Pan Am Railways local BO-1 (Boston) runs long hood forward light through Peabody Square. The crew has just dropped off loads to Rousselot on the former Boston & Maine South Reading Industrial Bran... (more)

Peabody Square - Boston based local BO-1 is seen crawling through Peabody Square on the Danvers Branch in Peabody, MA. This job only runs here about twice a week, and only serves one customer on t... (more)

AYPO 7635-3404-7594 rolls through a deserted downtown Lowell, MA with a 130 cars in tow. This daily freight makes a connection with CSX at Ayer, MA and heads East to Portland, ME, while it's count... (more)

Pan Am's Waterville - Northern Maine Jct rolls passed the repainted MEC depot in the center of town. WANM has a mixed bag of EMDs on this night: GP40-2W leading a remotored SD45, SD40-2, and GP40.

Pan Am Railways train 11R (E. Deerfield, MA-Mechanicville, NY) is seen taking the scenic route through Vermont due to a partial collapse of the Hoosac Tunnel in Florida, MA. MEC 5967 is seen leadi... (more)

Pan Am 5967 pulling the 11R, crosses over the 4-lane grade-crossing on US Route 7 while on a detour through Vermont due the closure/repair of the Hoosac Tunnel.

A nice discovery on a late.morning visit to the small Pan Am Yard at Lower Rotterdam Junction on a cold, sunny Sunday. Not one but two recent repainted blues; MEC 7523 & MEC 7561 bask in the March... (more)

Fresh In The Corporate Scheme: Pan Am manifest train EDPO rounds through the S-Curve at CPF-334 in Westminster, MA as they continue their trek towards Portland, ME. Today’s train was a pleasant ... (more)

Fresh In The Corporate Scheme: Pan Am manifest train EDPO works hard up the grade at MP-348 (Seaman Paper) in Otter River, MA as they continue their trek towards Portland, ME. Today’s train was... (more)

After switching Rousselot in Peabody, MA, BO-1 hustles Westbound through Central Square in Downtown Lynn, MA on their return trip to Boston. Twice a week, this local services the last remaining cu... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)

The Sound and the Fury

Five roots blown 2000 hp GP38-series locomotives put on a stunning show. While this sight was something to behold, it was the sound of these classics ru... (more)