Blank Canvas MBTA 1072, the final of 37 F40 rebuilds for the MBTA, rests in Framingham after a trip from Wabtec's Erie, PA, plant. The final 4 units all arrived on property in an all-black... (more)

Minuteman in New Haven Territory An MBTA OCS is seen looping before shoving into South Station, such that the locomotive, B&M "Minuteman" heritage F40PH-3C #1030, will be leading... (more)

Catch it While You Can MBTA heritage F40 #1030 shoves the Office Car Special over the Dry Loop at Widett Circle. At one point, this site was a common place for truckers to park to rest, bu... (more)

Metro-North's West of Hudson F40PH-3C 4910 pushing train 72 to Hoboken.

2025 In Review Two big developments in New England passenger railroading in 2025 have been the NextGen Acela trainsets and MBTA's heritage units. Here we see them both. On the left, an app... (more)

Black Friday As part of its routine acceptance testing, recently-rebuilt MBTA F40PH-3C #1071 just so happened to go out for a round of cab signal testing on Black Friday. Heading west on t... (more)

Boston Still Believes in EMDs Nowadays, GP40MCs are a rare sight on the south side, but the week of Thanksgiving 2025, 1129 found its way into revenue service. Here we see it shoving inbou... (more)

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)

Family Portrait MBTA F40PH-3C #1030 is posed up in the Middleboro Layover Yard with the New England Railroad Club's annual Dinner Train. This year, both of Cape Cod Central's New Haven FL9... (more)

Outbound to Lowell train 355 is seen crossing the Shawsheen River in East Billerica with B&M heritage unit leading on an October afternoon.

Outbound Train 63 to Rockport is leaving North Station just ahead of Reading bound Train 1263. The 2003-built Leonard Zakim Bridge looms over the abandoned 1931 built Boston & Maine Signal Tower A... (more)

Outbound Train 355 to Lowell is seen just West of Shop Interlocking in North Billerica with the Boston & Maine heritage unit leading. The train is approaching High Street ,shortly before making th... (more)

Outbound Train 355 to Lowell is seen just West of Shop Interlocking in North Billerica with the Boston & Maine heritage unit leading. The train is approaching High Street ,shortly before making th... (more)

Outbound commuter train 727 to Franklin is seen making then station stop at Norwood Depot.

Lowell bound train has just left North Station as they cross the 94 year old Boston & Maine drawbridges at Tower A