The Pan Am OCS is seen exiting the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel. The train is carrying potential buyers of the railroad and is traveling to Maine. The Hoosac Tunnel is one of th... (more)

The Pan Am OCS is seen crossing the Deerfield River after just exiting the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. The train is headed East with executives on board, possibly potential buyers.

RN Office car special, Extra at Nesquehoning on the former Reading Railroad "Carbon County rail Auth Branch"

The 2020 AAPRCO cruises through the foliage of Southwestern Vermont

The Pan Am OCS exits the west portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, MA. PAR 1, an FP9, leads the train thru some nice autumn foliage.

With Pan Am Railways unfortunately blocking the Hoosick Jct. wye, the AAPRCO American Autumn Explorer performs a series of backup and runaround moves. The original plan was for the train to run to... (more)

I think we all know what ride you'd rather have. The VTR 307 and AAPRCO American Autumn Explorer slowly glide down the tracks as a few town residents pass alongside.

The southbound AAPRCO train is seen at Dorset, Vermont on the afternoon of 9/27/2020

Running long hood forward the Vermont Railway 307 leads the AAPRCO American Autumn Explorer down the B&R branch towards North Bennington, VT.

Pan Am engineer Hal T. Raven prepares to reverse the PAR-1 OCS train set back through CPF480 during the wye move out of Mechanicville Yard. The OCS made an impromptu run out of Gardner to Mechani... (more)

On August 20th, 2020 word was out that the Pan Am Railways Office Car Special was heading back east to Waterville. I headed down to Lewiston to try out my first ever shot at the bridge on Bridge S... (more)

The Pan Am OCS heads west in the evening light at CPF-WA in Lowell. This trip was significantly delayed thanks to a broken rail in Maine which was ideal as the light was able to swing around to th... (more)

A westbound dead head move to Boston of the PAR office car special is seen in Southern New Hampshire at track speed. The future is unclear of the pair of F9s in the pending sale of the railroad.

Uncertain Future: The Pan Am Railways OCS (Office Car Special) is unquestionably the crown jewel of the PAR fleet. With the abundant speculation following Pan Am publicly going for sale this year,... (more)

When no paint is the paint. On April 22, 2017, The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the NRHS operated a charter over the Reading and Northern Railroad. Budd built RDC-1 9168 (ex-New York Central Railroad ... (more)