As quite a few of you may know, I’m a member and volunteer at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, CT. Well, last night (11/3/09) the museum was broken into and quite heavily vandalized. Click here for the story, including some photos of the damage, from the Hartford Courant. […]
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This morning had a small window where I could get out and shoot a bit – and today also had a little advantage. Nick Palazini and Nate Lafond were chasing Providence & Worcester train NR-2 south out of Plainfield, CT. They’d be able to give me a heads up on […]
Yesterday I was able to get out for a bit to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in the morning – trying to take advantage of some of the last remaining fall color down in southeastern Connecticut. In addition to that, later in the evening I managed to catch a […]
For the past couple weeks, there have been talk and sightings of a coach destined for the Valley Railroad in Essex, CT. Well, it finally completed the last leg of its journey from New Hampshire to Essex this morning on Providence & Worcester train NR-2. And as things worked out, […]
So the weather’s been crappy lately, but as usual that never stopped me from getting out and shooting. And this time of year, the colors are just starting to peak down in southeastern Connecticut, so even cloudy gloomy days are somewhat colorful. And boy were Tuesday and Wednesday pretty cloudy […]
Quite the day today turned out to be. It started out under sunny blue skies, with some changing foliage along the Thames River, and ended in the dark, with some more of that nice New England color. But that ending also had a piece of Florida in the picture – […]
OK, a bit of catching up to do tonight. I actually managed to shoot a bit last week, and got stuff from every day except Tuesday. Not bad overall. And it consisted of Providence & Worcester NR-2 and New England Central NERWNE (formerly known as 608) at a few locations […]
Yesterday was the annual trip of the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts’ Circle Tour of southern New England. The trip, operated by the Providence & Worcester, ran passengers from Worcester, MA, over to Providence, RI, down to Groton, CT then back up to Worcester to complete the three state circle trip. […]
Well, let’s see, it’s October 15th – n0t even Halloween yet. But tonight we got our first snowfall – and I’m not talking about a couple flakes. It was wet enough, and came down fast enough to accumulate a bit on the front lawn! So I had to get a […]