I'm still alive, there's some stuff in the pipeline...really ;)Metro-North in the Naugatuck State Forest Read More

I could wax poetically about how the northeast takes a giant steaming dump all over their railroad history, particularly the city I called home for eight years (I'm looking at you Torri… Read More

We would be commencing the terrible twos today. July 22nd was the date of the first post on this site in its current form.Since the last time I wrote a post like this, traffic has quadrupled… Read More

This post was inspired in part by a conversation I was having with a friend the other day, and also in part by my own experiences on nostalgia rides and the like. I like to say I'm not a foa… Read More

Amtrak train 140 (Northeast Regional to Springfield) pulling into Hartford on Sunday evening Read More

In the intervening week since I last wrote about WALK bridge, the Coast Guard has decided to restrict openings of the bridge until emergency repairs have been made in an effort to not obstru… Read More

R9's above ground at Metropolitan AvLast Friday I found out that the following day the MTA was planning on running the R9's in revenue service on the M line. (Until I confirmed this was actu… Read More

In my last post, I briefly mentioned WALK bridge in Norwalk having been stuck open and how finding the funding to replace the bridge would be a better use of everyone's time than crying abou… Read More

Yesterday, Connecticut's senators held a press conference decrying how with the May 11th timetable change, the Waterbury branch lost their direct train to Stamford at the crack of dawn. Out… Read More

Not worth doing another post on something I've already written about, so enjoy this gem - the Train of Many Colors was running Sunday in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 World's Fai… Read More

Last week Connecticut's windbag in chief senator, Richard Blumenthal was served a bit of poetic justice when he was nearly taken out by an Amtrak Northeast Regional train coming through the… Read More

In the past couple of weeks I’ve spent a decent chunk of time in Boston, so there’s going to be a couple posts about that – considering last year I completely glossed over… Read More

The next stop on our tour of the original IRT stations is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall. The station is a four track express station that is served by the 4, 5, and 6 trains today, and has been… Read More

388 pages of electrified history?The other day I finished reading "A Century of Subways - Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways" by Brian J. Cudahy. Overall, it was a grea… Read More

For a while now there has been a big stink locally about signal issues on the Danbury branch of Metro North. Given some recent media coverage, I was inspired to write this post. From what I… Read More

On Tuesday night, the Northwestern Connecticut Council of Governments held a TransformCT focus group meeting in Falls Village (out in the sticks for those of you vaguely familiar) and a big… Read More

Based on the results of last week's the poll, Dyckman Street wins. (I meant to post this last week, but it was a busy week between my birthday, stuff relating to that, arguing with the… Read More

Last week I stumbled upon this video about the Budd RDC. It's worth a watch! I'm a fan because the New Haven is featured in it pretty prominently, but...it's not entirely New Haven-centric! Read More

Rocket aimed at ROW(South of Naugatuck station)Effective at 12:45pm this afternoon, Metro North has announced that all Waterbury branch line service has been suspended and alternate bus tran… Read More

The first physical book I've read in ages.A few weeks ago I was introduced to "Underground Woman" by Marian Swerdlow. Upon reading the back cover I immediately decided I had to read it and t… Read More

I was trolling the MTA's YouTube page the other day to see if they had uploaded anything amusing and vintage that I could use for a Tuesday Video post. No luck in that department, but I did… Read More

Normally, I use "Tuesday Video" posts to share some really cheesy nugget from the transit museum archives circa the mid-eighties, or some stupid video.This week's post is a bit different. It… Read More

Oh, hai there Katniss.The next stop on our tour of the original IRT is Bleecker Street on the Lexington Avenue line. Nowadays it's serviced by the 6 train at all times and the 4 train during… Read More

28th Street station back in 1904Oh hey, look: a new IRT station tour for the first time in months. The time was ripe for me to quit being a slacker, what can I say?28th Street is on the IRT… Read More

This is from my gallivant around New Jersey Transit's territory on the weekend of the Super Bowl. I was going to write up a post about that, but alas, my ambition died with it, although I do… Read More