Amtrak's westbound Lake Shore Limited passes through the cut and over the Westfield River at MP 128 on CSX's Berkshire Sub.
The Pittsfield local, B743, heads downgrade past the Caboose in Middlefield with granite slabs bound for off loading at Chester.
The maples, elms and birches have really begun to show their splendid colors in the Berkshires as an orange snake of loaded ballast cars heads from Trap Rock in Westfield Mass to a point west...
A late afternoon westbound is about to enter the rock cut at MP 128. For the next several miles the train will be tackling one of the steepest portions of the railroads climb over the Berkshires.
Q264 eases downgrade approaching the old concrete mile marker at 131, a relic of the New York Central days. It's days are numbered and will in time be replaced by the common metal sign.
Q264 drops down through the curves at a location known as the twin ledges nestled deep in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. The train is heading east on the Berkshire Sub for the East ... (more)
CSX 4810 pulls hard to get its train over the varying 1.2 to 1.6% grades of the Berkshire Hills. The train is pictured exiting the rock cut at QB 130.5 at Middlefield and into the late evening sun... (more)
Two big GE's work hard to get Q119 over the mountain. The train is tackling one of the steepest portions of Washington Hill at the Chester/Middlefield town lines.
Q283 claws its way out of one of several rock cuts on this portion of Washington Hill.
CSX 5243 emerges from the shadows of the rock cut near MP 129 as it pulls Q283 up Washington Hill toward Selkirk, NY.
CSX 4732 brings the X168 across the West branch of the Westfield River from Becket into Middlefield as the train makes its way east down the Berkshires toward Boston.
The westbound Lake Shore Limited climbs the east slopes of the Berkshire hills at Middlefield.
Q425 is working hard as it traverses the S-Curve at a location know as the caboose in Middlefield.
678 and CW44AC struggle through a rock cut in Middlefield with an empty rack train
Q436 passes through the tight S-curve in Middlefield with a pair of SD70MAC's and a GP40-2 for power.
