Take A Bath. ME 489 pulls up to a brief stop at the former Maine Central station at Bath, before continuing on their merry way. Not far away, a Zumwalt-class destroyer was... (more)

Backup Plan. With nothing moving at Guilford's nearby East Deerfield Yard, Amtrak's Vermonter crossing the big bridge at Millers Falls is often a convenient backup plan, at least un... (more)

Winter In New England. MBTA pushes inbound through downtown Ashland, en route from Worcester to Boston's South Station. Winter has finally made an appearance here in the Boston met... (more)

1055 and the Mixed Extra hold the siding to wait for traffic to clear.

Standing The Test Of Time. Heading north for Springfield, a shuttle train from New Haven heads north over the Farmington River. The cut-stone bridge has stood at this river crossin... (more)

Night Mover. Bob Seger's tune Night Moves came to mind more than once when I spent several weeknights seeking out Pan Am's nocturnal DOBO. Many New England railfans have cha... (more)

After Dinner. When she treated me to a birthday dinner on the Newport Dinner Train, my wife warned me in no uncertain terms that inquiring about a photo runby would be in poor taste... (more)

Despite the best efforts of Timothy Mellon (and even latter B&M management) the Minuteman lives on in 2009.

18N on the left, the helpers are on 10G, and yes thats a GG1.

Last Train Home. Amtrak 406 brings up the markers of train 689, the last Downeaster back to Portland. The train is seen here pulling out of the Woburn station stop. It will... (more)

Off The Beaten Track. Running around the train at the end of a warm Indian Summer day deep in central Maine, B&ML 53 passes between two of the buildings that make Brooks look like a... (more)

Dashing Through The Snow. 264 rolls east through Ludlow, headed for Chester and a meet with the Bellows Falls switcher. What appears to be a highway overpass in the background is actually... (more)

Potomac Eagle fantrip on Sycamore Bridge with daylight fading fast.

Dodging The Cars. One of the Downeaster pool's NPCUs brings up the markers of Amtrak 689 as it rolls above Inner Belt Road in Somerville, Mass., maybe two miles out of North ... (more)