The Pan Am OCS is seen exiting the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel. The train is carrying potential buyers of the railroad and is traveling to Maine. The Hoosac Tunnel is one of th... (more)

The Pan Am OCS is seen crossing the Deerfield River after just exiting the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. The train is headed East with executives on board, possibly potential buyers.

Pan Am Railways operated a who's who of railroading executives as it began a end-to-end system tour with what is "believed to be" the parties representing the purchasers of the Springfie... (more)

The Pan Am OCS exits the west portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, MA. PAR 1, an FP9, leads the train thru some nice autumn foliage.

Making another stealthy deadhead move out of Ayer on a Sunday, the handsome OCS train set catches a little squeak sun as it rumbles out of North Adams for Williamstown Mass on a cloudy afternoon. ... (more)

Pan Am's OCS meets 23K at Noonan's in Mechanicville.

Pan Am engineer Hal T. Raven prepares to reverse the PAR-1 OCS train set back through CPF480 during the wye move out of Mechanicville Yard. The OCS made an impromptu run out of Gardner to Mechani... (more)

The planets aligned as an impromptu meet occurred between the PAR 1 OCS and 23K with the VGN heritage unit at CPF466 at Noonans yesterday afternoon as the Pan Am OCS approached Mechanicville Yard ... (more)

On August 20th, 2020 word was out that the Pan Am Railways Office Car Special was heading back east to Waterville. I headed down to Lewiston to try out my first ever shot at the bridge on Bridge S... (more)

The Pan Am OCS heads west in the evening light at CPF-WA in Lowell. This trip was significantly delayed thanks to a broken rail in Maine which was ideal as the light was able to swing around to th... (more)

A westbound dead head move to Boston of the PAR office car special is seen in Southern New Hampshire at track speed. The future is unclear of the pair of F9s in the pending sale of the railroad.

With the inevitable sale of Pan Am possibly being finalized soon, the fate of the OCS is unknown. On August 20th it made a run from Westford back to Maine for what could be its last run. Here the ... (more)

The Pan Am OCS passes through Lawrence with the executive board on the train ahead of a potential sale. The power and a cut of cars for LA-1 holds the siding.

Uncertain Future: The Pan Am Railways OCS (Office Car Special) is unquestionably the crown jewel of the PAR fleet. With the abundant speculation following Pan Am publicly going for sale this year,... (more)

On August 19, 2020, the PAR OCS took a trip from Portland to Ayer. This trip lasted a tad longer than expected due to a broken rail in North Berwick, ME. After it was clear, they made their usual ... (more)