Under new management and with the changing face of New England Central Railroad's motive power close at hand, consists led by blue and gold GP38s are soon to be a thing of the past. On January 9, the southbound road freight train 324 was supposed to have the pair of GP38s trailing a pair of SD40-2/SD40M-2s, however some leader problems with the 722 necessitated the change to the 3850 leader, thus creating a NECR GP38 bookend consist - 3850 and 3857 bracketing SD40-2 722 and SD40M-2 2681. Train is seen passing the Bethel Mills lumber storage in Bethel, Vermont amid light ice fog.
