One of Conrail's ten humpbacked C32-8s leads a GE trio on train SEBO (Selkirk-Boston) eastbound through Ashland, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. Three-unit sets of six-axle GEs ruled the B&A at... (more)

During the year that Conrail was the contract operator of the MBTA's South Side commuter service, a couple Conrail-owned ex-NYC E8s usually supplemented the MBTA's own ex-PRR Es. On the final week... (more)

With Worcester Union Station in the background, Conrail SD50 6737 and its workmates lead a westbound freight through switchwork.

A pair of Conrail U33Cs lead train BOSE (Boston-Selkirk) along the former Boston & Albany outside Ashland, MA. The B&A was largely six-axle GE territory during the Conrail era.

A trio of Penn Central U33Cs that now work for Conrail roll west through Natick, MA, on the point of train BOSE (Boston-Selkirk). A year into Conrail an all-PC lashup like this was unusual on the ... (more)

In Conrail's first summer, a trio of six-axle GEs led by U33C 6551 head up a westbound freight out of Boston's Beacon Park Yard at Ashland, MA, on the former Boston & Albany.

The Sunday edition of Conrail train TV-9 usually ran across Massachusetts with extra locomotives to balance power between Boston and Selkirk. Here a six-unit set of six-axle GEs led by C32-8 6616 ... (more)

A trio of Conrail C30-7As roll west through Wellesley, MA, on the former Boston & Albany with piggybacker TV-9 out of Boston's Beacon Park Yard. This was once four-track territory.

From 1970 onward, a feed mill at Manchester, CT, marked the end of trackage on the former New Haven RR Midland line between Hartford and Willimantic. A Penn Central RS-3m now working for Conrail s... (more)

During Conrail's first summer, the local freight out of Plainville on the ex-New Haven Canal Line passes the former station at Milldale, CT, behind EMD-engined Penn Central RS-3m 9973. The tracks ... (more)

On a crisp winter day, an eastbound Conrail freight with a trio of six-axle GEs climbs through the hills of central Massachusetts on the former Boston & Albany, headed for Boston's Beacon Park Yar... (more)

In the mid-1980s, three-unit sets of six-axle GEs were the usual road freight power on Conrail's former Boston & Albany line, but weekend power balancing often led to doubling up. Here six big GEs... (more)

Framed by an ornate 19th century building that has seen better days, the crew of a Conrail ballast train led by a GP40 switches hoppers at Westfield, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. A nearby qu... (more)

An eastbound Conrail piggyback train that is about to terminate at the Beacon Park Yard intermodal terminal in the Allston section of Boston makes its way along yard lead adjacent to the Massachus... (more)

The crew of a Conrail GP38 makes a switching move at Nevins Yard in Framingham, MA, while an eastbound freight led by a B23-7 waits for them to clear in order to yard the train.