HEP-equipped Amtrak E8 495 and three cars made up a northbound New Haven-Springfield train outside Wallingford, CT. The 495 was one of five ex-PRR E8s that received HEP generators to make them com... (more)
Amtrak 495, one of five ex-PRR E8s that were rebuilt with HEP to make them Amfleet compatible, sails south through Windsor Locks, CT, on a Springfield-New Haven run. Rebuilds 495-499 were Amtrak's... (more)
A pair of Amtrak/CDOT Budd SPV-2000 railcars running as a New Haven-Springfield shuttle buzz through Wallingford, CT. The SPVs would later be converted to unpowered coaches for Shore Line East ser... (more)
A stretch of subzero weather in January 1984 left Amtrak's trouble-prone SPV-2000 railcars unable to propel themselves, so diesels including veteran RS-3s were drafted to keep things moving. Amtra... (more)
The setting sun cast a red glow as a pair of Amtrak/CDOT SPVs out of Springfield, MA, eased up to their mainline connection at New Haven station, where passengers will transfer for New York and po... (more)
The late afternoon sun catches Amtrak F40 212 on a Springfield-New Haven shuttle run passing a searchlight signal just south of the station at Berlin, CT. The second main track here was removed a ... (more)
As the sun sinks low on a bleak November afternoon, a northbound New Haven-Springfield Amtrak shuttle run crosses the Connecticut River into East Windsor, CT. The combination of an F40 and a pair ... (more)
Back when RDCs covered the bulk of service on Amtrak's Springfield-Hartford-New Haven line, the pair making up a late afternoon southbound run paused at Berlin, CT. The lead car in this set began ... (more)
During their fairly short tenure on Amtrak's Springfield line, a pair of Budd SPV-2000s running as a Springfield-New Haven shuttle pause at Berlin, CT. The former New Haven station here, built in ... (more)
Two of the twelve Budd SPV-2000s purchased by the Connecticut DOT for Amtrak Springfield-New Haven service get underway out of Springfield station. Due to chronic mechanical problems these second-... (more)
Springfield train arrives in New Haven to make a mainline connection.
