Phase III Lives On Phase III Amtrak NPCU #90406 leads a Downeaster to Boston. This NPCU was originally repainted for the exhibit train in 2011 (Amtrak's 40th anniversary) and has since bee... (more)

Dynamic Duo Recently, Amtrak's Downeaster has been home to a handful of commemorative locomotives, including a set with a duo of Phase III painted locomotives. Leading the way on this late... (more)

Just over a year ago, classic FP9’s flew past searchlights in Winchester, MA. One year later, GE four axles are passing LED signals at the same interlocking. A lot has changed in the past year o... (more)

High and Wide on the NH Route - After heading to Lawrence, BO-1 is seen with two high and wide transformer loads for Everett, MA.

Out of nowhere, an MBTA work extra brings an NYC pullman private car from Lowell, to Boston where it will be dropped. Rumors are that it will be dropped for the Lake Shore Limited, but that is not... (more)

Pan Am Railways local BO-1 going under the searchlights at Winchester Interlocking. The BO-1 had to pickup a cut of cars in Lawrence for the Coke Works in Everett/Chelsea, MA, and bring it south. ... (more)

The MassDOT/MBTA Rail Extra is seen passing through the Wedgemere section of Winchester on the old Boston & Maine New Hampshire Route. The train ran up the Western route, ran around at Wilmington ... (more)

The deadhead move of the Pan AM Railways Office Car Special to Boston passes Winchester Interlocking and the former Boston & Maine searchlight signals along the "New Hampshire Route." Th... (more)

The Pan Am Railways Office Car Special heads south on the Keolis New Hampshire Route in Winchester, MA, bound for Boston, MA. Note the old searchlights still used with this interlocking.

A solo Boston & Maine RDC running as a midday Woburn-Boston local swings off the two-mile Woburn Branch and onto the mainline at Winchester, MA. The MBTA dropped service on the branch in 1981 and ... (more)

Lowell bound commuter rail makes its stop at Winchester Center. The original ROW was street leveled until the B&M had a grade crossing elimination project in 1954 and completed in 1956

MBTA FP-10 1109 heads up a Lowell-Boston commuter local entering the station at Winchester, MA, on a summer afternoon. A trio of depowered RDCs accommodate the riders.

While it still technically carries passengers, this service to Anderson/Woburn acts as a deadhead to then turn and carry inbound rush hour commuters to Boston. Here, it has a bit of speed as it fi... (more)

Two days after the first snow fell, Amtrak Downeaster 682 crosses over at Winchester Interlocking led by NPCU #406.

Pan AM Railways LOSA highballs South through Winchester Center splitting the old Boston & Maine searchlight signals just North of the Station. The train has 28 empty gondolas bound for the Wynn Ca... (more)