Double Rare With inclement weather expected, the MBTA loops sets in Boston so a locomotive is set up to lead the first inbound train of the day, better able to handle snow and debris than ... (more)

Not Quite the Lake Shore In the summer of 2025, the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited was temporarily suspended due to a sinkhole discovered near the Post Road Branch in New York. I... (more)

A U33C and two U30Cs growl west through Natick, MA, on the former Boston & Albany with a Selkirk-bound Conrail freight out of Boston. Conrail was just over a year old and the paint shop had a lot ... (more)

A trio of Penn Central U33Cs that now work for Conrail roll west through Natick, MA, on the point of train BOSE (Boston-Selkirk). A year into Conrail an all-PC lashup like this was unusual on the ... (more)

A trio of then-new Conrail C32-8s head up Boston-bound piggyback train TV-6 on a late fall morning in Natick, MA. The former Boston & Albany line was the regular home for these distinctive humpbac... (more)

The silence of Chochituate Reservoir is broken briefly by light engines headed west to pick up a train at Worcester.

Second Generation U boats close up and fast on one of the few tangets between Boston and Selkirk.

Local freight out of Beacon Park is headed to the Saxonville Branch to switch the old Roxbury Carpet Mill.