An empty coal train departs the power plant at Bow, N.H., at 2:43 p.m. A Providence & Worcester (ex-BNSF) power set sits on Perini Siding after having brought another train up from the south earl... (more)

While exploring the abandoned Franklin & Tilton Railroad, I came across a cache of more than a dozen Boston & Maine mileposts, whistle posts, and other concrete posts and signage laying in the adj... (more)

An inbound Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad train pushes past the old factory buildings in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on a clear November day. Precisely three minutes and twelve seconds later, t... (more)

Ghostly Remains, Part 2. Another shot of the abandoned Gerrish Depot station in Boscawen, New Hampshire. For caption information, clic... (more)

The southbound Downeaster screams across the Salmon Falls River that straddles the border between Maine and New Hampshire. The fall foliage is 99% gone, but every year, a few delinquent oak trees... (more)

The northbound Downeaster kicks up leaves as it passes an old factory building in Exeter, New Hampshire. The Exeter station stop is visible through the trees to the right of the train.

A deadhead edition of the Pan Am Railways business train blasts through Lawrence, Massachusetts, passing quintessential New England factories on its way to Portland and Waterville, Maine. The new... (more)

Moving east at 10:07 a.m., a deadhead move of the Pan Am Railways business train dodges shadows as it passes a patch of late fall foliage in northeastern Massachusetts. I have always enjoyed scen... (more)

Campaign Alco? On November 2nd, 2013, Ray Burton, a member of the New Hampshire governor's executive council, operated his last chartered excursion train on the Plymouth & Lincoln Railroad... (more)

Forty years ago, in 1973, the last train rumbled across this line. Today, this is a place for the intrepid explorer to enjoy solitude while pondering the vestiges of a lost way of rural life. It... (more)

BURNED AND SCORCHED, BUT STILL STANDING. If you've been a Railpictures viewer for a while, you may recall my shot of a couple of teenagers Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: None
Location: Franklin, New Hampshire, USA
Locomotive #: None
Train ID: None
Photo Date: October 20, 2013

Ghostly Remains, Part 1. With Halloween approaching, and with the warm tones of autumn quickly fading, a series of twilight photos of the abandoned train station at Gerrish Depot, New Hamp... (more)

OLDEST RAIL on Railpictures? Left to rust in the New Hampshire woods is what I believe to be the oldest stick of rail portrayed on this site. Perhaps it is the rarest, too. The St. Alban... (more)

THERE IS A LITTLE CAESAR'S IN ROME. We're in Rome, New York, however, and despite what the billboard says, this Alco is not delivering five-dollar pizzas.

The light is perfect for eastbound trains in the evening as they cross the Mohawk River Bridge in summer.