DITCHED, part 6: THE DAMAGE. Work crews bend and lean to view the damage to the locomotive they just pulled from the ditch. The locomotive eventually went to the Hobo Railroad in... (more)
DITCHED, part 5: THE LIFT. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks and d... (more)
DITCHED, part 4: READY TO LIFT. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks ... (more)
DITCHED, part 2: ATTACHING CABLES. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the trac... (more)
DITCHED, part 3: EXTRACTION. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks and... (more)
DITCHED, part 1: THE AFTERMATH. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks ... (more)
New England Southern engineer and owner, Peter Dearness, pilots our train through a foot a freshly fallen snow on the PAR New Hampshire Mainline as we head south to Manchester to interchange with ... (more)
Ex UP GP39-2 is now the main power of local shortline New England Southern which gets it's work from Guilford. Seen here heading south in what's left of the yard to get it's train to head north.
NEGS main power sits at it's Concord home with a MRV ready to go south and be turned over to the GRS for it's journey beyond.