The local switcher/way freight engine laying over for the weekend at Palmer yard. At the time of this shot the unit was just over a year old. The paint scheme was shinny new. This was a hard live... (more)
EMD built only thirteen NW5s, not all of which survive. Southern Railway's single example still sees occasional revenue service in an unlikely place in central Massachusetts.
Central Vermont N-5-a 2-8-0 471 sits idle on a Sunday at Palmer with the fans and sister engine 467 in the background. This was an excursion from New York to Amherst, Mass. behind electric, diesel... (more)