The Mon-Thur sand train to Boston rumbles passed the Boston & Maine station in Exeter. The station is still in use today but the focus is on delivering pizzas on time rather than passenger service... (more)
The New Hampshire Northcoast makes is usual run from Ossipee
The NHN Gravel train gets under way as they depart the Pit in Ossipee
It Comes Out At Night. Pan Am's DOBO, rolls west along District 2 and into the artificial sunlight at the old B&M freight house at East Kingston, NH. The train will be unloaded at ... (more)
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)
Boston-bound loads cross the Union Meadows.
Southbound loads cross from Milton, NH into Lebanon, Me. The tracks are in Maine for only a few hundred feet before going back into Milton.
Southbond loads head to Dover for an overnight trip to Boston.
The road's entire operating locomotive fleet teams up today to pull a short train of sand from Ossipee, NH to Dover, NH. The third unit is GP-18 503, recently acquired from New England Southern.
Two MEC plows make up this NHN plow extra as they begin the run north.