"Fresh Out of the Box" Newly rebuilt CTrail GP40-3H 6696 sits on Track 6 at New Haven Union Station shortly after being dropped off by CSX B747. 6696 is the last CDOT owned locom... (more)

Shore Line East 1667 at Guilford.

Connecticut Department of Transportation's final GP40-2H in the New Haven Railroad heritage scheme, CDOT 6696, is seen leading Shoreline East train #3626 on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor at Niantic,... (more)

The end is near! With CT Rail testing the latest arrival of Coke Zeroed GP40-2H rebuilt units, the days are extremely numbered for the final New Haven-painted geep, 6696. Even better on this nig... (more)

CTrail 4461 in Wallingford.

CTrail 4407 passing through Willow interlocking before making its station stop in Berlin. The far left track is Pan Am's Waterbury Branch to Plainville, and the far right track is the Berlin indus... (more)

CTrail 4463 departs Berlin station with the last GP40-2H in the New Haven McGinnis scheme.

New Haven bound CT rail train crosses the Farmington River. The 6696 is the last remaining GP in the Patrick B McGinnis New Haven colors.

CDOT GP40-2H 6696 leads CTrail 4463, the 6:15pm southbound out of Wallingford. Route 5 and the steeple of Most Holy Trinity Church is seen on the right. Also visible is the Dairy Queen sign. A pop... (more)

CTrail 4407 passes Webster Brook in Newington.

"Before & After"

CTrail 4461 with a complete CDOT consist, passes through Wallingford with the last active New Haven McGinnis GP40-2H. The locomotive will eventually be rebuilt and repainted into the new CTrail sc... (more)

Southbound CTRail train approaching John Street in Wallingford, CT on 06-09-18. Locomotive GP40-2 6696 still sports the McGinness livery that ConnDOT geeps wore since 2000 but have been rebuilit ... (more)

New Haven meets Pennsylvania Railroad at Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 2018?! The New Haven-painted Connecticut Department of Transportation/CT Rail GP40-2H 6696 is ready to depart the Old Saybroo... (more)

As the Connecticut Department of Transportation gears up for the May 2018 launch of the new Hartford Line service, test trains were launched this weekend with borrowed Shore Line East equipment fr... (more)