Eight days on a train

Last month I had a week and a half between the end of my internship and the beginning of school, so I decided to do what any normal person would: take an eight-day transcontinental train trip across the United States.


Day One: Amtrak's Southern Crescent at Kemper Street Station in Lynchburg, Va.






Crossing the James River in Amherst, Va. on a trestle built by the Southern Railway in 1912.


Snaking along the Potomac River in West Virginia.


Day Three: Sunset on the Western edge of the Colorado Rockies.


Utah.


Days 4 & 5: Telegraph lines. Utah Desert. Pacific Ocean.


Sunrise. Mid-day. Sunset. Mid-night. 24 hours on the train.


Day 6: Dwayne Gooden and "Tori." Los Angeles, Ca.


Day 7: Travel fatigue.


Day 7: Midnight smoke stop in Cleveland, Ohio.

Thanks for looking!

**All photos copyright Luke Sharrett**

Posted by Luke S at 7:00 PM