With such a warm summer upon us I thought, why not think about winter and cool days and white snow.

Cigar band E unit pulling the grade near Woodville with the New England States Express.

This old as the hills FA unit was still going strong in the fall of 1969. The New Haven was now part of the Penn Central and soon this ALCO along with three sisters would soon get a new black and ... (more)

In the early days of the Pen Central the ALCO's still looked good and the Lowell freight still operated on the old New Haven line to Lowell

Viewed from across the North Yard WYE, CSX engines 5229 and CSX 8824 idle in a frigid January morning after coming East over the Boston & Albany

Q437 splits the signals at CP 23 while building his train

The cut must be in the right order. No chance here to move one car ahead of another without going all the way back to the main. Soon the freight is delivered, the consignee is happy and people al... (more)

Switching in the streets with a crossing guard on duty, New York Central yard crew delivers paper in an era when local industries still had sidings.

East meets west again.

CSX Q116 had just dropped these two ES44DC's on the Easy leg of the Framingham WYE while a yard local builds a train. taken with permission