Shorter days and maintenance of way work have delayed the departure of today's loaded gravel train from the Ossipee pit to shortly before sunset. Due to a heavy load all four locomotives on the NH... (more)

A morning work extra crosses Wakefield Road in Sanbornville.

A morning work extra passes through Burleyville passing the former Boston & Maine Railroad Depot in the Town of Wakefield.

A morning work extra passes through Burleyville in the Town of Wakefield.

A morning work extra passes through Burleyville crossing Province Lake Road in the Town of Wakefield.

Rarely used GP18 #1801 with two GP38-2 get ready to leave the Ossipee Pit with the second half of their train.

The Mon-Thur sand train to Boston rumbles passed the Boston & Maine station in Exeter. The station is still in use today but the focus is on delivering pizzas on time rather than passenger service... (more)

NHN's southbound loaded sand train to Boston crosses the NH/ME border at Milton Pond, before returning to NH soil some 1500 feet later on a warm evening.

On early Monday morning, the New Hampshire Northcoast ran an extra south out of Ossipee, NH with NHN GP18 #1801 to pick up state officials in Somersworth for a northbound tour up the line. For the... (more)

On early Monday morning, the New Hampshire Northcoast ran an extra south out of Ossipee complete with NHN GP18 #1801 and caboose to pick up state officials in Somersworth for a northbound tour up ... (more)

New Hampshire Northcoast's only GP18 makes a rare appearance on the head end of the loaded sand train to Boston. While it does make it onto the mainline at times, it will usually trail due its lac... (more)

Even in the dead of winter, New Hampshire Northcoast's Monday-to-Thursday loaded sand train makes the trip from the pit in Ossipee, NH to Boston Sand & Gravel. Shorter trains means the railroad's ... (more)

The southbound NHN job is seen here arriving at a location known as Tri-City to do some switching. Recently rebuilt GP38-2 #3823 leads two sisters 3825 and FURX 5509.

New Hampshire Northcoast is Southbound on the former B&M Conway Branch, passing through the little town of Milton behind recently rebuilt and repainted GP38-2 3823. Standing in the back bed of my... (more)

New Hampshire Northcoast's freshly rebuilt and repainted GP38-2 leads the daily sand train to from Ossipee, NH to Boston Sand & Gravel in Boston.