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)

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)

Pan Am Railway's Office Car Special rolls through Hoosick, NY with it's classic FP9's in charge of this special executive train.

The Business Train: The Pan Am Railways OCS train accelerates up the grade at MP-355 in Royalston, MA as the train continues the second leg of its first trip of 2020 back home to Waterville, ME. T... (more)

With internal word being that the Pan Am Railways pair of FP9As may be reaching the end of the line for a variety of reasons, any remaining office car trips with this pair of 1954-built veteran du... (more)

PAR FP9s PAR1 and PAR2 lead the OCS train past the B&M searchlight signals at Wamesit in Tewksbury, MA. Its pretty amazing to see searchlights and cab units both still in service in 2020.

Pan Am Railways office car special is seen splitting the signals at CPF-WA (Western Ave) in Lowell. The sleeper car which is the first car behind the locomotives has recently been painted from its... (more)

Pan Am Railways office car special is seen splitting the signals at CPF-Vale in Andover. The sleeper car which is the first car behind the locomotives has recently been painted from its former CSX... (more)