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Viewing Album:  Providence & Worcester's Plainfield, Connecticut Operations
 
By:Adam T
Dates:7/7/2006 - 4/14/2008
Album Info:Providence & Worcester's locals out of Plainfield work the Willimantic Branch, the Norwich Branch (between Groton and Putnam), and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (between Groton and New Haven). Road job NRWO/WONR operates between Plainfield and the railroad's largest yard in Worcester. The primary commodity moved through the yard is stone shuttled between Tilcon's facilities in Wauregan, Groton, Old Saybrook, and Pine Orchard, as well as stone loaded in Plainfield by Rawson Materials destined for Long Island.
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PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  Train NR-3 moves PW 4002 around at the Plainfield locomotive shop area. The unit, which still wears its NYSW colors, will be placed in the paint booth for a fresh coat of PW brown and orange. Old print scan, date approximate.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 7:23:42 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  830   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  PW 4002 leads train NR-2 through the Old Saybrook Station on the way to the Fortune Plastics siding just to the west.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 9:54:42 AM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
GATX 64725
Title:  GATX 64725
Description:  GATX 64725 is one of the cars on NR-2 as the train heads west to switch Fortune Plastics.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 12/15/2006 5:32:09 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
PW 3909
Title:  PW 3909
Description:  NR-2 passes through the Old Saybrook Station on the way to switch Fortune Plastics.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 12/15/2006 5:34:26 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3909(B39-8E)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
PW 3909
Title:  PW 3909
Description:  PW 3909 leads train NR-2 through the Old Saybrook Station after switching Fortune Plastics. The train will now wait for train NH-1 from New Haven before the two interchange. You can just see the roof of Fortune Plastics' building behind that Rail Box box car.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:08:49 AM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3909(B39-8E)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
PW 3909
Title:  PW 3909
Description:  NR-2 comes back through the Old Saybrook Station after switching Fortune Plastics. The crew will wait for NH-1 to arrive from New Haven to perform interchange duties.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 11:22:16 AM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3909(B39-8E)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Train NR-2
Title:  Train NR-2
Description:  PW 3006 and PW 4002 are the trailing units on train NR-2 as the train passes through the Old Saybrook Station. The train will now wait for train NH-1 from New Haven before the two interchange. NR-2 has just switched Fortune Plastics. You can see part of their building in the background.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:25:46 AM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3006(B30-7AB) PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
NR-2 at the Old Saybrook Station
Title:  NR-2 at the Old Saybrook Station
Description:  Train NR-2 gets framed by the Old Saybrook Station. The train is waiting for train NH-1 from New Haven before the two will interchange.
Photo Date:  7/7/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2008 10:31:11 AM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
PW 4003 and PW 3005
Title:  PW 4003 and PW 3005
Description:  PW 4003 and PW 3005 lead train NR-2 into Old Saybrook. The train will now switch the Tilcon plant and then wait for train NH-1 to arrive.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 12/1/2006 5:24:24 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3005(B30-7AB)
Views:  1024   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  PW 4003 and PW 3005 switch the Tilcon quarry in Old Saybrook, on train NR-2. Note the yellow paint that was used to cover the Susquehanna on the nose has worn off.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 12/1/2006 5:33:43 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
PW 2215
Title:  PW 2215
Description:  PW 2215 switches in Old Saybrook, on train NR-2.
Photo Date:  7/31/2006  Upload Date: 12/1/2006 5:47:37 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 2215(B23-7R)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
PW 3902
Title:  PW 3902
Description:  After switching Fortune Plastics, PW 3902 leads train NR-2 past the Old Saybrook station. The train will now wait for train NH-1 to arrive.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 12/30/2006 6:04:38 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3902(B39-8E)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
PW 3901
Title:  PW 3901
Description:  After switching Fortune Plastics, PW 3901 is the rear unit on train NR-2 as the train heads past the Old Saybrook station. NR-2 will now wait for train NH-1 from New Haven so the two can interchange their cars.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 6:59:41 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
PW 3901
Title:  PW 3901
Description:  PW 3901 sits in Old Saybrook while PW 3902, which was on the other end of the train, does some switching in Old Saybrook, on train NR-2.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 7:04:38 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
UTLX 666458
Title:  UTLX 666458
Description:  UTLX 666458 gets shuffled around in Old Saybrook, on train NR-2.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 7:13:24 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
DOWX 21993
Title:  DOWX 21993
Description:  DOWX 21993 gets shuffled around in Old Saybrook, on train NR-2.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 7:21:36 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  135   Comments: 0
AMTK 919 and PW 3901
Title:  AMTK 919 and PW 3901
Description:  An Amtrak regional passenger train, lead by AMTK 919, passes PW 3901, which is on train NR-2.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/23/2007 7:08:58 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  AMTK 919(AEM7) PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  462   Comments: 1
PW 3906
Title:  PW 3906
Description:  PW 3906, which was the rear locomotive on train NR-2 on the way to Old Saybrook, will be the lead locomotive on the way back to the Plainfield yard. The box cars in the background will be picked up by NR-2, and then dropped off at the NECR interchange in New London.
Photo Date:  1/15/2007  Upload Date: 1/15/2007 4:55:27 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3906(B39-8E)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  PW 4002, the western locomotive on train NR-2, does some switching at the Old Saybrook Tilcon facility. The train is making its daily interchange with train NH-1.
Photo Date:  2/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/14/2007 3:55:54 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
PW 4002 and PW 3904
Title:  PW 4002 and PW 3904
Description:  PW 3904 looks on as PW 4002 does some switching on the Tilcon siding in Old Saybrook. The train is making its daily interchange with train NH-1.
Photo Date:  2/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/14/2007 4:01:38 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8) PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
PW 3904
Title:  PW 3904
Description:  PW 3904, the eastern locomotive on train NR-2, does some switching in Old Saybrook. The train is making its daily interchange with train NH-1.
Photo Date:  2/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/14/2007 4:05:07 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
PW 3907
Title:  PW 3907
Description:  PW 3907 leads PW 3008 and PW 4001 toward the southern end of the Plainfield yard to get MFS-1's train ready to go to Willimantic.
Photo Date:  4/20/2007  Upload Date: 4/21/2007 6:14:44 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3907(B39-8E)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
PW 4001
Title:  PW 4001
Description:  Train MFS-1 goes to the southern end of the Plainfield Yard to get its train ready to go to Willimantic.
Photo Date:  4/20/2007  Upload Date: 4/21/2007 6:22:17 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4001(B40-8)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
PW 3907
Title:  PW 3907
Description:  After making up its train, PW 3907 will be the lead locomotive of MFS-1 when the train leaves for Willimantic.
Photo Date:  4/20/2007  Upload Date: 4/21/2007 7:59:38 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3907(B39-8E)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
PW 3907
Title:  PW 3907
Description:  Train MFS-1 prepares to depart the Plainfield Yard with four cars for the New England Central Railroad at Willimantic.
Photo Date:  4/20/2007  Upload Date: 4/21/2007 8:04:01 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3907(B39-8E)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
PW 3904
Title:  PW 3904
Description:  PW 3904, part of the power from train NR-3 today, ties down next to some MOW equipment in the Plainfield Yard. The unit will be on train NRWO to Worcester, MA. tonight.
Photo Date:  6/25/2007  Upload Date: 6/26/2007 6:55:26 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
PW 3901
Title:  PW 3901
Description:  PW 3901, the southern unit on train NR-3 today, idles quietly at the Plainfield Engine House.
Photo Date:  6/25/2007  Upload Date: 6/26/2007 6:59:38 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
PW 3904
Title:  PW 3904
Description:  PW 3904 rests quietly in the Plainfield Yard after serving as the northern unit on train NR-3 today. Later tonight, it will travel north to Worcester, MA. on train NRWO.
Photo Date:  6/25/2007  Upload Date: 10/3/2007 3:35:25 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  PW 4002 leads train NR-2 into the Old Saybrook station. The train will now drop off cars for train NH-1.
Photo Date:  7/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/24/2007 3:18:01 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  A freindly wave comes from the conductor as train NR-2 pulls out of the Old Saybrook station. The train is going to cross over onto track 1, then proceed east, back to New London, Groton, and, finally, Plainfield.
Photo Date:  7/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/24/2007 3:27:51 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
PW 3903
Title:  PW 3903
Description:  PW 3903 leads train NR-2 through New London Station. The train will go just west of the station, switch onto Track 3, and back into the NECR yard.
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 7:15:07 PM
Location:  New London, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3903(B39-8E)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
PW 3903
Title:  PW 3903
Description:  PW 3903 leads train NR-2 out of the NECR yard on the way to Old Saybrook to interchange with train NH-1.
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 7:21:22 PM
Location:  New London, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3903(B39-8E)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
PW 3903 and AMTK 2025
Title:  PW 3903 and AMTK 2025
Description:  AMTK 2025, the rear unit on a northbound Acela Express, passes train NR-2, which is waiting for permission onto Track 1.
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 7:25:55 PM
Location:  New London, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3903(B39-8E) AMTK 2025(Acela Power Car)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
PW 3007 and AMTK 2006
Title:  PW 3007 and AMTK 2006
Description:  AMTK 2006 leads a southbound Acela Express past train NR-2, which is waiting for permission onto Track 1 at New London Station.
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 7:32:10 PM
Location:  New London, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  AMTK 2006(Acela Power Car) PW 3007(B30-7AB)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
PW 3905
Title:  PW 3905
Description:  PW 3905 shoves PW 3004 and 3 cars westbound past the Old Saybrook station. The train is headed for the signal just west of the station, where it will be signaled back toward the station. The reason for this is that way, the dispatcher can easily signal train NH-1 over from Track 4.
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 7:46:43 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3905(B39-8E)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  PW 4003 leads train NR-2 off the east leg of the Old Saybrook wye. The train is about to depart Old Saybrook for New London, and then back hom to Plainfield.
Photo Date:  10/8/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:48:53 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
MSV 9165
Title:  MSV 9165
Description:  MSV 9165 is about to depart Old Saybrook on train NR-2. It is an empty car from the Seaview Railroad in Davisville, RI., and will be dropped off at the NECR interchange in New London.
Photo Date:  10/8/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:53:04 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  201   Comments: 0
GATX 9681
Title:  GATX 9681
Description:  GATX 9681 is about to depart Old Saybrook on train NR-2. It is the second car on the five car train.
Photo Date:  10/8/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 6:00:18 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  152   Comments: 0
CSX 485236
Title:  CSX 485236
Description:  CSX 485236 is the 4th car on train NR-2, as the short, five car train gets ready to depart Old Saybrook.
Photo Date:  10/8/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 6:07:53 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
PW 3906
Title:  PW 3906
Description:  PW 3906 is the rear unit on train NR-2, as the train gets ready to depart Old Saybrook.
Photo Date:  10/8/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 6:18:40 PM
Location:  Old Saybrook, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3906(B39-8E)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  PW 4003 leads train NR-2 through the Branford Station. With the abolishment of train NH-1, NR-2 now runs from Plainfield to New Haven and back, instead of interchanging with NH-1 in Old Saybrook.
Photo Date:  1/21/2008  Upload Date: 1/25/2008 5:56:17 PM
Location:  Branford, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  PW 4002 passes through one of the many marsh areas along Connecticut's Shoreline, on the way to New Haven with train NR-2.
Photo Date:  3/21/2008  Upload Date: 3/22/2008 7:35:47 AM
Location:  Guilford, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
PW 2006
Title:  PW 2006
Description:  Freshly painted PW 2006 sits at the Plainfield enginehouse. It and PW 3905 were the power for train NR-2 today.
Photo Date:  4/14/2008  Upload Date: 4/15/2008 9:07:35 AM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
Train NR-3
Title:  Train NR-3
Description:  PW 4001, the southern unit on today's NR-3, does some switching in the Plainfield Yard. That covered hopper will go to the New England Central Railroad on train NR-4 tonight, while those tank cars will go to Bunge and Univar Chemical in Rhode Island.
Photo Date:  4/14/2008  Upload Date: 4/15/2008 9:16:58 AM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 4001(B40-8)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Train NR-3
Title:  Train NR-3
Description:  PW 3902 and PW 4004, the northern two units on train NR-3 today, get ready to go back to the enginehouse for the night.
Photo Date:  4/14/2008  Upload Date: 7/4/2008 12:02:29 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3902(B39-8E) PW 4004(B40-8)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Train NR-2
Title:  Train NR-2
Description:  PW 2007 leads the first Sunday run of the regular NR-2 southbound past the Jewett City Hotbox Detector. The train is bound for the Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven with a flat car of steel and 19 loads of stone from Rawson Materials.
Photo Date:  10/3/2010  Upload Date: 10/3/2010 8:07:15 PM
Location:  Jewett City, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Train NR-2
Title:  Train NR-2
Description:  PW 2007 leads the first Sunday run of NR-2 south past Mill Cove with the AES Thames Power Plant in the background. Previous Sunday runs of NR-2 had run as extras.
Photo Date:  10/3/2010  Upload Date: 10/3/2010 8:10:40 PM
Location:  Ledyard, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Train NR-2
Title:  Train NR-2
Description:  The first Sunday run of the regular NR-2 passes through the Submarine Base with PW 2007 in the lead.
Photo Date:  10/3/2010  Upload Date: 10/3/2010 8:28:52 PM
Location:  Groton, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
PW 3902
Title:  PW 3902
Description:  PW 3902 shoves 34 empties for Rawson Materials across Cemetery Road by the Plainfield Enginehouse and Office. Customer Osterman Gas is off to the left.
Photo Date:  2/23/2011  Upload Date: 2/23/2011 10:48:27 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3902(B39-8E)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Train NR-3
Title:  Train NR-3
Description:  PW 3905 leads train NR-3 southbound across Cemetery Road at the north end of the Plainfield Yard. The train is returning from servicing International Paper, Frito Lay, and other customers in the Putnam area.
Photo Date:  2/23/2011  Upload Date: 2/23/2011 11:01:56 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  PW 3905(B39-8E)
Views:  340   Comments: 0

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