Silhouetted by its own cloud of smoke, a westbound Boston & Maine freight led by a GP39-2 and three mates accelerates through Greenfield, MA, as it begins its climb of the Berkshires.

One of the Maine Central's ex-Rock Island U25Bs teamed up with a Delaware & Hudson Century 420 on an eastbound Boston & Maine freight making a pickup at Ayer, MA.

An ex-New Haven Alco S1 and assorted other former New Haven power including RS3s, GP9s, U25Bs, and an RS11 pause for the weekend at Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT.

A westbound Penn Central freight behind a three-builder lashup of two U33Bs, a Century 430, and a GP40 enters the yard at Selkirk, NY.

On a snowy December day, the pair of ex-NH "washboard" MUs assigned to the New Canaan shuttle lay over pn the stub track at Stamford, CT. Penn Central's paint shop hasn't yet gotten to t... (more)

One of the first signs of Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven was the appearance of GG1s in NH territory as the ex-PRR motors were assigned to Penn Station trains. GG1 4923 faced off with a s... (more)

An ex-NYC F7 teamed up with a GP40 on this westbound freight out of Cleveland seen at La Grange, Ohio, on the ex-NYC Big Four route. F-units were common in the area at the time.

Bound for Cleveland, a trio of Penn Central F7s lead an eastbound freight at La Grange, Ohio, on the ex-NYC Big Four line from St. Louis.

In the early 1980s the Amherst Railway Society sponsored the repainting of Boston & Maine SW9 1223 into its original brown and yellow scheme. Here the sharp-looking switcher was working the East F... (more)

Early snow is on the ground as a trio of Boston & Maine GP40-2s lead train POME (Portland, ME, to Mechanicville, NY) through Fitchburg, MA. The track at lower right is the now-abandoned ex-NH bran... (more)

Between 1984 and 1988 the Cape Cod & Hyannis RR operated seasonal passenger service between a Boston subway connection at Braintree and Hyannis. The morning fog was still lifting as ex-NH GP9 1210... (more)

Between 1984 and 1988 the Cape Cod & Hyannis RR operated seasonal passenger service between a Boston subway connection at Braintree and Hyannis. On the first day of service, ex-NH GP9 eases the so... (more)

Maine Central GE 44-Tonner 17, one of seven such centercabs the railroad once owned, switched the Lewiston, ME, yard on a Saturday afternoon. I love the classic marker lamps.

By the early 1970 the Boston & Maine was retiring the GE 44-Tonners that had been used in light switching assignments around the system. Four of them were lined up out of service outside the Bill... (more)

Two months into Penn Central operation, New Haven RS3 556 leads a local freight through the NH's South Boston coach yard with Broadway Tower (once equipped with over 400 levers) in the background.