Readville Switcher MBTA GP40MC-3 #1129 switches out the Readville layover facility in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston.

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)

Theatre Car... On a Commuter Rail? After pausing for some train traffic, the MBTA's new theatre car continues leading the Office Car Special's shove to South Station, where it'll head to R... (more)

The Graveyard Shift In the fall months, when falling leaves cause wheel slips, the MBTA runs special trains to remove them from the rails. In recent years, this has meant a laser train on ... (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)

Mayflower on the Loop An MBTA Office Car Special uses the Dry Loop in Southie to spin its train before heading south to Rhode Island. MBB coach #535 is the most recent addition to this tra... (more)

History Repeats Itself MBTA heritage GP40MC-3 #1129 leads the Readville Switcher equipment move long-hood forward along the Dorchester Branch. This unit wears the "Cranberry" paint scheme,... (more)

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)

Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving MBTX 1129 is in charge of a work extra at CP-44 on the Worcester Main Line. 1129 was rebuilt to a GP40MC-3 by Drummac back in 2024 and became the MBTA's fi... (more)

Early Morning in the Woo MBTA 1129, the "Cranberry" heritage unit, takes a work train through CP-44 in Worcester. This extra worked on a few different weekends in November to prepare the i... (more)

Teamwork Two GP40MCs being used as one on a weekend train to Newburyport. 1139 has a strong prime mover but a dead HEP generator, while 1137 has a dead prime mover but a functional HEP uni... (more)