In Conn., coastal beauty while moving, or stuck

Coastal salt marsh in East Lyme, Conn., along Amtrak’s main Northeast Corridor route.

Adapted from Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

I’ve been taking the train from Boston and Providence to New York for almost my whole life but am still mesmerized each trip by the beauty of the marshes along Connecticut’s Long Island Sound – ever changing in color, light, shadow, birds and boats. Lately, it helps offset some of the irritation from Amtrak’s endlessly terrible Internet service. Remember to sit on the Sound side of your train if you want broad water views, but sitting on the other side provides life-filled beauty, too.

1929 map of New Haven Railroad service. New England Diary’s editor, Robert Whitcomb, frequently took the sometimes-bankrupt New Haven from Boston to New York. Its dining cars had fancier food than Amtrak has..