The switchtender works the yard under the wires at New Haven. Modelers note the PRR express car stenciling and switchstand with lantern.

This bridge is the hole leading into Connecticut making bootleggers safe from aprehension by Massachusetts authorities. It was sometimes referred to as the "Bootlegger's Tunnel."

FL9 no. 2023 poses in front of NHRR Section House as museum member Robert Hassett observes from the hand pump car in Columbia Junction Village during the museums 4th Annual Night Photo Shoot.

Cold rain is soaking us as we wait to board one of the last conventional passenger trains to Pittsfield. In 1966 I was still enthusiastic about the New Haven. I also had a sense that the FL9s wou... (more)

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.

The view out the front of a moving CDOT cab control car passing through the brick lined tunnels under New Haven, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye

The original New Haven U-25-B on one of the many grades through western Connecticut.

This was an example of the quintessential New Haven Railroad Yard of the early 60s. It featured long freight houses, many old cabooses, tons of scrap metal, early generation ALCO’s and an outdoo... (more)