A weekend extra in the form of NYAR RS71 has the 261 leading a container train full of contaminated soil westbound through LIRR's Brentwood passenger station. The train would soon enter Pine Aire ... (more)
After dropping a car and picking up two others, the Conductor of NECR southbound 611 lines the hand-thrown derail for the siding. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F. ... (more)
In their almost-daily weekly move, the NYAR RS40 with engines 261 and CITX 402 snakes its way east onto the Central Branch to drop empty C&D hoppers and loaded stone hoppers at One World Recycling... (more)
DE30AC locomotives 421 and 403 lead the DOTX #220 which is an automated track inspection car dispatched by the Federal Railroad Administration. They are accepting 60 Signal and entering Babylon In... (more)
NECR southbound 611 enters the siding at Vernon-Yankee in Vernon, VT to set off a tank car and pick up a tank and a hopper. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F. Two SD... (more)
Two SD40M-2s team up with newly acquired GP38-2 #2168 to bring the NECR 611 south to Palmer, MA from Brattleboro, VT. East Northfield is the interlocking that controls the junction between the NEC... (more)
NECR 611 heads south past East Northfield Interlocking after entering the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from Vermont. Two SD40M-2s provide the power for 18 loads and 22 empties bound for Palmer, M... (more)
The Southbound 611 crew hustles past the station sign for Vernon at 7:59am with track warrant in hand to proceed from Milepost 119 to 70. Engines are NECR 3476, 3405 and 3317 with about 40 cars.
NECR southbound 611 slows to a stop at the Yankee siding in Vernon, VT to set off a tank car and pick up a tank and a hopper. Temperatures on this day were 3°F with windchills around -10°F.
