On November 13th, Pan AM Railways ran their office car special from Boston to Ayer and return. The train ran along the former Boston & Maine New Hampshire route and then along the Stony Brook Bran... (more)

Fresh out of the paint shop, a Boston & Maine GP18 waits for an assignment at Lowell, Massachusetts.

A perfect illustration of a conversation friends and I had last night regarding how we live on an "island" in Massachusetts when it comes to cool railroading. After traveling to Montana ... (more)

Pan Am Railways manifest train AYPO rests at CPF-BY in Lowell, MA on a misty fall morning. A unique quartet of EMD SD40 variants are in charge of the train, a now-uncommon occurrence with the addi... (more)

Boston & Maine 410 was built in June 1911 at the Manchester Locomotive Works in Manchester, NH. The locomotive served the B&M until 1950 often working the tight industrial spurs of Lowell. In its ... (more)

Lowell's Own Streetcar Named Desire is a Perley Thomas trolley that served in New Orleans.

Lowell's Own Streetcar Named Desire is a Perley Thomas trolley that served in New Orleans.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car makes the final stop of the day at one of the many historical locations in Lowell.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car crosses Merrimack Street in Downtown Lowell. The crossings are manually flagged to keep motorists from colliding with the trolleys.

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s Brill Breezer Car departs the Lowell Visitor Center platform with a tour group Boston & Maine 410, with is an 0-6-0 switcher built at the Manchester Works of... (more)

Car 1602, a replica of an early 1900s 15 bench trolley awaits a tour group outside the National Streetcar Museum in downtown Lowell. The National Park Service operates the trolleys which shuttle v... (more)

A set of Boston & Maine RDCs that has just left the station at Lowell, MA, on its way to Boston hums past Lowell Tower on its way out of town.

An eastbound Boston & Maine freight rolls through the station at Lowell, MA, behind a GP40-2/D&H GP38-2/U33B lashup. In the background an FP10-powered MBTA commuter train prepares to depart for Bo... (more)

Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 7411 fronts a Boston & Maine GP38-2 and a B&M GP40-2 on B&M train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME), rolling through the commuter station at Lowell, MA.

Boston & Maine road slug 100 and parent GP40-2 300 team up with a pair of GP38-2s on train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME) at Lowell, MA. The home made slug was built at the B&M's Billeri... (more)