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While cloudy days aren't the best, they are nice for fall colors as POWA (Portland-Waterville) works its way towards MP 131. MEC 373 passes one of the only pockets of fall color left in the area. Unfortunately the rain and wind knocked down most of the leaves and what remains of the fall foliage is going fast.

Naugatuck Freight - Take 1 by David Blazejewski

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The Naugatuck Railroad is that rather rare tourist railroad and museum which is also a common carrier freight railroad. However, as a non profit the freight revenue returns to support the ongoing preservation, restoration, and expanded excursion goals.

This view looks north near MP 6.9 on the Naugatuck Railroad's mainline as NAUG 686 shoves a cut of empty construction debris/trash gons north for storage on the mainline just south of the Thomaston Station since no passenger excursions were operating at the time during the museum's winter off season. This unit is an EMD GP9 painted in a scheme mirroring its original look as Norfolk and Western 686 for which it was built in Mar. 1959. It and sister 859 came here in 2019 from South Carolina's Hampton and Branchville Railroad.

The the train is passing under Reynolds Bridge which carries Waterbury Road (unsigned State Road 848) over the Naugatuck River. Built in 1928, it is one of a small number of surviving concrete open-spandrel arch bridges in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The bridge is a three-arch open spandrel concrete structure, with four concrete beam approach spans on either side. The main span is 169 feet long, while the secondary arches are each 97 feet; the brige has a total length of 487 feet. At the time of its construction in 1928, the open-spandrel design was used for long concrete bridge crossings, and this was the longest designed by the Connecticut State Highway Department up to that time. The Cornwall Bridge, built a few years later over the Housatonic River and railroad, has a longer span. It has also been featured here and photos of it can be found in my Housatonic album.

As for the railroad, the Naugatuck is the operating arm of the Railroad Museum of New England. Home to one of the largest collections of preserved historic railroad equipment in New England, RMNE and its predecessor organizations have been active since the 1960s and the RMNE name was adopted in 1987.

This line goes back to the original Naugatuck Railroad which was chartered in 1845, to be built between Bridgeport and Winsted, adjacent to the Naugatuck River. Construction began in April, 1848, and was completed by May, 1849. The first regular train service began June 11, 1849. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad began leasing the Naugatuck in 1887; and formally merged it in 1906.

Passenger service between Waterbury and Winsted was discontinued in 1958. Facing hard economic times as a result of the decline of its New england industrial base in the 1960s, the New Haven Railroad became a part of the Penn Central merger on January 1, 1969. The branch line suffered during the Penn Central years, losing freight customers and falling into disrepair and was left out of inclusion in Conrail by the USRA's final system plan.

In 1976, the State of Connecticut stepped in to save the northern portion when it purchased the line between Waterbury and Torrington, and Conrail was named the designated operator. In 1982, Boston & Maine leased the line line when under progressive president Alan Dustin it expanded into Connecticut for the first time in its history. But traffic continued to decline on the route, and Guilford Rail system (owners of the B&M) discontinued regular freight service on August 2, 1995. The future of the line was in question. Looking for a new home where it could establish a tourist operation the RMNE moved from Essex on the Valley Railroad to Thomaston.

The RMNE restored the original Naugatuck Railroad name from 1845 when it obtained a state charter for its new wholly owned operating subsidiary on June 7, 1995. The first passenger trains ran in October of 1996. They operate regular excursion service on the southern portion of the lines and occasional charters and specials to the northern end in Torrington.

In 2016 the the NAUG also began regular freight operations when Cherry Hill Construction opened its brand new C&D Transfer Facility called Frost Bridge about 2.5 miles south of this point. To learn more about the Naugatuck's freight operations check out their page here: www.naugfreight.com/

Thomaston, Connecticut

Thursday January 22, 2026

MP Egret by MedicineMan4040

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MP 56.2 by GLC 392

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L302 splits the intermediate search lights at the 56.2 signals west of Howell. Code line, search lights, and a classic barn. Its quite the Michigan secene.

MP B744BCF MIA by Luis Linares

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Martinair Boeing 747-400BCF at Miami International Airport

mp 78 by eduardo lopes

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mP by Albert Koch

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3024

Amsterdam Zaanstraat

05-02-2007

T200702-0010

MP 99 Curve by Erik Rasmussen

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An extra job heads east on the old Milwaukee Road around the big curves at MP 99 west of Leaf River, IL. The transformer is headed for the Byron nuclear plant.

July 12, 2016.

trash day by gato-gato-gato

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Zürich, Switzerland

Leica MP, Ilford HP5+

Mp 3029 @ Baarn by Chris Pescher

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Motorpost 3029 van de Stichting 2454 Crew staat op spoor 1 van Baarn om later in de middag loc 9903 en het LUXON rijtuig van Railadventure naar Hilversum te kunnen slepen. 27 september 2021

MP 99 Going by Frank Keller

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And the rear of the export coal with three more MACs. While certainly not needed here that 12,000 on the rear would be necessary to get this train over Grandview and Divide Hills. With grades approaching 3% 24,000 HP was necessary to get the job done. Prior to DP these trains often double the afore mentioned grades. 9.27.14

"MP 25" by JeffMast98

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Crossing over into the north side siding at MP 25 Plymouth, Michigan utilizing haulage rights on CSX a CP Rail run-through from Montreal to Chicago has freshly painted ex QNS&L SD40 5408 with her snowshields and huge fuel tank leading the way on August 13, 1990.

MP 6 by GLC 392

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♥ by Amy ÐαϮé Đ'ɪbєƖìи

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JVRR - MP 167 by Eric Freas

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JVRR 2106 passes the Pennsy Position Lights at MP 167 on its way to the Lewistown Industrial Park.

Pretty Hurts by Mandy Moo Hallison

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Hair - Sintiklia - Hair Bahati - Ombres

Face Tattoo - LILITHIUM - Moon Child Face Tattoo NORMAL (Group Gift)

Lipstick - LILITHIUM - Goth Baesics Lipset - Black (Group Gift)

Eyeshadow - VELOUR: Essential Pack Vol. 1- Eyeshadow #4 [BOM]

Nails - Leksana - Bento Nails "Valentine" (5L gift on MP)

Rings - (Yummy) Serena Rings (Maitreya) 2.0

Dress - LSR Anniah Dress - Maitreya White (Group Gift)

Boots - Scandalize. Eralda Heels.WHITE. MAITREYA (Group Gift)

Pretty hurts

We shine the light on whatever's worst

Perfection is a disease of a nation

Pretty hurts, pretty hurts

Pretty hurts

We shine the light on whatever's worst

You tryna fix something, but you can't fix what you can't see

It's the soul that needs a surgery

Blonder hair, flat chest

TV says bigger is better

South beach, sugar free

Vogue says

Thinner is better

Just another stage

Pageant the pain away

This time I'm gonna take the crown

Without falling down, down, down

MP-LB-daisyfield by Cari Mckeenan

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At prayer, St Malo Cathedral (in Explore! 16/06/23) by Rob Rowe

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Leica MP, Ilford HP5+, Ilfosol 3,

Negative Lab Pro.

MP by Catalin Mihai

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MP Lafer 1974 by eduardo lopes

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MP lounge。 by 尼小克

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食物退步了。

但終究能丈著景色取勝。

Stylish (MP Lafer) by Valmir

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6th Annual exhibition of classic vehicles (27 Jan 2019)

This year the Annual exhibition of classic vehicles at the city of Pindamonhangaba - Brazil had 547 vehicles of the decades of 1930's, 40's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.

6ª exposição anual de veículos clássicos (27/01/2019)

Este ano o “Encontro anual de autos antigos de Pindamonhangaba” contou com 547 veículos das décadas de 1930, 40, 60, 70, 80 e 90.

MP-IV-1851 by Matrixx41

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💓 BLOG #741💓 by Anisa Anani

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- Eyeshadow contains 10 colors

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Apollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, as they traveled toward the moon on their lunar landing mission. For the first time, the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap, shown here along with heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Apollo 17 crew consisted of astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander; Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the lunar module to explore the moon, astronaut Evans remained with the command and service modules in lunar orbit.

Image credit: NASA

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