The Pan Am OCS crosses the Deerfield River after exiting the Hoosac Tunnel into daylight in Florida, MA The foliage was pretty close to peak at this point making for a great day chasing the OCS on... (more)

Nothing better than classic F units pulling a passenger train past some nice fall foliage. Here FP9 PAR 1 leads the OCS East at CPF-335 in Westminster, MA on a beautiful October day.

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.

After switching in Fitchburg ED-9 heads west under the signal bridge at CPF-335 in Westminster with a trio of blue geeps.

Pan Am Southern train ED-9 heads west at Center Road in Shirley dodging the evening shadows. The two Guilford painted Geeps on the train was certainly worth the trip and a rarity these days on Pan... (more)

Pan Am Railway's Office Car Special crosses the Hudson River at Mechanicville, NY. The classy EMD FP9's days appear to be numbered as the railroad turns to more modern equipment to power this trai... (more)

The first Norfolk Southern loaded autorack train detoured via Canadian Pacific from Schenectady, NY to Whitehall, NY (as CP train 961), then was picked up by a VRS crew for the trip to Bellows Fal... (more)

Pennsy Heritage in North Adams

As much as I always wanted a freight at the East Portal which I got for the first time on this day it was actually THIS was my favorite shot of t... (more)

Basking in the beautiful fall morning fog and light, Pan Am Southern intermodal train 22K pauses by Groton Harvard RD in Ayer to make a cut in their train as they work through the yarding of their... (more)

Pan Am’s most recent painted engine leads POED

The Interstate Heritage unit leads 22K over the former B&M

FI-1’s crew takes the empty Canadian Pacific Grain Train (PAS) out of Ayer, the whole train was all CP empty grain hoppers

An Ayer Relief Crew takes an ED-9 extra as they switch in Gardner, MA

My one keeper from a morning chase of bad choices. After swapping conductors, loaded grain train RJAY rumbles east from a dead stop st CPF 464 as it approaches Route 67. The 71 car train has fou... (more)

Pan Am Railways FP9s PAR-2 & PAR-1 haul eastbound train MEAY over the Deerfield River at Bardwells Ferry (Conway), MA on April 14, 2013.