 Bryant Park Panorama http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/new-york-city-panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/new-york-city-panoramas#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 02:34:14 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=448 We stopped at Bryant Park on our way to Union Station.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/new-york-city-panoramas/feed 0 Flushing Meadows Panorama http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/flushing-meadows-panorama http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/flushing-meadows-panorama#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 02:33:00 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=2746 Although the weather sucked, Craig and I decided to make the trip out to Flushing Meadows. It was cool to see some of the old Worlds Fair stuff, although I think one could get tetanus from just looking at some of it. We knew the Unisphere from the movie Men in Black and it was interesting to see it in person.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/flushing-meadows-panorama/feed 0 Brooklyn Panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/brooklyn-panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/brooklyn-panoramas#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 02:32:25 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=2743 We managed to see a great bit of Brooklyn – heading out to the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island and the base of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. It’s amazing to see how large and diverse Brooklyn is in comparison to Manhattan.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/brooklyn-panoramas/feed 0 Times Square Panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/times-square-panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/times-square-panoramas#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 02:31:50 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=2735 Tourists like Times Square and fortunately for me, I was a tourist during this trip. Taken from roughly the same spot, these VR panoramas illustrate the dramatic difference between day and night.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/times-square-panoramas/feed 0 Top of the Rock Panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/top-of-the-rock-panoramas http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/top-of-the-rock-panoramas#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 02:30:01 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=2733 Taken from the Top of the Rock observation deck. The top one looks uptown, while the bottom one looks downtown.

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]]> http://b-fick.com/panoramas/2009/top-of-the-rock-panoramas/feed 0 Northeast Trip 2009 http://b-fick.com/photo-blog/2009/northeast-trip-2009-photos http://b-fick.com/photo-blog/2009/northeast-trip-2009-photos#respond Wed, 13 May 2009 22:20:35 +0000 http://b-fick.com/?p=254 We recently returned from a multi-week train trip up to the northeast, visiting friends and sightseeing. It opened up in Washington DC for 4 days, then Baltimore for 4 days, the Jersey Shore for 3 days and then ended with 7 days in New York City. On the Jersey Shore, more specifically Asbury Park, we participated in a “zombie walk” flash-mob. Portions of the walk were recorded for the show Cake Boss and will air on TLC sometime in July. Above seeing all of the cool things in each of those cities, we had a good time doing normal day to day stuff with our friends as well.

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