A summer shower is pouring down as Amtrak train 448, the Boston section of the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, storms through Ashland, MA, with a mix of Heritage and Amfleet equipment behind the usu... (more)
An eastbound Amtrak corridor train on its way from Washington to Boston speeds through the shore town of Mystic, CT, on a summer morning. Concrete tie installation was in progress on track 1, whil... (more)
Fifty years ago tonight I was at New Haven, CT, to record the final hours of the New Haven Railroad before it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. On that rainy New Year's eve the final NH-... (more)
Fifty years ago tonight saw the end of the New Haven Railroad as it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. The final NH-operated westbound edition of Boston-New York train 27, the Merchants L... (more)
Sometimes you have to get out and dig! MBTA trolley snowplow 5138 and its crew work to clear the Beacon Street line (now the MBTA C Line) in Brookline, MA, during a February 1969 blizzard that dep... (more)