Over the River to Salem. An inbound crosses in spectacular fall light to Beverly.

Mist, Coastline, and Layovers. Two MBTA Sets await their next Sunday assignment back to Boston as spurts of sun cut through the humidity on the South Coast.

Boston & Maine SW9 1223 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in January 1952. EMD built 815 of these 1200 horsepower switchers – 786 for American owners, and 29 in Canada for ope... (more)

MC 2010 meets MC 2014 at Taylor in Wareham. Both trains have just swapped crews and 2010 is shoving into the Buzzards Bay passenger station while 2014 gets ready to continue its run to Rochester w... (more)

Pushing to Boston. Flag stop on a quiet morning, 20 minutes from Boston North Station.

Although a fraction of what it once was, the Bay Colony still runs in 2023. The on-demand job services two customers in Dartmouth and interchanges with Mass Coastal in New Bedford. They operate wi... (more)

Labor Day Inbound. Crawling in to town on a quiet morning, 20 minutes from Boston North Station.

LAST RUN TO PEABODY, MA: With news that Rousselot will be closing their Peabody location at the end of the year, Railfans have been documenting the last few months of operation. On this day, BO-1 ... (more)

Snaking into Town. Just before the draw bridge, marina buildings shroud the tracks.

MC 2009 leads 15 empty hoppers southbound along the picturesque Falmouth Line at Monks Park in Bourne, MA. The Falmouth Branch is currently a target for being transformed into a rail trail which w... (more)

Mass Coastal 2014 is seen leading the northbound Energy Train at Cohasset Narrows in Bourne, MA. 2014 is an EMD GP59, built for NS in 1989. In March 2023, the locomotive was delivered to Mass Coas... (more)

August 31, 2023 marked the final day of operations over the Danvers and South Reading Industrial Tracks between Salem and Peabody, MA. The branches served Rousellot, the line's only customer, that... (more)

Although a fraction of what it once was, the Bay Colony still runs in 2023. The on-demand job services two customers in Dartmouth and interchanges with Mass Coastal in New Bedford. They operate wi... (more)

Although a fraction of what it once was, the Bay Colony still runs in 2023. The on-demand job services two customers in Dartmouth and interchanges with Mass Coastal in New Bedford. They operate wi... (more)

Although a fraction of what it once was, the Bay Colony still runs in 2023. The on-demand job services two customers in Dartmouth and interchanges with Mass Coastal in New Bedford. They operate wi... (more)