ONE LAST TRIP - The last trip of the Pan Am Railways OCS passes MP 161 in Lewiston, ME on their way East to Waterville. Within a few days, the PAR system would be sold to CSX Transportation and th... (more)

With 38 empties in tow, LA-3 struggles to get upto track speed as they head North through Shop Interlocking in Billerica, MA on the MBTA's New Hampshire Mainline. The former Boston & Maine "Biller... (more)

A strange visitor to the MBTA/Keolis "Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility" (aka BET), PAR 1 sits silently on Storage West. This EMD FP9A was built in September 1954 as CN 6505, and also w... (more)

NA-1 MEC 315 switches Hendrix Wire & Cable in Milford, NH on the rickety Hillsboro Branch yesterday afternoon. The crew pulled 2 empties and spotted 1 load before continuing to Wilton where they w... (more)

With the construction season well under way, the small Milford-Bennington Railroad comes back to life. Normally dormant in Winter, the sole purpose of this little railroad is run stone from a quar... (more)

Portsmouth based local DO-1 crosses one of the wooden pile trestles spanning Great Bay, at the mouth of the Squamscott River on the Portsmouth Branch. The local is crossing from Stratham, NH into ... (more)

For the first time in almost 3 years, Bay Colony Railroad pulls up 8 loaded cement cars from the CSX interchange at Medfield Jct in Medfield, MA. These 8 loads were shipped from Dragon Cement at T... (more)

For the first time in almost 3 years, Bay Colony Railroad picks up 8 loaded cement from the CSX interchange at Medfield Jct in Medfield, MA. These 8 loads were shipped from Dragon Cement at Thomas... (more)

After running around their train at Wilton, NA-1 heads back South, passing the hydro-electric power plant in Wilton, NH. The local is just South of MPI-16 with 2 empties from Hendrix Wire & Cable,... (more)

On a hot, hazy and humid morning, Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad departs Weirs Beach for the Lakeport Runaround. Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad's SW1000 #1012 gets the honors of running trains between... (more)

As the evening shadows creep up to the mainline, BO-1 wraps up their work day by shoving one loaded reefer Eastbound to the "Coke Works". The local is passing Milepost BE 2 on the MBTA's... (more)

The Monday-Friday Readville to Framingham transfer job B731 rolls off the No. 1 and onto the single track at Norwood Central Interlocking. To my right is the East Walpole Industrial Track (former ... (more)

Boston-based local BO-1 exits the Salem Tunnel at McNall Interlocking with 12 empties from Rousselot in tow. From 1958 to 1987, the tunnel trench served as the B&M and MBTA Commuter Rail passenger... (more)

On their way East, PORU stops to switch DeCoster's Farm in Leeds, ME. This customer receives cars of soy and feed which are distributed to farms around the area.

The 1st shift Watco switcher crew is busy pulling loads from Track 45 within the Nine Dragons paper mill complex. In October 2019, Watco officially took over switching duties from Pan Am Railways ... (more)