[1][2] As an 18-year-old, he interned for Amtrak at Washington Union Station, measuring train speeds and checking conductor logs.

[3] Gardner attended Hampshire College, studying physics, acoustics, political science, and transportation and graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1998.

[9] Among his initial priorities for the new funds was to pay off a $3.4 billion order for 73 additional trains constructed by Siemens Mobility.

Gardner wrote that the project aimed to explore "the way that railroads bisect the natural world with machinery.

"[13] Chessie's music employs tape loops featuring guitar and keyboards in addition to recorded samples.