A Westbound Fitchburg commuter rail train pulls into the station in Ayer on a beautiful Columbus Day afternoon. ... (more)

Outbound train 411 slowing for its station stop at Ayer.

Train 413 passing the signals that protect the Fitchburg Line and Pan Am’s Hill Yard.

In pre-radio days railroads maintained private telephone networks with lineside phones at stations, junctions, and other key points, used by train crews to communicate with dispatchers and towers.... (more)

Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 7419 leads a Maine Central GP38 and a Boston & Maine U33B in a three-model, three-railroad lashup working east on the B&M through Ayer, MA. This was Guilford's "rainb... (more)

Boston & Maine GP38-2 200 leads a mixed set of B&M and Maine Central power past the east wye at Ayer, MA.

Inbound train to North Station viewed from the Ayer Station low-level platform.

Three railroads and three models are represented in the lashup pulling Boston & Maine train MELA (Mechanicville, NY, to Lawrence, MA) as it pauses for a crew change at Ayer, MA. A Maine Central GP... (more)

Boston & Maine train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, via B&M/MEC) swings around a curve departing Ayer, MA, on its way east. Up front, three B&M GP40-2s and a MEC U25B are in charge.

Train 427 leaves a station stop at Ayer, MA after dropping off commuters headed home from Boston.

My son’s travel hockey team visited the Groton School for a hockey game in 1999. A little railfanning of Ayer was in order. Also see Railpictures Photo ID 437197 PODH Guilford Rail System. 1009 ... (more)

Boston & Maine GP18 1850 heads up a four-unit lashup on the point of train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA) eastbound near Ayer, MA, on a summer morning.

Wearing a fresh coat of Guilford gray, the Boston & Maine's road slug set consisting of slug 100 and GP40-2 parents 301 and 300 heads up train POPY (Portland, ME, to Potomac Yard) westbound at Aye... (more)

A Guilford-era EMD trio leads Boston & Maine train MELA (Mechanicville, NY, to Lawrence, MA) eastbound at Ayer, MA. B&M GP39-2 351 works with ex-PC/CR GP40 328 and D&H GP39-2 7409.