NECR 610 starts work at C.C. Lounsbury while the sun sets after a storm.

An eastbound BNSF manifest blasts out of tunnel 4 in Cooks, WA.

Sparks fly as repairs are made to the 0-4-0's pilot.

NECR "Ethanol Extra South" passes Plains Road in Coventry, CT with leaves in full color.

4449 leads the return excursion to Portland through Madras.

PW 4301 leads NECR 611 for its last mile in P&W paint leading into Palmer before going north for the paint booth.

The Bend bound SP excursion exits one of the tunnels in Cooks, WA after a late start out of Portland.

PWRZ 3906 sits in Willimantic after getting a fresh coat of G&W paint in St. Albans, VT. 3906 is the first P&W unit to get the orange dip.

PW 4302 and 3 others spend the weekend sitting next to the Plainfield shops. Two things to change in the near future... Paint and P&W is pulling operations out of Plainfield.

NECR 610 hammers out of C.C. Lounsbury in South Windham, CT. Leading is PW 2011, now on NECR and assigned to 608/610 south of Palmer.

The Mass Central local enters the Palmer Yard Limits, crossing Route 181.

NECR 610 switches C.C. Lounsbury, lighting up the rails ahead.

NECR 610 passes the P&W interchange track in Willimantic. SD40M-2 2681 sits on the track with 13 cars for the P&W. 2681 is enroute to the P&W for electrical work.

The CP Holiday Train backs into the station track in Saratoga Springs, to spend the night before heading north the following day.

The last of this year's foliage is just clinging on, while a lot of the trees are completely dead. NR-4 with 2007, 4302, and 3906 heads back to Plainfield after interchanging with the NECR in Will... (more)