Z542 in Pittsfield with a 1952 GP7 leader

Train 449, the Boston section of Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited, is passing the site of the former General Electric Plant in Pittsfield, MA. Leading the consist to Albany-Rensselaer is P42 108 in P... (more)

Housatonic Railroad has been using leased power while the GP35's undergo repairs. In the meantime, these two very differently painted leasers get the NX13 job to Pittsfield and back done. With t... (more)

Dark Skies Over Pittsfield Under a threatening sky, NX13 head west past Pittsfield Station towards CP150 and home rails with a massive train in tow.

On a frigid afternoon in the Berkshires, westbound freight has just made a 15 car pickup from the west Second Street Yard from the Housatonic and is leaving town by the Pittsfield Transportation C... (more)

While the Housatonic Railroad NX13 waits for CSX freights to show up, there was a near-meet of both Amtraks - Lake Shore Limited on the Boston & Albany line. It made for a nice photo in the last ... (more)

In the last light of day, NX13 prepares to pick up cars from Q425 and is still waiting for Q424 as well.

BAR 22 and HRRC 3600 power up in preparation to meet Q425 as it arrives from West Springfield. It had waited here for hours.

The goal for the day was to see BAR 22 and I sure took advantage with the fall colors. NX13 waited several hours for CSX to arrive at the Pittsfield yard with BAR 22 leading HRRC 3600.

A study of the old and new as the Housatonic NX-13 local with a 1953 built GP7U smokes it up while switching cars as a modern T4 Gevo assists on the rear of a passing westbound CSXT freight Q425 i... (more)

Housatonic NX-13 holds in Pittsfield yard awaiting CSX Q425 to clear. CSX 3271 brings up the rear of the westbound freight as the DPU (Distributed Power Unit), along with gondolas loaded with larg... (more)

The Sunday Housatonic NX-13 job pauses in Pittsfield before shoving back into the yard at CP-148, where the crew would wait all afternoon for CSX trains Q424 and Q425. NX-13 wouldn't depart for Ca... (more)

CSX manifest train Q425 from West Springfield slows as it crosses from track 1 to 2 at CP-148, which is just out of view past the Junction Road overpass. The loaded ballast hoppers on the head end... (more)