Gallery: Man Pieces Together Historic Train Cars for High-Speed Cross-Country Journey
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*Musician Eleanor Friedberger acts in a short video piece the Station to Station crew is directing during a pitstop in the town of Raton, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Musician Tim Koh and music curator Henrietta Tiefenthaler work on their various devices in the dining car on the train ride to Santa Fe, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Enigmatic switches on the Station to Station train. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Chef Leif Hendendal prepares meals for passengers on the train. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Passengers eat dinner in the dining car, fondly dubbed the "Superdome" because of its spectacular view. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*The train, parked in St. Louis at sunset. Photo: Kendrick Brinson/WIRED*
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*A detail of some of the springs that compose the train's suspension system. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*In the Levi's car, Chan Marshall from Cat Power writes on a typewriter that's linked to Twitter. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Passengers disembark the train when it rolls into St. Paul. Photo: Kendrick Brinson/WIRED*
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*Maura Ambrose, owner of Folk Fibers, stitches fabric into a vintage Levi's shirt in the Levi's train car. Photo: Kendrick Brinson/WIRED*
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*Stasia Irons from THEESatisfaction, right, watches the scenery with friends in the Cedar Rapids car. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*The train rolls through the sunset in New Mexico on its way to Santa Fe, NM. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Artist Doug Aitken, far right, does an interview in front of the train, lit by LEDs, in Winslow, AZ. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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*Man Bartlett is reflected in the Cedar Rapids car of the Station to Station train between Kansas City, MO and Dodge City, KS. Photo: Bryan Derballa/WIRED*
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