The Lackawanna heritage unit is seen leading Chicago to Ayer intermodal train 264 up the Worcester Main about to cross Newell Hill Road in Sterling. This engine was repainted in 2024 as its 2012 ... (more)

Norfolk Southern 264 is passing the Worcester Country Club as they start their trek up the Worcester Main, the last stretch on the trip from Chicago to Ayer. The Lackawanna heritage unit is leadin... (more)

Norfolk Southern 265 is speeding West through Huntington on the CSX Boston & Albany route. The snow is just about to get heavy as the train tackles the Berkshire grade. This was my final shot of a... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 265 is passing the Wrights Mill complex in West Warren on a bitter cold Sunday morning, ahead of a major snowstorm. The train would hit the heavy snow head on further west i... (more)

The Steaming Tender in Palmer, located in the former Boston & Albany Depot is always a popular location during the annual Amherst Railway Society's massive hobby show. On the night before the show... (more)

Westbound Ayer, MA to Chicago intermodal train 265 is seen running over CSX trackage rights at Chatham, NY.

CSX Syracuse to Worcester daily intermodal I022 is passing the former Southworth Paper Mill in West Springfield.

CSX manifest M436 is crossing over at CP-105 in order to run I022 around them at West Springfield.

Norfolk Southern trackage rights intermodal train 264 is running over the CSX Boston & Albany route on its trip from Chicago to Ayer, MA. The train is passing Front Street in West Springfield.

Berkshire & Eastern Fitchburg based local FI-1 is seen returning West through Shirley with a single empty auto rack from Ayer.

A later than usual 264 is winding through the woods of Sterling heading up the Worcester Main, not far from the final destination of Ayer.

A later than usual 264 is climbing up the hill passing the Worcester Country Club on a clear but frigid late morning.

A later than usual 264 called for a run over much of the B&A in daylight. The pair of NS horses are having no problem getting the short stack train over Charlton Hill and is doing every bit of the... (more)

Internodal Train 264 is seen crossing Still River at track speed and is about to reach its destination of Ayer, MA. The daily intermodal originates in Chiicago and takes NS routing until crossi... (more)

On January 13th, 2026 The first NS intermodal train 264 was routed over the CSX Boston & Albany route to Ayer via Worcester. This routing change has been in the works for some time now to accommod... (more)