After dying in Ayer, the MBTA work extra with GP40-1 no. 3247 was forced to be rescued by a PAR unit, which happened to be LTEX 8955 to help push it into the old Ford yard. Certainly a one of a ki... (more)
A pair of brand spanking new CSX Tier 4 GEVO's haul SEPO through Westford MA. My first time seeing tier 4
Obviously one of the most popular trains on the entire PAR System, the Office Car Special lays over in the now retired auto facility in Ayer, MA; conveniently named the "Old Ford Yard"
Due to a derailment on pan am, NS 22K was forced to detour up the Worcester Branch. In a time where GEVO's rule the line, the classic standard cab SD40 was a very nice touch.
PWBO, an as needed loaded limestone train from the Providence and Worcester Railroad to Bow, NH on Pan Am crawls behind the cemetery with run through power
Amtrak Autumn Express extra crawls into its destination, snaking through the scenic town of greenfield with lots of foliage covering the tracks
GRWO crawls past the WPI Parking Garage overlooking much of the eastern fringe of the city
After having the leader die early on in the trip across the hilly B&A, CSX was forced to make a few changes. With the crew running on borrowed time a decision needed to be made quickly. The soluti... (more)
With the recent buyout of the Providence and Worcester Railroad by the Genesse and Wyoming Corperation, the interchanging of ethanol trains with the CP has become virtually seamless. With NECR (G&... (more)
So far the month of August has been very good to us in the northeast, as 28N came in with a patched SP unit leading, but what really put the icing on the cake was it ended up leading an underpower... (more)
A dying breed these days, CN standard cab 2121 leads a K684, that none of us thought would ever head east, across the Mohawk river in upstate New York
This high hood, although you can't hardly tell has an easy trip back to its home in Fitchburg as it leans into the Shirley s-curve with nothing but sailboat fuel in tow
A post christmas thunderstorm...of PAR EMD's hauls this heavy slurry train up the grade into Gardner MA
Amtrak Autumn Express extra runs through the valley fog right after the east portal of the hoosac tunnel and before charlemont
A pair of CSOR 40-2's sit unassigned in CSX's West Springfield yard ahead of the flanger used by CSX to clear snow and ice from between the rails.