Pan Am 5967 pulling the 11R, crosses over the 4-lane grade-crossing on US Route 7 while on a detour through Vermont due the closure/repair of the Hoosac Tunnel.

A nice discovery on a late.morning visit to the small Pan Am Yard at Lower Rotterdam Junction on a cold, sunny Sunday. Not one but two recent repainted blues; MEC 7523 & MEC 7561 bask in the March... (more)

Fresh In The Corporate Scheme: Pan Am manifest train EDPO rounds through the S-Curve at CPF-334 in Westminster, MA as they continue their trek towards Portland, ME. Today’s train was a pleasant ... (more)

Fresh In The Corporate Scheme: Pan Am manifest train EDPO works hard up the grade at MP-348 (Seaman Paper) in Otter River, MA as they continue their trek towards Portland, ME. Today’s train was... (more)

After switching Rousselot in Peabody, MA, BO-1 hustles Westbound through Central Square in Downtown Lynn, MA on their return trip to Boston. Twice a week, this local services the last remaining cu... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Sound and the Fury

Five roots blown 2000 hp GP38-series locomotives put on a stunning show. While this sight was something to behold, it was the sound of these classics ru... (more)

Out of the Maw

Winter Dreamscape - Part 2

The prior Saturday I got this amazing image at State Line Tunnel: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/680266/

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A unique walk in view at Mount Tabor as the VTR/Pan Am detour 11R approaches Danby ahead out of Wallingford on a cold Sunday afternoon.

On a sunny, crisp Sunday afternoon, a heavy detour 11R rolls south out of Rutland for Hoosick Junction after its power shuffle. I made a spontaneous decision to drive up from New York last minute ... (more)

My first shot of the day as the Sunday Pan Am detour train begins its southeastern trek out of Rutland for Hoosick Junction. Most of the chasers were locked on a inaugural running of an NS 27W det... (more)

Pan Am train 11R detours over the Vermont Railway climbing the grade along Sunderland Road en route to Hoosick Jct. Pan Am has been detouring this train over the Vermont Rail System to avoid the c... (more)