After a recrew at Mill Rd. just up the line, WAPO with a blue duo of C40-8's; MEC 7561 and MEC 7585 take a 30 car train west toward Rigby on a warm late summer afternoon.
Since CSX's geometry train has made the rounds over the system after closing on the transaction on June 1, many speed restrictions have recently been put into effect on the MEC side of things, now... (more)
Pan Am Railways 7561 sits in Rotterdam Junction with a fresh paint job waiting for a crew to take the train to East Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Rehab time. The former Boston & Maine Railroad bridge over the Merrimack River in Haverhill, MA was built and reformed in various stages from 1839 through 1928, creating the current two-track stee... (more)
Chuffing and barking like an Alco, war wagon Dash 8 MEC 7561 leads the 7855 with the “XO-1” today with 31 cars out of Hoosick Junction as it curves towards the CPF 468 interlocking(former “... (more)
On a windy mild afternoon, the Pan Am “XO-1” local rumbles past the empty shell of the former 1931 built “JV” Johnsonville Control Tower that once guarded the former Boston & Maine Junctio... (more)
On a windy and mild afternoon, Pan Am local “XO-1” with former CSXT Dash 8s MEC 7561 & MEC 7855 rumble over the crisp blue waters of the Hudson with 31 cars in tow from Hoosick Junction. The c... (more)
PAR Manifest POED notches up through the beautiful Scarborough Marshes, in Scarborough, Maine. The light disappeared after the train passed, so I would consider myself lucky on how this turned out... (more)
Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen setting off cars for Ayer at the siding at CPF-309 in Westford.
Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch.
The Fresh Paint Smell! On a brisk MLK day, I find myself the Pan Am Southern/Providence and Worcester yard in Gardner, MA to photograph the “latest and greatest” from Pan Am. Here we see Pan A... (more)