Out with the old, in with the new. Conn DOT's venerable M2 fleet (example 8717 is seen on the right) is gradually being replaced by these new M8 cars.

Shore Line East service from Old Saybrook slows for the approach to New Haven Union Station.

Almost seems like old times, if you discount the fact that there is now a huge casino occupying much of the former Bethlehem Steel mill in the background. I didn't have time to check out the casin... (more)

Former Clinchfield 3616 (an SD45-2 back in those days) leads this consist switching the East Deerfield Yard.

The long-awaited M8 railcars have entered limited service between New Haven, Stamford and GCT; this set is seen at Port Chester with a Stamford train during the second week of revenue service. Con... (more)

Since I moved to Connecticut in 1995, there have only been two types of Conrail/CSX power regularly assigned to Cedar Hill Yard. Conrail used B23-7s almost exclusively, then when CSX succeeded th... (more)

The Toyota Prius of locomotives. According to a crewmember with whom I spoke, this was the first day of use for this new Genset at West Springfield. Definitely something different, both in sound a... (more)

Sign of the times, or just a short train?

The New England Central paint scheme is a regional favorite, but unfortunately doesn't quite live up to the GM&O paint scheme this unit once wore. That's Hartford's Comcast Theater looming in the... (more)

For some reason, to my eyes the classic New Haven paint scheme and snow seem made for one another.

Exactly what Amtrak DIDN'T need - another East Coast snowstorm. While the areas north and east of New Haven all the way up to Boston escaped fairly lightly, the remainder of the Northeast Corrido... (more)

Despite appearances, this snowstorm was a bit of a bust for most of Connecticut. Where 10"-18" had been predicted, actual storm totals were around 5". Still, the conditions to the south were eno... (more)

Lately, a mixed bag of P40s and BL20s in both the ConnDOT NH scheme and Metro-North schemes have been showing up in single and double lashups on the Waterbury Line, which makes for a nice bit of v... (more)

This unit spent a couple of days at West Springfield, reportedly en route to a new home on the Grafton & Upton in eastern Massachusetts.

"The Vermonter" for St. Albans makes good time just north of its Hartford station stop. Having a unit on each end of the train facilitates the reverse move the train must make to get onto New Eng... (more)