Checking out the power At the grand opening ceremony of the Connecticut Southern Railroad's Hartford shops, a tour group of attendees check out the CSOR SD40 on display

P&W NR2 at the new NAN Providence & Worcester train NR-2 rolls through NAN interlocking over the Niantic River drawbridge. Visible in the background is the new drawbridge span, which is slated to be put into service later this year.

Freight and a Ford A Valley Railroad photo freight pauses at Chester, CT with an antique Ford convertable as a part of the Lerro Productions Photo Charter.

Fireman in the Dark Valley Railroad fireman Eric Steinberg poses with the Valley's newest locomotive - No 3025 - as a part of the Lerro Productions photo charter and night shoot in Essex, CT

Over the Creek A Valley Railroad passenger train heads onto the bridge spanning Deep River Creek on the Chester/Deep River, CT town line. A part of the Lerro Productions photo charter.

Freight over Shaw's Providence & Worcester train NR-2 pulls across the Shaw's Cove swing bridge on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in New London, Connecticut this morning.

In the Haze A westbound CSX freight train crosses through Port Reading Junction and Manville Yard in Manville, NJ. The train will be leaving Conrail rails for home rails a couple miles to the south of the yard.

Saluting a Los Angeles Class A US Navy Sub Veteran salutes the return of the USS Pittsburgh - a US Navy Los Angeles class fast attack submarine - to their home base of Groton, Connecticut

Turning the key A Valley Railroad fireman turns the key on a padlock securing the signal button at the north end of Essex station.