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WLT: Shookies Pond

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WLT: Shookies Pond

Awwww, Shookie-Shookie Shookies Pond, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Am I a jerk? No, really. Am I? Yeah, probably to some degree. If you’ve read my Wallingford Land Trust pages, you probably think I’m a jerk. I’m an observational editorialist with years of experience. If a trail or property is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven County, Trains and Trolleys, Wallingford, wallingford Land Trust

Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel

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Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel

No Isht Sherlock Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail Tunnel, East Haddam August 10, 2014 See also: 2017 hike around the park (with tunnel again!) “There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet Indeed. With so few tunnels in our small state, I can certainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Middlesex County, Model Trains, Roads and Tunnels, Trains and Trolleys

Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge

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Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge

Choo! Ch-hole The Hole-in-the-Wall Beach Bridge East Lyme I am creating this page because one day, in May 2011, I was poking around the Niantic area of East Lyme. I saw an interpretive sign near here and went to go check it out. Then a train came over this little tunnel, which leads to a semi-public town beach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Beach, Cool Bridges, East Lyme, New London County, Roads and Tunnels, Trains and Trolleys

268. Railroad Museum of New England

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268. Railroad Museum of New England

A Train? In THOMASton? Thomaston (Google Maps location) June 1, 2014 I have to preface this page with something very, very rare here on CTMQ. A Mommy/Lifestyle/Foodie/Shill-Blogger Disclaimer! The very thing I hate. So bear with me as a choke this out: I received free entrance onto the Naugatuck Railroad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Litchfield County, Outdoor Museums, Thomaston, Trains and Trolleys

202. Vernon Railroad Depot Outdoor Museum

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202. Vernon Railroad Depot Outdoor Museum

A New Museum, Right on Track Vernon (Google Maps location) May 1, 2011 These days, it’s pretty rare for me to learn about a Connecticut museum of which I was previous unaware. So imagine my glee the day I was reading the column of the one Hartford Courant columnist I am sure to read every week, (friend of CTMQ, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Outdoor Museums, Tolland County, Trains and Trolleys, Vernon

Site of The Great East Thompson Train Wreck

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Site of The Great East Thompson Train Wreck

Wreck it Out! E Thompson and New Roads, Thompson June 3, 2011 I recently posted a poll on the CTMQ Facebook page (which, if you’re reading this, you really, really should be a fan of here by “liking” it) asking people what they liked most about CTMQ. After a day, only ONE person chose “the completely random … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Everything Else, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: air line state park, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, national recreation trail, Thompson, Trains and Trolleys, Windham County

144. The Peters Railroad Museum

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144. The Peters Railroad Museum

Dave Peters: CTMQ Hero Wallingford (Google Maps location undisclosed) November 25, 2009 All aboarrrrd! All aboard the Peters Rail Road Museum bandwagon. There’s plenty of room right now, but once this page gets read and zipped around, it may be too late. Why? Because the Peters Rail Road Museum is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Model Trains, New Haven County, Trains and Trolleys, Wallingford

ASME: Cos Cob Power Station

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ASME: Cos Cob Power Station

ASME Landmark #76 (1907) AC Electrification New York, New Haven & Hartford Cos Cob (Greenwich) I didn't think this Landmark was all that exciting. In fact, the original power plant no longer exists, so they supposedly hung a plaque at the train station nearby. And after I searched the tiny Cos Cob train station … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: ASME Landmarks, Fairfield County, Greenwich, Trains and Trolleys

119. SoNo Switch Tower Museum

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119. SoNo Switch Tower Museum

So, No? You Don’t Know What a Switch Tower Is? Norwalk (Google Maps location) June 13, 2009 When you’re nearing the end of a day-long CTMQ day of museuming, what could be better than a decidedly quirky little museum to put that pep back in your step? Well, aside from a bite of the world’s most expensive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Fairfield County, Norwalk, Trains and Trolleys

Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events

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Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events

Sports, Theme & Adventure Parks, Carousels, Cruises, Trains, Trolleys, Fairs, Parades, Festivals, & Events This page is another catch-all; a listing of a bunch stuff around Connecticut that doesn’t really fit anywhere else. It’s the rare list that I don’t realistically think I’ll actually complete for differing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: baseball, Carousels, college football tour, cruises, Fairs and Festivals, football, hockey, Model Trains, motorsports, professional sports, resorts, skiing & snowboarding, Trains and Trolleys, wacky sports & games

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