The New England Central Railroad work crews are hard at work in Palmer Yard while NECR 604 with FEC 417 leading looms in the background after just shoving cars into the yard.

Amtrak's Vermonter makes its way through the tricky interlocking at CP83 destined for the Boston Line and points westward.

The engineer of this Mass Central Railroad train looks towards the sun as he waits for the conductor to throw the switch leading down into the interchange yard.

Westbound CSX Q 425 overtakes Amtrak's Vermonter waiting on the main . As soon as CSX clears, the Vermonter will cross over and head north to Vermont. "Q425 ok to highball right along."

CSXT's Springfield based local B740 cruises east into town slamming across the NECR (ex CV) diamond and then diverging on to the controlled siding. The crew will work the small interchange yard t... (more)

CSXT's Springfield based local B740 has ducked out of the way on the interchange track and the crew has tied down their motors before they headed up into town for beans. Meanwhile southbound NECR... (more)

Railfans in New England can almost always count on NECR to run with power we won't find anywhere else, even if it isn't theirs. CSOR 2340 is holding down the Palmer assignment, while other CSOR u... (more)

Small, Yet Important. Somehow, we as photographers get so caught up with the trains that we forget to notice "the other stuff." This switch stand only reaches about two feet off the groun... (more)

Heading For Home Rails, literally and figuratively. Having just left the former Central Vermont main line, the southbound Vermonter picks up speed crossing over the Quaboag River. ... (more)

A westbound CSX freight waits in the siding at Palmer for an eastbound to arrive.

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.

The Palmer Switcher moves a passenger car across the CR diamond.

Eastbound van train passes a corn crop headed to Boston.