A leased GATX MP15 and yard slug shove hard against a cut of freight as they work the east end of the Berkshire & Eastern's East Deerfield Yard in East Deerfield, Massachusetts. The crew is rollin... (more)

Over the River to Salem. An inbound crosses in spectacular fall light to Beverly.

Mass Coastal 2014 is seen leading the northbound Energy Train at Cohasset Narrows in Bourne, MA. 2014 is an EMD GP59, built for NS in 1989. In March 2023, the locomotive was delivered to Mass Coas... (more)

Earlier this year word spread that the Rousselot Plant in. Peabody, MA would be closing by the end of 2023. The gelatin plant located on the South Reading Industrial Track is the last freight cust... (more)

Don't Fall For The Trap! On the dark and overcast evening of June 26, 2021, the Mass Coastal/Cape Cod Railroad dinner train is seen crossing the Back River in Bourne, Massachusetts with Mas... (more)

11R cruises over the scenic Hoosic River in North Adams. The train will briefly enter Vermont in a few miles before passing into New York State and a crossing of the Hudson River north of Albany.

Westbound Pan Am Southern 265 crosses the Deerfield River at Florida, MA; the famed Hoosac Tunnel lies just a couple hundred yards ahead. In the coming months, this train will shift to CSX's B&A l... (more)

Spring in the Deerfield River Valley: Though the beloved Boston and Maine Railroad is long gone, there's still nothing quite like spring in the Deerfield River Valley of western Massachus... (more)

Midnight Blue In The Snow. On Saturday, February 25, 2023, Amtrak 100 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Midnight Blue) led Amtrak Train 54 (Vermonter). The train is seen passing over the Deerfield ... (more)

Mass Coastal 2006 leads the loaded Energy Train over Cohasset Narrows in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, MA. The 1935-built vertical lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal is seen in the background.

CSX manifest train M426 is seen crossing the Concord River in Lowell headed for Rigby Yard in South Portland on a frigid December morning. The train had quite a lashup with two YN2 GEs and two SD4... (more)

"Phase III Over the Conn River in Holyoke"

On the afternoon of October 12, 2022, Amtrak Phase III Heritage P42DC 145 leads southbound Vermonter train 55 over the Connectic... (more)

Amtrak Downeaster 682 is seen pulling into Haverhill for a quick station stop before continuing to Boston.

"Two Phases of Amtrak Over the Westfield River"

On the evening of October 14, 2022, Amtrak's Phase V & Phase VI 50th Anniversary P42DCs, #46 and #108, lead westbound Lake Shore Limi... (more)

MEC 3404 Leads an Rotterdam Junction to East Deerfield freight over the Deerfield River on a warm Summer's day. Hard telling how long the Pan Am paint will last on the westend now that CSX has tak... (more)