Amtrak | former Penn Central / New Haven RR | New London, Connecticut | EMD F40PH-2 #207 diesel-electric locomotive | westbound passenger train | May 1978 | Will Coxey photograph / collection | 35mm Kodachrome slide | Station at this site, built 1887, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, has a long history. City wanted to demolish the derelict station in 1961, but instead was saved and privately purchased, restored, and still used for Amtrak and Shore Line East commuter trains.