North Grosvenordale
Just the next spot on the chase of Providence and Worcester Railroad road freight WONR down the Norwich Branch. They are on their way south 40 miles back to their home terminal of Plainfield, CT after making a turn up to Worcester. Leading the way are four four motor GEs, two in Genesee and Wyoming orange and two in original PW red and brown. 3910 on the point is an ex LMX General Electric B39-8E, part of a group of 102 built in 1987-88 for GE's leasing arm and immediately put on long term lease to Burlington Northern. PW picked up six of them around 2001, but this particular one came to the road later as a replacement for 3908 that was damaged in 2019. 3910 looks fresh because it was only just renumbered and painted in June 2022. Prior to that it still wore LMX gray and its original number, 8534, as an RLCX and then NREX lease unit before spending some time in the Silvis deadline.
This is right at MP 50 only five miles from the prior shot, but the train has now crossed into the Nutmeg State. They are passing through the village of North Grosvenordale named for William Grosvenor who built the large mill textile mill seen at left background in 1872. Producing fine cotton fabrics, it operated until 1954. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 the property is being redeveloped and should survive as a backdrop for photos for years to come. If you'd like to learn more about the mill this site is nice: connecticutmills.org/find/details/north-grosvenordale-mill
And for more detail here is the NRHP form:
npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/7c9f8f26-34c3-4a55-a7f8-56ceec...
Thompson, Connecticut
Friday March 3, 2023
North Grosvenordale
Just the next spot on the chase of Providence and Worcester Railroad road freight WONR down the Norwich Branch. They are on their way south 40 miles back to their home terminal of Plainfield, CT after making a turn up to Worcester. Leading the way are four four motor GEs, two in Genesee and Wyoming orange and two in original PW red and brown. 3910 on the point is an ex LMX General Electric B39-8E, part of a group of 102 built in 1987-88 for GE's leasing arm and immediately put on long term lease to Burlington Northern. PW picked up six of them around 2001, but this particular one came to the road later as a replacement for 3908 that was damaged in 2019. 3910 looks fresh because it was only just renumbered and painted in June 2022. Prior to that it still wore LMX gray and its original number, 8534, as an RLCX and then NREX lease unit before spending some time in the Silvis deadline.
This is right at MP 50 only five miles from the prior shot, but the train has now crossed into the Nutmeg State. They are passing through the village of North Grosvenordale named for William Grosvenor who built the large mill textile mill seen at left background in 1872. Producing fine cotton fabrics, it operated until 1954. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 the property is being redeveloped and should survive as a backdrop for photos for years to come. If you'd like to learn more about the mill this site is nice: connecticutmills.org/find/details/north-grosvenordale-mill
And for more detail here is the NRHP form:
npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/7c9f8f26-34c3-4a55-a7f8-56ceec...
Thompson, Connecticut
Friday March 3, 2023