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The Shore Line Electric Railway was a trolley line along the southern coastline of Connecticut, running between New Haven and Old Saybrook with additional branches to Chester and Stony Creek. Unlike most trolley lines in New England, the Shore Line Electric was a true interurban , running large railway-style cars largely on a private right-of ...
The Connecticut Valley Railroad was chartered in 1868, and began operations three years later, providing service between Saybrook Point and Hartford, with a connection to the Shore Line Railway at the Saybrook Junction station. The extension to Saybrook Point ceased operations in 1922, and its facilities were abandoned.
Conflicts over closings of the Old Saybrook–Old Lyme bridge were the primary obstacle to full service to New London. On October 8, 2007, reverse-peak and more midday service were introduced, which officials hailed as the beginning of Shore Line East as a true bidirectional system. Several existing express trains also began to stop at Guilford ...
Shore power allows cruise ships – which primarily use diesel fuel – to turn off their engines, eliminating the local air pollution they would be generating through exhaust. “Locally ...
Old Saybrook features a common track setup, with one island platform and one side platform, each two cars long. Unlike the two-track commuter-rail-only stations on the 50.7-mile (81.6 km) [ 5 ] stretch of the Northeast Corridor between New Haven and New London, there are three tracks at Old Saybrook, in order to handle terminal trains on Shore ...
Saybrook Breakwater Light in Old Saybrook, was used as the lighthouse in the 2021 thriller film "A Predator Returns". [^1^]: Rowlett, Russ (2012). "Lighthouses of the United States: Connecticut". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [^2^]: Department of Commerce - U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. (1926).
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An 89-year-old Hingham man was killed when a tree fell on a camper trailer in Hanover on Monday morning. He was identified as Robert Horky, 89. ... Crews work on power lines Tuesday as South Shore ...