Ground view... NECR 611 Crosses the Connecticut River from Northfield to East Northfield, MA (yes on the west shore of the river, nobody knows why East Northfield is west of Northfield!) on June 7... (more)
NECR 611 Crosses the Connecticut River from Northfield to East Northfield, MA (yes on the west shore of the river, nobody knows why East Northfield is west of Northfield!) on June 7, with 3 of a k... (more)
NECR 608 pauses in Franklin on their way south, and will soon drop the trailing GP38, number 3850, on the runaround for a ballast extra to use the next day.
NECR 608 heads south past a boat launch/dock in Uncasville on the Thames, with two Blue & Gold GP38's leading the way.
NECR 608 heads south over the Yantic River in Yantic.
NECR 608 creeps into Franklin with a pair of blue & golds before working Hillandale Farms.
NECR 608 heads south past Columbia Junction with two 38's notching up, letting out a little smoke.
NECR 608 heads south through Willimantic Yard with a pair of blue and golds leading lumber for C.C. Lounsbury in South Windham. I am standing on the famous footbridge over the yard.
NECR 608 heads south into Willimantic, passing some remains of the old Central Vermont Railroad and New Haven Railroad. The retaining stone wall to the right of 608 is from the CV, and the track i... (more)
NECR 608 passes 608X's power in Willimantic. the track that 3039 is sitting on is the old NH Hartford Line from Willimantic to Hartford. Most of the line is torn up, with the small sections in Wil... (more)
NECR 3039 sits on the NH Midland Main to Hartford in Willimantic after being dropped by 608 to be used on a ballast train.
In a scene that looks straight out of the 90's, 610 heads south over Horton Cove in Montville with a pair of blue and golds for power.
Southbound NECR train Monson
On a sunny spring morning in Enfield, northbound CSO-4 to West Springfield, MA makes its way across the Connecticut River Bridge.
Five matched 38 “golds” slog a small freight north along Route 12 out of Bellows Falls along the Connecticut River Valley on a warm May afternoon. One of those classic “so glad I did tha... (more)