For a couple miles in East Haven, CT, the former New Haven Shore Line resembles a mountain railroad as it cuts through an ancient volcanic ridge with two short tunnels connected by a deep cut. Here a Penn Central train out of Washington behind a pair of E8s races through the East Haven cut on its way to Boston.
The three biggest passenger carriers - Pennsylvania, New York Central, and New Haven - merged to create the ill-fated Penn Central, whose passenger losses and poor service led to the formation of Amtrak and state-owned commuter lines.
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
