CDOT-owned BL20GH 127 lays over in the yard on a crisp December evening awaiting the next call of duty Monday morning when it will resume shuttle train duties.
A Long Maybrook freight pulling down a siding with a freight car from the east next to one from the west. This was from the era of big logos on box cars.
Four-fifths of the HRRC GP35 fleet idle at Danbury. The lead unit, HRRC 3603, will soon cut away leaving three units to handle the James E. Strates carnival train on Monday.
An HRRC crew spent a Sunday afternoon switching out the James E. Strates carnival train consist near the Danbury Fair Mall. Empty JESX flat cars can be seen on the siding in the background.
A look at some of the equipment on hand at the museum, including a former UP E9A 912A painted as "New York Central 4096". The various pieces of New Haven and Pennsylvania Railroad equipment in th... (more)
The unmistakable Roger Williams RDC cab car pair (NH 140 & 141) currently resides at the Danbury Railway Museum. This view is from the cupola of New Haven NE-5 caboose C-627. At left is DRMX 151... (more)
Laying over between runs.
I never tired of taking FL9 shots. Now I wish I had more F unit and FA unit shots from all over.
The Housatonic Railroad delivers a car to Fairfield Processing, the last rail freight customer in Danbury.
Double headed Danbury shuttle arriving from South Norwalk.
Metro North RR FL9 #2011 & P32AC-DM #215 rest in the layover yard at Danbury, CT on the night of December 18, 2006.
Another icon that lasted into the 60s, The gatekeeper. He sure hopes this freight will get past so he can go back into the shack and warm up before the next train forces him out in the cold.
Approaching Danbury station with an afternoon shuttle service
