This was once a common sight across the country, now rare: a classic EMD switcher working an urban yard. Boston & Maine SW9 1231 shuttled cars at Mystic Junction in East Somerville, MA, on a sprin... (more)

Five unit sets of GP-9's were common on B&M freights through the Hoosac Tunnel between Mechanicville and East Deerfield.

Mother nature has taken over the yard in North Conway as a short local freight prepares to leave town. DI-1/ID-2 was a turn from Dover to Intervale but usually terminated at North Conway. By thi... (more)

The calendar has just turned to April but there's still snow on the ground in Otter River, MA, as Boston & Maine train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME, via B&M/MEC) smokes things up on its... (more)

Boston & Maine F7 leads the North Pole Extra back to North Conway. Gusting winds kick up powder as the train crosses the East Branch of the Saco River.

Crescent is where the B&M - D&H trackage splits 9.7 miles west of Mechanicville. My notes are incomplete but retired B&M dispatcher Wayne Hills suspects this westbound is a "short turn"... (more)

Boston & Maine RS-3 1516 in classic maroon and yellow rests beneath the sand tower at the railroad's Westboro engine terminal in West Lebanon, NH, across the river from White River Jct., VT. It ha... (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.

A trio of bright blue Boston & Maine GP9s head up train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA), eastbound on the Stony Brook branch approaching Forge Village, MA, on a nice summer day. This was one of... (more)

Amid fall foliage, Boston & Maine GP18 1751 rolls south on the Connecticut River Line at Bernardston, MA, with local freight ED-4 out of East Deerfield. The B&M's six GP18s were the road's first l... (more)