Bound for the D&H connection at Mechanicville, NY, a westbound Boston & Maine freight gets underway after making a pickup at Ayer, MA. A GP18 leads three GP9s on the point.

Keolis 1405 makes a station stop in Ayer on a windy Wednesday afternoon.

POED is seen flying through CPF-WL elephant style with a trio of GE standard cabs.

MEC 3401 leads the "Wreck Train" through the junction at CPF WL "The Willows" in Ayer, MA.

Blue GP9s congregate at Ayer, MA, as Boston & Maine train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA) behind three of them passes the single unit assigned to local freight AY-1. By this time Ayer tower her... (more)

This was an odd one. From front to back we have a backwards-running Boston & Maine GP39-2, a Maine Central (ex-Detroit Edison) SD40, a Springfield Terminal SD26, and a Boston & Maine GP38-2. The e... (more)

A Boston & Maine GP40-2 heads up a mixed five-unit lashup on the point of westbound freight BASE (Bangor, ME, to Rotterdam Jct., NY) at Ayer, MA.

The Pan Am Railways Office Car Special is seen deadheading to Waterville, ME from Ayer, MA. The train is about to shove out of the Old Ford Yard in Ayer. ... (more)

The conductor rides the front of a Delaware & Hudson GP38-2 as it and its mates prepare to recouple to their train after making a setout at Ayer, MA, on the Boston & Maine.

A Delaware & Hudson RS11 mixes with a Boston & Maine GP18 and two GP9s on the point of B&M train EDSA (East Deerfield-Salem, MA) at Ayer, MA. Looks like the snow is a little deeper out west.

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)

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)

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)

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)

Basking in the beautiful fall morning fog and light, Pan Am Southern intermodal train 22K pauses by Groton Harvard RD in Ayer to make a cut in their train as they work through the yarding of their... (more)