We would be commencing the terrible twos today. July 22nd was the date of the first post on this site in its current form.
Since the last time I wrote a post like this, traffic has quadrupled, I actually was on TV (although not strictly blog related, it was, however railroad-related - as short as my appearance was - yay for being a "interested member of the public" at a commuter council meeting), one of my photos from the tumblr days was featured on Buzzfeed, I was interviewed for an article about transit tweeting written by Columbia students, I started a "feature" of touring the original IRT stations (which I am slowly pecking away at), written arguably the most popular post ever (it exploded the day of, and is right now fourth most read on the site), bought myself a decent camera, I scratched a few lines off the "Heather needs to ride x line in it's entirety" bucket list (Harlem and Port Jervis, plus the A Train from 207 Street to Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park) among other things.
Not a bad second year of existence at all. Can't wait to see what the next year brings. A job on the rails maybe? At any rate, thanks for sticking around and reading my nonsense for another year you guys!
| I suppose if I had to choose a photo of the year, this would be it. A Waterbury branch train in the Naugatuck State Forest heading north to Naugatuck station. |
And since it's a Tuesday, the post needs a video, right? This is a cover of the Altered Images song "Happy Birthday" of Sixteen Candles fame that I put on last year's post. This one is by the Ting Tings and was disturbingly enough, in little kid show Yo Gabba Gabba. At any rate, I insist upon listening to either (or both) versions on my own birthday, so it's only fitting I use it on my blog, no? :)
