Basking in the morning sun. Amtrak P40DC #822 starts it's reverse move out of the old auto unloading facility. Amtrak and Pan Am Railways VIPs begin their second day of the journey to Rockland, ME... (more)
An afternoon CSX local pulls into Ayer yard.
Because of the last-minute cancellation of an event in western Massachusetts, the Pan Am Railways OCS overnighted in East Deerfield Thursday night. The next morning, the classy train began its dea... (more)
Horizon Milling switcher NEMCO 1000 idles near the parking lot in January 2011.
A Blizzard warning has been issued, and the roads are crap, but the MBTA still strives to be on time as a Boston bound train starts to apply the breaks to stop at Ayer, just around the corner.
During A Pretty Heavy Snow Storm, NS 8100, The Nickel Plate Road Heritage Sits Parked Idling About 5 Miles From Ayer Yard, I Dont Know Why They Parked It Way Out, Maybe To Hide It From Us Railfans... (more)
BNSF/Pan Am Railways empty oil train heads west along the old B&M stony Brook line.
MEC GP40 303, 376 and 343 passing thru the station. Guilford Ayer Yard is behind the photographer.The crew will work in the yard before continuing west.
The worn down cab of MEC 616 looking surprisingly good for it's age leads on an unknown eastbound Pan Am mixed freight train in the siding at Ayer Yard.
Hot, hazy, and humid. A perfect day to haul a slow mixed freight across Massachusetts.
HLCX #7182 leads a westbound Pan Am manifest through Ayer, MA.
The Pan Am office car special makes great time as he passes by Walker Rd in Ayer MA on his way back to Maine. Taken with Nikon D7000
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The Pan Am Grain Extra that originated on the BNSF with a pair (actually a trio but one was lost in Cleveland, OH) of Ferromex "Migrant Workers" hauling more than 456,000 bushels of grain for the ... (more)
