Flagstaff Railway Station

Grand Canyon Railway at Williams, AZ

Grand Canon Railway at Grand Canyon

Here are a few pictures from out trip to the Grand Canyon last summer. The Grand Canyon Railway provides transportation from Williams, AZ to the Grand Canyon, with Steam train as well as deisel in the summer. You can get to Williams Jct., a few miles away on Amtrak, with a free shuttle from the Amtrak station to the Grand Canyon Railway station in Williams. It does require an overnight stay in Williams if you are arriving on Amtrak to and from the east. The Grand Canyon Railway does have a hotel right at the station and their are several hotel options as well in Williams.

Now that I have the basics of LiveJournal down it is time to post a real entry.
Public transportation is a big interest of mine and I try to use it whenever possible when traveling or and when around town. I have the benefit of living in the Boston Area where there is public transportation to most areas. I use the local Commuter Rail system to go to work in a suburban town and there is also subway, streetcars, buses or ferries to most areas. I live a ten minute walk from both commuter rail and subway stop and their are several buses lines even closer.
When my partner and I travel, we try to go where public transportation is available as neither of us cares much for driving. We do own a car (1983 Saab) but use it only about once every few months when we have to go somewhere unaccesible by public transportation or when carrying something heavy. Once it finishes it's useful life, we don't plan to replace it and will count on Zipcar which is a local service that allows renting a car by the hour.

One of the things that I have discovered over the years is that one of the problems with people using puplic transportation is the difficulty in finding information on service available. I have found out that there is service in a lot more areas than I had imagined, but you have to really search sometimes to find it. I am considering creating some sort of guide for public transportation with links to where to access the service in the area you are traveling to. Possibly an atlas showing the service to towns and cities with links to the companies providing the service for schedules and etc.

This is me just learing how to use live journal

I have just created this live journal and this is my first entry.
I am very interested in public transportation and am hoping to add posts about it peridocally but right now are just learning how to use live journal