Springfield-New Haven shuttle train 407, with a pair of RDCs typical of consists on the route at the time, crosses the Farmington River at Windsor, CT, on a summer afternoon. The handsome stone vi... (more)

Back when RDCs covered the bulk of service on Amtrak's Springfield-Hartford-New Haven line, the pair making up a late afternoon southbound run paused at Berlin, CT. The lead car in this set began ... (more)

With downtown Boston in the background, an assortment of MBTA commuter sets led by F40PHs and FP-10s pass their weekend layover at the Southampton Street coach yard in South Boston.

The late afternoon sun illuminates the New England autumn foliage at Sharon, MA, as an MBTA Boston-Providence commuter train hurries by behind F40PH 1010.

This was once one of the most common rail sights across the country, a plain-vanilla GP7 or GP9 heading up a local freight trailed by a caboose. Not any more! Boston & Maine GP7 eased local freigh... (more)

Simultaneous MBTA departures from Boston's North Station have just crossed the Charles River drawbridge and now pass terminal Tower A on their way out of town. FP-10 1104's train was headed for Lo... (more)

Boston & Maine SW1 1128 and the crew of the Bemis Branch local freight run around a boxcar before easing it into an industrial spur in Waltham, MA. This short branch was a stub-end remnant of the ... (more)

Three months before the end of passenger service on the Boston & Maine's Central Massachusetts Branch, the single RDC that comprised the evening commuter run between Boston and South Sudbury plows... (more)

One of the last two wigwag crossing signals on the Boston & Maine was located at Sanbornville, NH, on the Conway branch. On this summer day it was activated by train DO-1, the Dover-Ossipee (NH) g... (more)

A GP9 duo leads Boston & Maine train CPSP (Newport, VT, to Springfield, MA, via CP/B&M) south through Greenfield, MA, past an old lineside phone box from the pre-radio era. The 1800-series number ... (more)

EMD's first F40, and the first of the more than 200 that Amtrak would own, pauses at New London, CT, with a Boston-bound corridor train. New London Union Station, in the background, was opened in ... (more)

The lead unit of this Northeast Corridor doubleheader is one of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak modified with HEP generators to make them compatible with Amfleet. The Washington-bound train is les... (more)

B&M powered Canadian Pacific freight 904 is heading for White River Junction. The lead unit 4266 has recently had an RDC logo applied to the nose By BMRHS Members. This F7 is long in the tooth an... (more)

On a late winter morning, a single passenger awaits an inbound MBTA Haverhill-Boston commuter train at the modest station at Ballardvale, MA. The combination of a Boston & Maine GP7 and depowered ... (more)

An MBTA commuter train from Boston consisting of an FP-10 and leased GO Transit coaches has arrived at the station at Providence, RI, on a long summer evening. During their time in Boston, the GO ... (more)