On The Night Shift. The station agent at Ashland assumes the iconic pose preparing to hand up orders to a passing train. A night scene from the 2010 White Mountains Railfest. L... (more)
CSX 9012 pauses under one of Worcester's new Mijack container cranes, as the yard conductor pulls up in his F250.
Reminders. Almost 20 years after Amtrak service was rerouted off the former Central Vermont and onto a parallel former New Haven line, white ballast and superelevated curves still r... (more)
Opening Weekend. The first MBTA Cape Flyer to Hyannis slowly retreats across the iconic lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, returning to Boston on the first day or service.
Go Time. With his train together and air test done, Q437 is all set to head west when the NA dispatcher can take him.
With TrainFestival over, we return to you to your regularly-scheduled railfanning. Here the northbound "Adirondack" pulls into Hudson, about 40 minutes late.
Smoking like an Alco on a photo runby
E8s making track speed downhill past the Brickyard
Burning The Midnight Oil. Despite the fact that it was Homecoming Weekend and not a railfan trip for this Penn Stater, no road trip to Pennsylvania would be complete without making a quick... (more)
Out With A Bang. In 2009 it became clear that the future for steam was bleak on Mount Washington, but Waumbek and the other two survivors were determined to go down in one last blaz... (more)
Various NS units in for attention...notice the slug made from a cut-down FM Trainmaster in the middle bay
Depot Road and Station Lane. ME 489 rolls by the abandoned Maine Central depot at South Warren. The depot has clearly seen better days, but I shouldn't judge since I bought a fixer... (more)
