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By:Adam T
Dates:4/16/2006 - 12/30/2008
Album Info:This album features photos from Pan Am's Connecticut operations. Based out of Plainville, Connecticut, train PL-1 works a variety of customers on a number of branches. The train runs from Plainville to East Deerfield, MA. once a week, most often on Saturdays, and returns south on Tuesday or Wednesday of the next week.
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MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles quietly a few yards north of the Freight Street bridge in Waterbury, on train PL-1. Looks like they outlawed here.
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 4:48:05 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Kathy Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles a few yards north of the Freight Street bridge in Waterbury, on train PL-1. Looks like they outlawed here.
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 4:52:08 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Kathy Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  739   Comments: 1
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 leads a 33 car PLED northbound in Berlin.
Photo Date:  8/24/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 6:09:04 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 shoves a five car PL-1 toward the Plainville yard, just after picking up four empty tank cars at AmeriGas. The flat car was acting as a spacer car, as the tank cars were loaded with gas before they went to AmeriGas, where they were unloaded.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 2/2/2007 5:32:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 shoves a five car PL-1 back into the Plainville yard. The train has just picked up those four empty tank cars from AmeriGas.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/25/2007 1:26:31 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 passes all sorts of different equipment as it shoves a five car PL-1 into the Plainville yard, just after switching AmeriGas on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/25/2007 1:29:27 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 shoves a five car PL-1 into the Plainville yard, just after switching AmeriGas on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/25/2007 1:32:20 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 does some switching in the Plainville yard, just after switching AmeriGas.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:30:51 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  As buildings loom in the background, MEC 353 prepares to cross Main Street in downtown New Britan.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:38:21 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 crosses Main Street in New Britan.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:42:03 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 has just crossed Main Street in New Britain, and it now continues its journey toward a siding where 2 MEC gondolas that are loaded with ties will be picked up.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:47:00 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  Train PL-1 picks up two gondola of ties from the Perma Treat siding at Whiting Street on a gloomy day.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:50:15 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 picks up 2 MEC gondolas from a siding in New Britain. The gondolas were loaded with ties.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:53:21 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  After picking up two MEC gondolas that were loaded with ties from a siding in New Britain, MEC 353 will now lead them back to the Plainville yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:56:09 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 leads 2 MEC gondolas toward the Plainville yard. The gondolas, which were loaded with ties, were picked up from a siding in New Britain.
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 5/30/2007 5:59:00 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles in the Plainville yard.
Photo Date:  4/6/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 4:38:36 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles in the Plainville yard.
Photo Date:  4/6/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 7:52:45 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
There Are Rails Under There
Title:  There Are Rails Under There
Description:  A track in Pan Am's Plainville Yard is completely smothered in weeds and other assorted objects.
Photo Date:  6/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/1/2007 9:58:00 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  474   Comments: 0
MEC 350
Title:  MEC 350
Description:  MEC 350 shoves an NOKL centerbeam car into the siding at Forestville Lumber. Sorry that the photo isn't that great, there was that gate in the way.
Photo Date:  6/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/1/2007 9:47:56 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 approaches the Route 9 tunnel light engines on PL-1. The train is going to Berlin to pick up 19 cars that were brought south from East Deerfield earlier in the morning.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 5:17:34 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352, power for train PL-1, is picking up 19 cars that it brought down earlier in the day from East Deerfield.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 5:33:40 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 backs on to the rest of its train just after dropping off some empty gondolas on a siding just to the right of the locomotive. The train, PL-1, will now go back to the Plainville yard and then the Firestone plant in Terryville.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 7:40:24 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 approaches the driveway of the Price Right food store. The train, PL-1, is headed to Plainville after picking up 19 cars in Berlin that were dropped off earlier in the day.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 7:47:25 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
The Waterbury Republican
Title:  The Waterbury Republican
Description:  Well it's nothing fancy, but this is where the Waterbury Republican unloads their box cars. The company is just yards north of Metro-North's Waturbury station.
Photo Date:  10/6/2007  Upload Date: 10/6/2007 6:20:09 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  374   Comments: 0
New Customer?
Title:  New Customer?
Description:  Here's a view of a possible new customer for either Pan Am or CSOR. That track in the foreground is new, and is most likely going to be the south leg of a wye. That other track comes off the one in the foreground, past what is obviously an unloading or loading dock.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:40:10 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  322   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  Here's a look at MEC 351 through some shrubs, as it does some switching on in the Plainville Yard, on train PL-1.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:58:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351, the power for train PL-1, shoves 4 empty high-sided gondolas out of the Plainville Yard. The train will switch J.W. Green, a scrap company. That yellow thing to the left is some type of crane.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:16:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  341   Comments: 1
Forrestville Lumber Siding
Title:  Forrestville Lumber Siding
Description:  Here's a look at the Forestville Lumber siding.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:10:53 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  448   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 toward Broad Street in Plainville. The train just exchanged 4 empties for 3 loads at J.W. Green.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:23:15 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
One of Just a Few Left
Title:  One of Just a Few Left
Description:  The Pan Am diamond in Plainville is one of just a fhw diamonds left in Connecticut. It is here where the Canal Line (top left to bottom right) and Waterbury Branch (bottom left to top right) cross each other.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:26:25 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  398   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 into the Plainville Yard after switching J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:29:54 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Tw“nbly
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 bangs the Plainville Diamond on train PL-1. The train has just switched J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:32:51 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 into the Plainville Yard. The train has jjst switched J.W. Green on the Canal Line. After doing some switching in the yard, the train will make the weekly trek to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:35:32 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  Dwarfed by a tra1½/ crane, MEC 351, the power for today's PL-1, does some switching in the Plainville Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  424   Comments: 1
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 crosses Route 72 and passes the Flea Market at the Crossing. The train is kust leaving the Plainville Yard bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:09:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 out of the Plainville Yard and across Route 72. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
MEC 361
Title:  MEC 361
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 palt the Columbus Plaza in New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 12:55:43 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 |ast the Columbus Plaza in New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:28:55 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 through New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:32:46 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 sits in Pan Am's Plainville Yard. It is the power for train PL-1 this week.
Photo Date:  3/22/2008  Upload Date: 3/24/2008 5:57:04 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 sits in Pan Am's Plainville Yard. It is the power for train PL-1 this week.
Photo Date:  3/22/2008  Upload Date: 3/24/2008 6:00:48 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
MEC 353
Title:  MEC 353
Description:  MEC 353 sits in Pan Am's Plainville Yard. It is the power for PL-1 this week. The building to the left is National Steel.
Photo Date:  3/22/2008  Upload Date: 3/24/2008 6:29:48 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 towards the Amtrak Springfield Line in Berlin. The train is going to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2008 10:30:33 AM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 through CSOR's Hartford Yard on Amtrak's Springfield Line. The train is going to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2008 10:22:21 AM
Location:  Hartford, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352, the power for today's PL-1, switches Perma Treat in New Britain.
Photo Date:  4/26/2008  Upload Date: 6/1/2008 2:03:49 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
MEC 350 and MEC 352
Title:  MEC 350 and MEC 352
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352, the power for train PL-1 today, switch J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:00:25 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
MEC 350 and MEC 352
Title:  MEC 350 and MEC 352
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352, the power for train PL-1 today, pass a puddle near J.W. Green, as the train switches the customer.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/23/2008 9:08:32 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  370   Comments: 3
MEC 352 and MEC 350
Title:  MEC 352 and MEC 350
Description:  MEC 352 and MEC 350 sit in the Plainville Yard while a National Eastern Steel travel crane looks on. You can see the steel company's former building to the left of MEC 352, as the company has shut down.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:03:04 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40) MEC 350(GP40)
Views:  331   Comments: 1
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 and MEC 350, the power for train PL-1 today, put their train together before going to East Deerfield, MA. Those tank cars are from AmeriGas on the Canal Line, and those gondolas just on the other side of the overpass are from J.W. Green, also on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:10:58 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  281   Comments: 2
Pan Am High-Rail Vehicle
Title:  Pan Am High-Rail Vehicle
Description:  A Pan Am high-rail vehicle backs through the Waterbury Yard, which is right in front of the Waterbury Station.
Photo Date:  7/3/2008  Upload Date: 9/6/2008 10:54:38 AM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Views:  194   Comments: 0


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