Pan AM Railways train SALO leaves Everett with a four engine lashup of GP40s. The train is crossing the Mystic River with 29 loads of contaminated soil from the construction site of the new Wynn C... (more)

Pan AM Railways train SALO leaves Everett with a four engine lashup of GP40s. The train is crossing the Mystic River with 29 loads of contaminated soil from the construction site of the new Wynn C... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Limping In. DOBO finally makes its appearance into 3rd Avenue in Somerville. They had been sitting a few blocks away for quite a while after losing their air near Walnut Street. B... (more)

Blue flag for the blue unit. MBTX GP18 #904 is the only locomotive on the roster to wear the blue, silver, and black paint job. Seen here just outside the BET shops. *Taken on property with perm... (more)

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)

With MBTX 3248 (3GS21B) out of service, MBTX 1119, one of two GP40MCs modified with rear ditch-lights and new tailboard steps, was assigned to the job of the Detour move to bring equipment from B... (more)

Cab shot of MBTA EMD F40PH 1003 showing the control stand. PHOTO TAKEN WITH PERMISSION.

Cab shot of MBTA EMD F40PH-2C 1070. TAKEN WITH PERMISSION.

Cab shot of MBTA MPI MP36PH-3C 011. TAKEN WITH PERMISSION.

The Control Stand of MBTA EMD F40PH-2C 1066 at the Boston Engine Terminal in Somrville, Massachusetts on November 11, 2012.

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)

All I can say about this shot is the Railfan Gods must like me! I live in Alaska and only make it "home" to New England once a year. I had two nights and one full day to spend in Boston wi... (more)

Homeward Bound. On a warm spring afternoon, a trainload of commuters leaves Boston in their wake en route to Lowell.