In the Blog: A Dash of Nutmeg

Metro-North; Cos Cob, Connecticut; May 14, 2011

I got around to doing some writing and put together a blog entry on a two-day trip to Connecticut. There's Amtrak, Metro-North, Shore Line East, a night photo session at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum -- and Thomas the Tank Engine! Read it here.

Day Trips In May

New Jersey Transit; Belmar, New Jersey

O-Train; Ottawa, Ontario

Our Photo Lines gallery has been updated with the results of a few day trips in May. First up is a visit to CSX along the Schuylkill River Walk in Center City Philadelphia, with several freights in a scenic, yet urban, locale. Then it's a day on the New York & Long Branch (better known as New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line) with a lot of cool bridges. And finally, we head to Canada and spend a morning riding the O-Train, the diesel-powered light rail line that serves Ottawa. 

CSX Transportation; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Riding the O-Train

We have a new selection of images in Photo Lines. In this edition we go from station to station on Ottawa's diesel-powered transit line, the O-Train. We also pause at the Amtrak station at Syracuse, N.Y., to check CSX and passenger action.

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A Visit to Connecticut

We've added a new section to Photo Lines covering two days in Connecticut with visits to the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum and the Valley Railroad, plus action on Amtrak, Metro-North, Shore Line East and the Providence & Worcester.

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