The fire department stood waiting at Guilford Ct.to spray the ballast cars to control the dust. But the train was delayed. A crew member picked up lunch but the train was delayed, the train had to run from Cedarhill in New Haven to Guilford before starting work, but the train had to run reverse, with the power pushing, on an out of service track at a restricted speed. After waiting for other trains before departing Cedarhill and backing all that distance, it was decided that there wasn't enough time for the train to actually do what it was sent for. So the train headed back to Cedar hill, but now with lunch.

Photographed by Gerald Miner, May 22, 1993.
Added to the photo archive by Mark Beebe, January 19, 2006.
Railroad: Amtrak/MOW.

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