Music Across America Tour
Author: Jonathan Hinely
I had an interview with American Airlines in Dallas and I had to find a way to get out there. So I designed a route that would let me ride most of the western long distance trains. On this trip I rode the Pacific Surfliner, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle, Heartland Flyer, Missouri River Runner, and the Southwest Chief. While I was rumbling around the country on the train I couldn't help but think we we're running into the American songbook. Things like This Land Is Your Land came to my mind, Folsom Prison Blues, West Texas in My Rearview Mirror, and so many other songs. So I'm titling my album that to commemorate the amazing American experience of the rails and music.
Photo Gallery
In the deepest American subway station
To Hillsboro
Pausing at BWI on the same rails the Beatles rode on the way to their first concert in America.
Blasting by to Charlotte, NC where Carolina is always on my mind.
Heading south to the Nations Capitol.
Heading towards Boston. Along the way itll pass the roots of American music.
Just down the rails from the Washington Coliseum where so many acts started their American careers like the Beatles.
Coke another part of American pop culture.
At Union Station whos platforms have hosted so many people rich, poor, ordinary, and famous over the course of its history
With a green colored advertisement
With two parted out PCCs in the yard
At a station with a nearby In and Out that was the attraction to this station.
In from Chicago
At Old Town
Headed north along the Surf Line to Oceanside. Surfin USA anybody?
In the hills
At its endpoint
Ready to head east
Departing for points east
Awaiting a run north up the Surf Line
At the end of the street
Arriving from San Diego
Arriving and departing for points north and south.
Out at Union Station watching trains, a timeless scene
At Union Station
In from Seattle
Awaiting its late night departure east to where the saints go marching in.
Inbound from San Diego
The former train station for Amtrak here.
At the Tuscon Station
Axle count car
While its taking a sip of fuel
In the Tuscon Yard
Tuscon Yard
In the UP Yard
With a proper Santa Fe engine
Power sitting under the hot sun
Track Inspection Car
No. 562 for San Diego, CA with a Horizon set
No. 562 waiting to board its passengers. I ride in coach on this train because All the Gold in California is in a bank in Beverley Hills in somebody elses name.
F125 awaiting on a commuter run
Train No. 562 awaiting a departure
No. 562 with a Horizon Set under the palm trees.
Under the Palm Trees of Southern California
No. 562 with a Horizon Set under the palm trees.
Yard Power
In the yard by Petco Park, where I was taken out to the ball game a long time ago for the first time.
Laying over between rush hours.
In a city of blended architecture
In El Paso for a crew change