Different Eras Meet. Although December is definitely not beach weather in New England, I nonetheless visited Niantic Beach to record 2002-built Acela Express rolling across the 1907... (more)
P&W Train NR2 backs over the overgrown track at Rings End Lumber in Niantic.
Acela 2007 emerges from the Niantic River Bridge
Not Long For This World. Acela Express Trainset 2, delivered on 4/19/2002, glides over the 1907-vintage Niantic River movable bridge. Work on the replacement bridge will reportedly begin i... (more)
NR-2 rolls west around the edge of Niantic Bay at high tide. This scene will soon change, as Amtrak has recently secured the necessary permits and retained a contractor to begin building the repla... (more)
P&W Train NR2 heads back out the Main.
It is fitting that my first photo from 2010 added contains an engine numbered 2010, in this case an Amtrak Acela power car, as it heads eastward along Niantic Bay on its way toward New York and Wa... (more)
After dropping off a lumber car at Rings End Lumber in Niantic, NR2 heads west for Old Saybrook.
In the care of an HHP, Amtrak 175 tiptoes over the soon-to-be-replaced Niantic River bridge. Viewed from the Niantic beach boardwalk.
Southbound Acela along the bay at Niantic, CT.
Amtrak Regional hugs the coast through Niantic.
An Amtrak Regional with a "Meatball" on point charges through Niantic.
