Having just met its opposite number, train 394 heads eastward on a clear track for Berlin, NH and Portland, Maine. Train is crossing the Upper Ammonoosuc River. In the background we see Mount Cabo... (more)

New England Central Railroad's ARRA High Speed Rail project is winding down and during the next 45 days will be completely wrapping up. In the final months of work, ballast touch up is taking pla... (more)

Leaf Peepers. Peak fall colors grace the lower slopes of New Hampshire's White Mountains as MWRC #10 "Kroflite" takes the B-section of the 11 AM train up Cold Spring Hill. Seated on the f... (more)

VTR GP40-2 308, LLPX GP38-2 2334, CLP GP38 203, VTR GP40-2W 311 and VTR GP38-2 201 lead a 40-car ethanol train on the NECR Palmer Subdivision. The VTR 308 is no stranger to this territory as it b... (more)

After spending most of the day working Portsmouth industries, DO-1 returns to Rockingham Jct. at Newfields to tie up the catch of the day. The local is crossing the trestle over where the Squamsc... (more)

Steam in the Snow - Sawyer River. The Conway Scenic Railroad's 1921-vintage Canadian National Switcher runs eastbound across the Sawyer River with the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiast's annual ... (more)

Former MEC GP38 #252 leads the Conway Scenic Notch Train out of Fabyan Station.

Cogscape - Burt's Ravine. Located just above the famous Jacob's Ladder Trestle is the second steepest portion of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, known as Long Trestle. From our camera pos... (more)

Claremont & Concord Alco S4 105 is in the eight notch and crawling across the Connecticut River with 700 tons of cement cars trailing the 160-ton locomotive with a blown turbocharger.

Mt. Washington Railway Company's Locomotive #9 backs her train off the Skyline Siding after allowing an ascending train to pass. This is the highest of the two locations on the line where trains... (more)

Schnabel move crosses the Saco River

The "sisters" are now in charge of the high-and-wide move between Bartlett and North Conway as CSRX 6516 leads the train over a small creek east of Bartlett.

Here's a view of the Mount Washington's Jacob's Ladder Trestle looking West at 4,725 MSL. From this angle, the S-curve shape of the trestle is not terribly apparent, but the steepness and the he... (more)

Drifting Down a 37.4% Grade. Here's what looks like Mount Washington Cog Railway #8 (see note below), drifting down the 37.4% grade at Jacob's ladder with the 2PM trip. The S-Curve Trestl... (more)

CSRX 7470 leads the Mass Bay RRE train across the only doubletruss bridge on the Conway Scenic (ex-MEC) across the Saco River.