From 1890 to 2013, Beacon Park Yard in the Allston section of Boston was a busy terminal for the Boston & Albany and successors NYC, PC, CR, and CSX. It was closed in 2013 to free up the valuable ... (more)
Wearing the special "Ballast Express" paint scheme, a pair of Conrail GE C32-8 units are working hard as they haul a loaded ballast train upgrade through Wyomissing Junction.
Boston-Chicago piggybacker TV-9 is underway west though the suburbs on Conrail's former Boston & Albany line at Wellesley, MA. This was once four-track territory to accommodate commuters. The trio... (more)