Obligatory shot at the Willows. The BFPO passes CPF-WL and starts it's trek up the "Stony Brook Line" en route to Portland, ME. I hope to see the old SD40-2's around for awhile longer, a... (more)

The Empty Grain Train waits for his conductor just before Walker Road in Ayer. Sometimes it’s not always about what you see trackside, sometimes it’s about what you hear. While waiting for... (more)

The crew of the POSE (Portland - Selkirk) has the AC cranked up as they approach the east wye a few minutes before some thunderstorms settle in.

The POSE (Portland - Selkirk) crosses over as it heads for the yard after a brief wait for an eastbound to exit the east wye. Meanwhile, a Loram rail grinder waits out the weekend on a siding just... (more)

The power for the 15M passes through CP Graham in Struthers, in order reverse back into the Haselton Yard to pick up some more cars to add to it's consist to take to Conway.

Two GE's lead the POED (Portland - East Deerfield) west under the signal bridge at Shirley.

The local passes through the signals at Center Street, only to stop just beyond, uncouple and run around it's train and reverse direction. This is done in order to place the loads of pipe in posit... (more)

The Wabash heritage unit leads the 23K west through Fitchburg. It was hard to find a spot this day where one of the plethora of rude Massachusetts railfans didn't pop up into your shot.

The FI-1 shoves backwards towards the Fitchburg yard with a small cut of cars on a sweltering late August day.

Today's installment of the 23K chugs westward under the signals at Shirley. It's the Groundhog Day of trains around here, rarely anything other than one of about six staple freight trains in these... (more)

An MBTA commuter train hustles across Sandy Pond Road in Ayer en route to Boston. The 1052 bears a decal on its nose commemorating the opening of the Greenbush Station in Scituate, MA. The decal h... (more)

A commuter train enters Wachusett Station after a brief trip west to the layover facility in Westminster.

The POSE (Portland - Selkirk) makes it's way into Ayer as it crosses Sandy Pond Road.

I've found that the hardest part of railfanning in central Massachusetts is finding a decent spot that's not overshot, where you're not elbow-to-elbow with photographers with poor etiquette gettin... (more)

A pleasant change from the usual mundane NS ponies, a trio of BNSF locomotives lead the 23K westward through Shirley.