GMA Whistle Stop Tour '08

ABC's Good Morning America kicked off their Whistle Stop Tour '08 on Sunday morning at Worcester's Union Station. Over the next week, GMA will make stops all throughout the northeast as part of their 50 States in 50 Days campaign.

I caught up with their train during one of the "Whistle Stops" at Amtrak's Springfield Station.

About thirty minutes after the train departed Springfield, train P954 rounded the curve at Williams Riding Way in Westfield.

Luckily, the sun came out from behind the low level clouds just as the train worked its way through the most scenic part of its journey. Here train 954 is seen following US 20 in Huntington



Unfortunately from Huntington, it is nearly impossible to keep up with a passenger train in the Berkshires. This final photo is from the Berkshire County Fair Grounds in Lenox.

Great New England Air Show

This weekend was the much anticipated Great New England Air Show was Westover ARB in Chicopee. Saturday was a bust because of Tropical Storm Hanna. Sunday morning, a scare rocked the show as "Shockwave", a jet propelled truck crashed during its performance. Luckily the driver walked away.

I arrived just in time to catch the 2pm Thunderbirds show. As usual, they did not disappoint.

The Thunderbirds show went on for about an hour. The six Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets made several manuvers during the performance.

"The Diamond"

The kids in the audience, including my daughter, loved the thundering roar of these mighty fighter jets


All of the images for the 2008 Great New England Air Show can be find here.