I had to go into Willimantic after work today, so I was hoping to catch New England Central train 610 somewhere between South Windham and Willimantic, taking advantage of the extra daylight. As luck would have it, I got into town as 610 was doing their final brake test, preparing […]
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Finally back home after a couple work trips. So this morning, I tried to head out and catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 somewhere. Plus it’s been a while since I was able to shoot the good old P&W. So I did a few things when I got in, and […]
On my last morning in New Jersey, the sun was to be shining brightly according to the weather forecasts. So despite the howling wind, and rather cold temperatures, I decided to go out and shoot a little before I had to head to the office for the day. So I […]
Well, I finally caught some freight trains down here in Northern NJ – all of which were on Conrail’s Shared Assets lines around Bound Brook and Manville, NJ. Oh, yeah, and there were a couple NJ Transit trains thrown in the mix also to round out the first day of […]
Well, the work schedule down here is allowing me to get a bit of railfanning in. I would have been out yesterday, but something got in the way – a freaking flat tire! Yep, I got a flat on my way out of work yesterday, so I had to find […]
Well, I’m down here in New Jersey for work this week. Of course, my camera bag came along for the ride. Since today was a travel day, I did a bit of scouting around…well, with an agenda in mind. Nearby where I’m staying, there’s a GG-1 undergoing restoration. So that […]
OK, part III of my catching up series – some shots from yesterday. I was able to get out yesterday and actually catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2 in Ledyard, taking advantage of the sunlight before the clouds rolled in later in the day. And as it worked out, I […]
Part two of the catching up – I got out of the house early on Saturday March 1st to chase New England Central train 608 out of Willimantic during the snow storm. I was only able to be out a couple hours, but as things worked out, those two hours […]
OK, now that things are settling down a bit, I can catch up on some of this stuff. Back on February 24th I rode with the crew of Connecticut Southern Railroad train CSO-3. It was a long day, but thankfully there was bright blue skies as we switched out the […]
Winter is winding down on the calendar, but today we got a pretty good snowstorm here in southern New England. So after I was at work for a while this morning, I grabbed my laptop and headed home to get ahead of the morons who never seem to learn how […]