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