After waiting for NECR to clear the junction, westbound 4745 leads an auto train towards the facility in East Brookfield, MA. Taken with Canon Digital Rebel.
A westbound CSX freight passes the former Boston & Albany station in Palmer Mass.
A northbound Vermonter switches off of the former Boston & Albany line and onto the New England Central in Palmer.
A matched set of GP38AC's, #5807 and #5808, switch cars on the interchange track between CV and CR. These units came from the GT but are fully repainted adopting the GT colors as the new CV colors... (more)
With a friendly wave and some exhaust, one of the interchange trains from Guilford at Barber, MA accelerates out of CP-83 and on to Springfield and the Berkshires. Conrail only had 10 C32-8's, ref... (more)
With only a trace of snow left from a storm that dropped a foot of snow only one week ago, an empty auto-rack train heads west.
On a early spring day this train is headed south towards Ct. with cell phones being the mode of communication.
Five NECR units shove back to their train at the CSX interchange in Palmer, MA
CSOR 8530 waits for a signal to cross the CSX Boston Line at dusk to continue putting a northbound NECR train together.
The billboard behind the train is reminding us about a few good men to serve with honor and courage. The irony is the paint job on the GEEP. It is US ARMY
NECR 3857 on a perfect Fall day in Palmer.
Fighting with clouds and sun, the sun came out for this shot of Q436 racing eastbound past Noga's Farm in Palmer, MA.
#1729 drags a few cars back to its yard before calling it a day...
NECR picks up a long cut of cars just dropped by Q422 a few hours earlier...notice the newly acquired and painted NECR 3840...