3.19.2010

On the Rail (Purgatory)



New York City is where all the good photographs hide, just waiting to be found. I don't live as close to the city as I used to, so riding on the Long Island Rail Road has become a necessary evil. I read books, watch movies, play games, sketch out ideas for projects and mostly wish I was anywhere else as the train slowly chugs along, inching closer to my destination.

Fact: More than 1,000 punch shapes are used on the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road. Almost as unique as fingerprints, the shapes identify which conductor punched a ticket in order to keep customers from reusing tickets from other trains.

2 comments:

  1. Love these! Came here via Joe's NYC. Also, didn't know about the punch shape facts which is pretty intense!

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