End of day on Friday the 27th. The crew has pulled three cars for next weeks work out of Palmer Yard.

Berkshire and Eastern train MOED pops out of the Little Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit leading. The larger 4.75-mile long Hoosac Tunnel is just a few miles east.

"They Grow Up so Fast" MBTA 7617, a COVID-era modified schedule Needham Line train, coasts into Hersey Station. In the lead is HSP-46 #2017, a "High Speed Passenger" lo... (more)

Massachusetts Central PA-2 with GP38-2 1750 & 1751 heading back to the yard with 16 cars. Viewed along Route 181(Sykes Street).

"Easter Egg" MBTA GP40MC-3 #1130, the most recent unit overhauled by Drummac at the MBTA's Rochester Contractor shops, pulls an outbound through South Acton. 1130, dubbed the &qu... (more)

A workhorse for the Pioneer Valley Railroad locomotive #7031 has just arrived back at the yard after serving the Holyoke Branch. Originally built in 1959 as CN 4284, this locomotive was purchased ... (more)

Stealth at CP-11 MBTA 1072, the 37th and final F40PH-3C rebuilt for the MBTA, came back unpainted as one of 4 units planned to receive special paint. Due to 1071 and 1036, the two units ah... (more)

Hidden Away in Framingham A recently rebuilt F40PH-4C sits on the rarely-used Holliston Industrial Track, all that remains of the Boston and Albany's line from Framingham to Milford, MA. T... (more)

Return to Sender RSTX 1003 is one of 6 F40PH-4C units being leased by the MBTA to stand in for HSP46s when they're being sent out for midlife overhauls. Roughly 2 weeks after 1003 was deli... (more)

Mass Central PA-2 passing MP 18. GP38-2's 1750 & 1751 and eleven cars heading back to Palmer.

"McGinnis" Following its overhaul by Wabtec in late 2025, MBTA F40PH-3C #1071 was turned into a heritage unit for the New Haven Railroad, the former owner of all south side lines... (more)

"Minuteman" MBTA F40PH-3C #1030 shoves an inbound Fitchburg Line train to Boston. 1030 is the first of 3 F40 heritage units released so far by the MBTA. This one wears the Boston... (more)

Mass Central PA-2 heading past the Whistle Stop Restaurant on Main Street in Gilbertville. Former Boston and Albany Gilbertville Station. GP38-2's 1750 & 1751 and eleven cars heading back to Palme... (more)

"The Central" MBTA F40PH-3C #1036 is the latest installment in their recent heritage program. 1036, a recently-rebuilt F40 wears the New York Central's "Lighting Stripe"... (more)

Berkshire & Eastern train MOED is seen heading East through Shelburne Falls with the NS Lehigh Valley heritage unit during another New England snow storm.