Shore Line Eastbound. CTrail M8 no. 9384 is the lead unit on Shore Line East train 3034, seen stopped at New Haven State Street station.

"Rolling Through the Festivities"

On a cloudy afternoon of July 13, 2024, CTrail Shore Line East train 3645 departs New London, Connecticut, heading towards New Haven along the Shore ... (more)

EMUs on Shore Line East Just over a year ago, Metro-North M8 EMUs replaced diesel push-pull trains on Shore Line East. Good for efficient operations, not so great for railfans.

Shore Line East train 2639 departs New London.

"Single Platform, Double Main"

On the late evening of August 3rd, 2023, westbound CTrail Shore Line train 1693, led by CTrail (CTDX) GE P40BH 6706, passes by Madison, Connecticut whil... (more)

Viewed from the Old Saybrook Station overhead bridge connecting track 2 to track 3/1. Train 3610 after arrival at Old Saybrook is laying over east of station. Waiting to turn as Train 3637 to New ... (more)

Shore Line East train 1687 arrives at Clinton Station on the evening of April 13, 2022.

May 24, 2022, was the first day of revenue service for the Kawasaki M8 Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) on Shore Line East. On a blue sky afternoon in Branford, train 1673 arrives at the station just ... (more)

The Day It Will Be True Is Today. A few days after the 25th Anniversary of Shore Line East Service, CTRail/CTDX GP40-2H 6694 (née-BO 4005, GP40, 8/1971) led a string of former Virginia Rai... (more)

A Sunset Cameo. On Friday, May 18, 2022, CTDX P40BWH 6705 (née-AMTK 841, P40DC) pulls Shore Line East Train 1687 west from the Old Saybrook, Connecticut Station. This former P40DC is one o... (more)

Just Trying It Out. In response to substantial construction on Interstate 95 in 1990, the Connecticut Department of Transportation decided to institute temporary local service along the Nor... (more)

Shore Line East train 3645 pulls into Branford Station on a 90-degree Sunday afternoon. Diesel-powered trains might be seldom seen east of New Haven, as the electric M8s will start making the runs... (more)

Electric Shore Line East. It was not all that long ago that EMD F40s exclusively ruled the Northeast Corridor Line from New Haven, Connecticut to Boston, Massachusetts. It would have been t... (more)

Shore Line East train 1646 rolls through Clinton at sunset with GE P40DC 838 pushing on the rear. This locomotive is the last one remaining in its former Amtrak paint.