Road Trip and Railway: A Super 8 Look

After a weekend of such incredible springtime weather and a Red Sox win on opening day, the rain sets in. The meteorologists are talking lots of rain and some possible snow over the next 48 hours. All Bostonist can think about is road trips. Fond memories of heading down 95 to visit the grandparents and Disneyworld. We're reminded of the signs which started somewhere in Jersey letting us know that South of the Border was some insane amount of miles away. It may not have the same appeal as it did when we were kids, so the giant sombrero atop a tower may not get a visit.

But we’re steeping in nostalgia and to help cure the rainy day blues we’re just going to sit and watch this vintage footage from Atlanta, Boston, NYC and a little bit of Chicago. Can you pick out the MBTA trains? They’re circa 1980 – when the Orange Line ran above Washington St.

A postscript to this post: Bostonist was recently alerted that a PhD thesis had been posted to the web all about the South of the Border rest-stop in South Carolina. At the time of this posting the website seems to be down, but check it out when it comes back up.