On a windy mild afternoon, the Pan Am “XO-1” local rumbles past the empty shell of the former 1931 built “JV” Johnsonville Control Tower that once guarded the former Boston & Maine Junctio... (more)

On a windy and mild afternoon, Pan Am local “XO-1” with former CSXT Dash 8s MEC 7561 & MEC 7855 rumble over the crisp blue waters of the Hudson with 31 cars in tow from Hoosick Junction. The c... (more)

Making another stealthy deadhead move out of Ayer on a Sunday, the handsome OCS train set catches a little squeak sun as it rumbles out of North Adams for Williamstown Mass on a cloudy afternoon. ... (more)

Pan Am's OCS meets 23K at Noonan's in Mechanicville.

A rare sight on the Rotterdam Branch these days as a former SD45-2 MEC 3405 leads MEC 7561 by Vley Road at MP07 as the RJ-1 crew heads west with the EDRJ freight to Rotterdam Junction Yard on a wa... (more)

Pan Am local “RJ-1” approaches Vley Road Crossing at the stone MP-7 marker on the Rotterdam Branch behind the Scotia DPW on a warm afternoon. The crew is heading west for Rotterdam Yard with t... (more)

Pan Am Southern train PL-1 crosses the rickety bridge over the Pequabuck River on the Terryville Loop Track.

WA-1 comes to a stop at the west end of Waterville Yard.

Pan Am engineer Hal T. Raven prepares to reverse the PAR-1 OCS train set back through CPF480 during the wye move out of Mechanicville Yard. The OCS made an impromptu run out of Gardner to Mechani... (more)

Pan Am ED-9 battling upgrade past CPF-335 in Westminister, MA with a trio of GP40s.

Love those baby blues! Pan Am local XO-1 stomps out of the CPF470 interlocking at Coons Crossing with 30 cars out of Mechanicville Yard for Mohawk Yard on a sunny afternoon. The crew is using a ED... (more)

On the morning of May 6th, 2019 I did my usual routine of waking up and turning on my scanner because during this period RUPO and PORU had a consistent schedule of a morning RUPO and an afternoon ... (more)

The planets aligned as an impromptu meet occurred between the PAR 1 OCS and 23K with the VGN heritage unit at CPF466 at Noonans yesterday afternoon as the Pan Am OCS approached Mechanicville Yard ... (more)

Shortly after exiting Hoosac Tunnel, ST 23K holds at CPF-423 in North Adams for an eastbound loaded grain train, with the NS 1069 Virginian Heritage Unit leading.