In a shot taken on the last day of operation for Pan Am Railways, Pan Am Southern (joint venture between Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern) 16R comes off the system's western main line to Mecha... (more)

Piedmont service for Raleigh departs from Charlotte's circa 1962 former Southern Railway station.

Running almost an hour late, the midday "Piedmont" service from Raleigh slows for its station stop in Kannapolis, nearing its end point of Charlotte.

Swap out the locomotives and the cars, and this could just as easily be a scene from the 1950s or 1960s. Double-stacks and AC power seem to dominate today's rail scene, but if you dig deep enough ... (more)

PL-1 delivers a load of Oregon lumber on the old New Haven Canal Line. Just a few miles of this route remain with track in Connecticut; the rest has been transformed into a nicely-done bike trail.

Pan Am's daily Rigby Yard (South Portland, ME)-Ayer, MA freight cruises past a tidy farm in the waning days of the railroad's existence. CSX will take over here starting June 1.

Ayer-East Deerfield ED9 has just gotten underway on its journey on the former Boston & Maine line across northern Massachusetts. Ayer is today a major focal point of Pan Am Railways, and will cont... (more)

Connecticut Southern's workhorse Hartford, CT-West Springfield, MA freight is the victim of a long-standing challenging track layout in Springfield. In order to access CSX's West Springfield Yard ... (more)

Saturday morning in small town America, Windsor, Connecticut. Folks are walking their dogs and going for coffee, the letter carriers are loading up their mail trucks for their last runs of the wee... (more)

Most of what you'll see on Amtrak's Springfield Line is passenger equipment, but if you play your cards right, you can reliably catch Connecticut Southern's Hartford, CT-West Springfield, MA turn ... (more)

An Amtrak New Haven-Springfield shuttle crosses the Enfield Falls Canal and prepares to cross the much longer bridge over the adjacent Connecticut River. The circa-1829 canal was built to circumve... (more)

Hartford to West Springfield train CSO-4 gingerly makes its way over the Amtrak Connecticut River bridge. Clever dispatching is involved here, as the freight was slotted between a CTrail commuter ... (more)

Amtrak's "Vermonter" departs for New Haven and points south. If and when the plan to rebuild Interstate 84 through Hartford goes through, this view will look very different, as most of t... (more)

The Railroad Museum of New England's "Northern Lights Limited" prepares for its departure to Waterbury.

Naugatuck Railroad's "Santa Express" train returns to Thomaston after making an afternoon run up to East Litchfield.