As the OCS approaches the Massachusetts border out of Vermont, a vicious storm front in seconds will slam into the region causing widespread damage and power outages in the Berkshires. The OCS bus... (more)

STORM FRONT. The Pan Am OCS is seen curving east just ahead of a vicious early October storm front that would bring extensive property damage and power outages to the region of western Massachuset... (more)

Literally and metaphorically speaking, Pan Am Railway's office car special heads into the sunset on October 6. The FP9As are leading the 4-car train as they roll through Buckland, MA on the way N... (more)

The westbound Pan Am Railways Office Car Special train, OCS-06, crosses the Connecticut River at East Deerfield, MA with the pristine varnish set of FP9As PAR-1 and 2 ahead of the 4-car train.

The westbound Pan Am Railways Office Car Special train, OCS-06, crosses the Connecticut River at East Deerfield, MA with the pristine varnish set of FP9As PAR-1 and 2 ahead of the 4-car train.

A westbound Pan Am Railways Office Car Special train, OCS-27, is seen rounding a very colorful curve at Pownal, Vermont, along the Hoosick River. The train 4-car train is led by the 'executive F'... (more)

Pan Am Railways operated a who's who of railroading executives as it began a end-to-end system tour with what is "believed to be" the parties representing the purchasers of the Springfie... (more)

RN Office car special, Extra at Nesquehoning on the former Reading Railroad "Carbon County rail Auth Branch"

Making another stealthy deadhead move out of Ayer on a Sunday, the handsome OCS train set catches a little squeak sun as it rumbles out of North Adams for Williamstown Mass on a cloudy afternoon. ... (more)

Riding with dad, chasing the Zephyr, I was six at the time. Time is running out for the Zephyr over the Rio Grande main.

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)

The planets aligned as an impromptu meet occurred between the PAR 1 OCS and 23K with the VGN heritage unit at CPF466 at Noonans yesterday afternoon as the Pan Am OCS approached Mechanicville Yard ... (more)

In what was probably my greatest stroke of luck photography wise, I was able to catch Norfolk Southern's F Units leading a PTC test train around Horseshoe Curve not long before they were sold off ... (more)

My dad passed away this week, and figure I'd start sharing some of his collection in his honor. He never enter the digital realm, and did have much use for computers. So for those that did have th... (more)

Mass Coastal 2026 is trailing, as the Cape Cod Dinner Train crosses the 544' vertical lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal as the last rays of the sun illuminate the bridge and train. The train, f... (more)