In the cold chil of the early morning air the local morning train awaits another train. Train 106 makes a trip multiple times a day from Springfield, Massachusetts to New Haven.

The winter sun is about to dip behind the mountains, and the skies are foreboding as a northbound Central Vermont freight leaves White River Junction for St. Albans.

Next Spot to catch PL-1 was off of Main street in Bristol in a business parking lot, i believe there use to be a few side tracks here at one point.

CSXT 7350, an ex-Conrail C40-8W, splits the signals at CP83 in Palmer, Massachusetts leading the Q022 east. This location is well known for the Steaming Tender Restaurant located in the restored B... (more)

New England Central train 611, destined for Brattleboro, VT charges north past Quabaog St. in Palmer. Referred to as tunnel motors, this SD40T-2 was built for the Southern Pacific in 1980 as their... (more)

On February 11, Vermont Rail System borrowed the Central Maine & Quebec's ex-VB CP-built plow to work south from Newport to Lyndonville, Vermont. The VB 103 - built as CP plow 401008 - was pushed... (more)

After the show we are trackside again and not long after arriving Amtrak train Number 449 the lakeshore limited from boston heads west through the double crossing right on time.

Bright sunny sunday morning, loaded autorack train Q264 heading to east brookfield burst through a good size a snow bank at the front street crossing in west springfield.

After gathering their cut of cars from the beginning of the East Windsor Secondary, CSO-3 shoves the cars into a run-around spur before running lite to the furthest end of the line to pick up the ... (more)

The recently rerouted Vermonter crosses the Connecticut River from Holyoke to Chicopee on the former Boston & Maine. The old mills of Holyoke line the bank of the river. The Vermonter was moved to... (more)

The recently rerouted Vermonter crosses the classic stone bridge over the Fall River on a cold Saturday afternoon. The bridge is on the former Boston & Maine Conn River Line that hosted the Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 on Tuesday, December 30, has the returning pair of rare (for the Vermonter) back-to-back P42-9s, 203 and 105, leading an 8-car train that includes the Amtra... (more)

And the days get short, when you reach....November. My, the days are darn short when you get into the holiday season. It's not even 3 PM yet and the New England Sun is already doing a swan... (more)

A short freight headed by an MLW RS18 for Newport Vt. is about to duck under the I91 access road in St Johnsbury Center Vt. Scanned from Kodachrome.

Amtrak train 56, the northbound Vermonter, led by engine 156 painted in the Phase 1 heritage scheme, is crossing the Chicopee River on its way to St. Albans, VT. After the end of 2014 the Vermon... (more)