MEC 507 idles in the late afternoon sun, next to Third Avenue in Somerville, MA. Pan Am (now CSX) often keeps a locomotive here for Boston-area local job BO-1, which is one of the last freight job... (more)

Orange You Glad You Saw These Cars? On April 29, 2017, a six-car Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - MBTA Orange Line Train makes the stop at Assembly in Somerville, Massachusetts ... (more)

A strange visitor to the MBTA/Keolis "Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility" (aka BET), PAR 1 sits silently on Storage West. This EMD FP9A was built in September 1954 as CN 6505, and also w... (more)

As the evening shadows creep up to the mainline, BO-1 wraps up their work day by shoving one loaded reefer Eastbound to the "Coke Works". The local is passing Milepost BE 2 on the MBTA's... (more)

Troublesome Gensets MBTA's duo of gensets idle at the BET. These two units are plagued with engine issues and are rarely used for operations that aren't within a few miles of somewhere the... (more)

A Boston & Maine local freight with a maroon and yellow RS3 on the point enters the Boston Freight Terminal yard at Somerville, MA, and concludes its run.

Trains, Boats, Assembly Square, and Boston. The Keolis rail extra on June 10, 2020 would drop rail in the Winchester, MA area. This train has to runaround at CPW-WJ, and to Lowell Junction. Then... (more)

Boston Engine Terminal is shown in the photograph. The following engines are in the photo. F40PH-3C, F40PH-2C, GP40MC, HSP46, 3GS21B.

Recently rebuilt GP40MC #1136 now sports a blue MassDOT paint scheme as seen on the East end of Boston Engine Terminal. This locomotive is one of four being rebuilt at Mass Coastal's shops in Roch... (more)

The last Boston & Maine through trains between Boston and Mechanicville, NY, once the railroad's most important freight haul, were Delaware & Hudson connections AP-3 and AP-4. On a rainy afternoon... (more)

Although this unit just turned 11 years old (Built 1/2009), it was recently rebuilt and upgraded by National Railway Equipment. The MBTA currently has two of these on their roster (3248 + 3249) an... (more)

Pan Am Railways vintage set of FP9's shoves their Office Car Special East towards Boston as they pass the MBTA's Yard 14 outside of Boston Engine Terminal. Almost one of each current operating mod... (more)

On a crisp Fall afternoon, Pan Am Railways OCS ducks under the High-Line Bridge as they wye their train around Boston Engine Terminal via the "4th Iron". Recently rebuilt GP40-2 MEC 345 ... (more)

The deadhead move of the Pan AM Railways Office Car Special to Boston passes Mystic Junction in Somerville. This is former Boston & Maine territory where trains went into the old "Yard 8.&quo... (more)

Recently rebuilt #1054, sits on "Coach 1" outside Boston Engine Terminal after some receiving some warranty work.