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One of the three small RJ Corman operations in West Central Ohio is this short line between the CSX interchange at Ansonia and a few industries in Greenville. Running with just these two units, facing the same way for over a decade, it's common to find them shuttling inbound traffic south from Ansonia in the morning. Here, GP16 1832 and GP20E 4121 have just cleared yard limits and begin notching up for a couple miles of 25mph track.
A special amphibian! 🐸
The endangered Phuket Stream Toad has one of the smallest distributions of any amphibian on the planet, only known to occupy a single rainforest stream! 🌳
It is a beautiful and colourful little toad and I was so excited to get the opportunity to see a couple in Phuket. Whilst the small patch of rainforest it lives in is stunning, it is continually deteriorating from human interference.
Hopefully this special and unique little toad can hold on!
Starting on June 1, the Waterbury Branch was shut down for critical infrastructure work on the track, passing sidings, crossings, bridges, and the installation of signals. On a rainy morning from the Maple St. overpass in Ansonia, a PTC (Positive Train Control) test train, which consists of Connecticut Department of Transportation P32AC-DM 230 in the inspired New Haven Railroad McGinnis livery, along with a single CDOT cab car the Charter Oak 6209, heads north testing the new signal and PTC system. The train would go as far as Beacon Falls, then return south. The branch resumed regular service on October 3.
Train 3904 from Bridgeport to Waterbury arrives in Ansonia, after a storm brought around a foot of snow to many towns in the Naugatuck Valley on Thursday, December 17. The small wooden canopy replaced the original station after the devastating flood of 1955. Sixty-five years later, it still serves its purpose for daily commuters on the Waterbury Branch.
The Ansonia was built between 1899-1904. It was a luxury hotel and is now a condominium in downtown New York
Photo is a few years old has never been posted before
On May 10, 2024, Metro-North’s Conrail heritage P32AC-DM 201 appeared on the Waterbury Branch, leading train 1942 past the dormant Farrels Foundry in Ansonia, CT.
Despite Southern New England's relatively mild winter season, storms have produced little accumulation or mostly rain. On the morning of February 12, the snow that fell overnight ended as Metro-North train 1902, powered by CTrail GP40-3H 6699, departed Ansonia.
A drizzle is falling on Tuesday, July 24, 2024, as Metro-North train 1916 arrives in Ansonia. I shot this same equipment on Friday the 19th operating on the Hudson Line to Poughkeepsie.
On an April evening in Ansonia, CT, a Metro-North train headed for Waterbury passes the abandoned Farrels Factory.
Spiny Slender Toad (Ansonia spinulifer) - Sabah, Malaysia
I still have lots of images I haven't posted from the past,most are either from the time I spent working in Borneo or the time I spent working in Ecuador as well as many shots from my recent short trip to Ecuador. I'll try to post some of them as I go too. But for those of you that enjoy my photography the good news is even if I don't take another photo I still have tons to post (and I don't plan on stopping with my photography either).
This is a species I'm surprised it took me so long to post, I really like this one. The slender spiny toad is an amazing Borneo endemic toad that can be found around streams in high quality habitat, meaning undisturbed forest which is unfortunately dwindling in Borneo. For this reason Ansonia spinulifer is classified as near threatened by IUCN. This individual happened to be the first one I ever saw and like nearly all of the others that followed it was perched on some low vegetation at night.
On the afternoon of November 3, 2025, in Ansonia, CT, Metro-North’s Conrail heritage locomotive led Waterbury train 1928.
A special amphibian! 🐸
The endangered Phuket Stream Toad has one of the smallest distributions of any amphibian on the planet, only known to occupy a single rainforest stream! 🌳
It is a beautiful and colourful little toad and I was so excited to get the opportunity to see a couple in Phuket. Whilst the small patch of rainforest it lives in is stunning, it is continually deteriorating from human interference.
Hopefully this special and unique little toad can hold on!
The Ansonia local job is seen returning the yard at CP 191. After pulling west past the switch, the train will reverse into the siding on the right and tie down for the day.
CTrail GP40-3H 6695 is the third EMD locomotive leased by Metro-North Railroad for use on its branch lines. In the evening hour of April 14, 2025, train 1956 passed through Ansonia, CT. I've been photographing these veteran geeps since they wore the classy New Haven McGinnis livery, so having another one in the mix of BL20s and P32s is nice.
On October 25, 2024, Metro-North Railroad ran a test extra on the 27-mile Waterbury Branch after repairs were made during severe flooding in August. At Ansonia Station, I set up to get the southbound train with the remains of the Farrel Foundry in the background and the small wooden canopy that has stood the test of time since being built after the original station was destroyed during the devastating flood of 1955.
Clock Style : Mantle
Manufacturer : Ansonia Clock Co. (U.S.A.)
Material : Cedar (?)
Date : Sometime between 1920 - 1930
Chiming : Hours and halves strikes
If you´re lost you can look
and you will find me ...
The Greenville Local heads south out of Ansonia as a caboose hop, which back in this era was still a nice bonus versus just a light unit. I'm glad to have this shot now but I was rather "frosted" when this came to be. I had planned to chase this local and had just waited out a couple hours of him switching in the Ansonia yard (to the left of the gray station you see back there), only to have him leave with no freights cars. The line he's operating on was once a New York Central line that ran the entire north/south length of Ohio from around Hamilton, Ohio up to Jackson, Michigan. The Greenville branch portion that existed in this shot is still in service, but it now operates as the Western Ohio Lines of RJ Corman.
Ansonia Clock Company
Manufactured in Connecticut, pre 1900.
Close up: www.flickr.com/photos/dionepsoc/51000534573/in/photostream/
For Smile on Saturday
Theme: Timepieces
Q292 storms through Ansonia, kicking up dust as it splits the Type G signals at CP 189 on a sunny, yet chilly Friday afternoon. In the distance, local J789 waits in the yard for a chance to get out
Mini-bomb trains on Metro-North's Waterbury Branch are usually led with the locomotive on the north end. Occasionally, they can be found leading south, opening up a number of photographic locations. On a cool Thursday afternoon, Brookville BL20GH 110 brings train 1971 into Ansonia station. The old Farrel Company factory can be seen in the background, which is in the process of being torn down.
America’s Manufacturing Might was once framed by machine works such as Ansonia's Farrel Foundry. Metro-North train 1928 led by CTrail GP40-3H 6699 rolls past the remains of the factory on the afternoon of Friday, January 19, 2024. The Farrel company's employment levels peaked around 3500 during World War II. In 1968 the Farrel Corporation became a division of United States Shoe Machinery, which in turn merged with the Emhart Corporation in 1976. The Farrel Corporation continues to maintain a limited presence in Ansonia, but it sold its West Main and Main Street properties in 2012, which are slowly being torn down.