Does anyone know what the parking situation is like at any of the Shoreline East stations? Would that be a reasonable alternative than schleping around New Haven for them, and it has the benefit of being *slightly* closer to where they're coming from?
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Re: Parking on the New Haven Line
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:03 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Parking on the New Haven Line ¦ Replies: 12 ¦ Views: 4036Re: Parking on the New Haven Line
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:27 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Parking on the New Haven Line ¦ Replies: 12 ¦ Views: 4036New Haven has plenty of parking - if not in the actual adjacent garage, there are plenty of surrounding ones. Rear of Signal is right though, honestly it would probably be cheaper and more convenient to just take Amtrak from Providence or something...and driving any farther than New Haven would just...
Re: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:35 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET ¦ Replies: 2437 ¦ Views: 403538111 & 113 on the Waterbury Mini today. 111 Leading.
Re: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:41 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET ¦ Replies: 2437 ¦ Views: 403538On my way home from work this evening I could see #1981 sitting at Waterbury about to depart and both engines were Metro North scheme BL20s. I would assume one is 111.
Re: Heritage unit-WOH?
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:46 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Heritage unit-WOH? ¦ Replies: 19 ¦ Views: 3727northjerseybuff wrote: How did the NH paint end up on units east of hudson? or did CONN request that paint scheme?CDOT owns those units and they're in pool service. In my limited experience, I've seen more CDOT Gennys in the NH scheme on Hudson and Harlem videos - than I've ever seen on the New Haven line
Re: Metro North to Danbury railway museum???
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:00 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Metro North to Danbury railway museum??? ¦ Replies: 14 ¦ Views: 1521Take pics and share with us! I'd love to see what's happening with the washboards (NH 4400-series MUs). I'm a traction junkie at heart. I didn't get the camera I planned on getting, so the pictures may be a bit on the sucky side as they're with my ancient one, but I did in fact go, here's a link to...
Re: Kids Say the Darndest Things
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:08 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Kids Say the Darndest Things ¦ Replies: 5 ¦ Views: 1365Metro North themselves posted this to their Facebook today. I got a good lol out of it.
Danbury Railway Museum Thread
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:34 pm ¦ Forum: New England Railfan ¦ Topic: Danbury Railway Museum Thread ¦ Replies: 165 ¦ Views: 33782Do you know if they have their full range of equipment out for display at this time of year, or is some of it stored for the winter? If I get the new camera I was planning on picking up tomorrow, I was thinking about going down there to try it out.
Re: Post Your Amtrak Videos Here
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:33 pm ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: Post Amtrak Videos and Photos Here ¦ Replies: 663 ¦ Views: 215095I shot these last week in South Norwalk, CT - which is not an Amtrak station, thus why they are all bypassing. Acela bypassing the station http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkIUEF25pU Northeast Regional #164 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alRgyCkSUww Northeast Regional #99 - which is actually my first...
Re: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET
by runningwithscalpels ¦ Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:45 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET ¦ Replies: 2437 ¦ Views: 403538Was trying to catch #1981 at the South Leonard St overpass in Waterbury today, gave up at 5:05pm, at the time nothing was listed on the MTA website. As I was heading back to Route 8 I thought I saw the train sitting idle by or under the Mixmaster - I can't say for sure because it's not a clear view ...