Dangerous spectators on Conrail Property.

The train seems happy in the snow. It will eventually succumb to ice in the Washington cut and arrive Albany several hours late.

Alco FAs wait for air at the GM plant on cold winters night long ago when General Motors still had plants all over the United States.

NYC second generation power heads into Nevins to pick up freight consist.. Brand new 1966 Dodge trucks on the left in the autoracks are probably all gone by now. In secret board rooms PRR and NYC ... (more)

The ex New Haven unit hardly left home. It ran to Newton Upper Falls on the last days of the New Haven. Then spent time between Providence and Readville on the PC. Finally it ended up 18 miles awa... (more)

These two units ran up to Fitchburg six days a week with carloads of vinyl pellets for the plastics industry that thrived in Leominster. I like the early Conrail lashups with blue and black units ... (more)

The Yard job and the through freight meet at the end of the old New York Central Yard.

MBCR P517 arrives at its final stop at Framingham.

New England States Express is running 60 MPH on straight section before hitting the curves at Woodville. This train always had three to five E units for power. Usually an E8 would lead with any ... (more)

The first time in months that solid Alco FA power has showed up in New England and, we are railfaning this very day in Framingham in spite of near zero temp in light snow.

This Bangor and Aroostick Geep 68 was being leased by the Penn Central to ease a major power shortage. During the 60’s Bangor and Aroostook had six geeps that they leased off season when potato ... (more)

No dash 2 here. This ia an original Pennsylvania Railroad SD-45 running strong through snow at the approach signals in Cordaville. This freight will go straight through to Beacon Park in Boston.

8139 was a Penn Central GP-38-2 purchased new with batch of over 200 units. It survived all the way to Norfolk Southern takeover .This shot shows the unit with CR logo overprinted on PC logo. Kind... (more)