The Downeaster crawls across Orchard Street northbound after its station stop, continuing through town to Portland, Freeport, and Brunswick.

Since intermodal service ceased east of Framingham into Boston years back, freight activity here and elsewhere east of Worcester is scaled back. The yard still looks crisp this Saturday with Farm ... (more)

Afternoon unit rollout. After a morning of showers, peaks of sun light up a southbound unit train departing the massive Gest Street Yard.

Foreign Power in Cincy. Morning sun lights up the massive midsection of Gest Street Yard.

Mist, Coastline, and Layovers. Two MBTA Sets await their next Sunday assignment back to Boston as spurts of sun cut through the humidity on the South Coast.

The "backup" GP9 coupled to the rare RDC variant custom built for the New Haven's "Roger Williams" service in the late 1950's, seen in the snow at the Hobo Railroad after a dus... (more)

Bridge Meet in Bengal Country. A SB manifest meets an NB unit train just north of Longworth Hall, Bengals Stadium, and the C&O bridge.

Ex-CSX (now CSX again!) GEs await their next assignment.

Quiet Warm Day in the Yard. On a 70-degree November afternoon, all stands quiet in the yard, with three GE's awaiting assignment and one intermodal stacking to the left.

Per wiki, the East Boston Greenway lies on a right of way Conrail abandoned between Lovell Street and the East Boston docks in the 1970s. Residents tried to clean up the tracks for use as a greenb... (more)

GMRC 263, the daily slurry from Rutland to Bellows Falls, stops at Chester for the crew to pick up Coffee & Donuts. The improper blue leader seen just north of the station is cutting fresh trails ... (more)

A special two-car train for the Lobster Fest in Rockland highballs through Damariscotta Mills after stopping in town. This year is the first year that the MERR officially stops in Newcastle/Damari... (more)

The iconic EMD F-unit in one of my favorite schemes. Here, 489 leads three passenger cars and the sister ex-Amtrak 488 in trail to position onto the station track to load the 12:50 Mid-Coast Limit... (more)

The new 3025 runs around the six-car consist, preparing for the 3:30 PM train.

The Mid-Coast Limited draws off the platform bound for Rockland as the Downeaster 691 from Portland idles down the track.