Boston & Albany

Q293 slows to pass track work on October 22, 2011.

Five locomotives head west on a cloudy morning in Pittsfield, Mass.

TOFC climbs up the west side of Washington Hill eastbound in Dalton at MP 147 just after sunrise.

Q019 at MP127.5 starts to climb Washington Hill.

Q0012 heads east through Palmer, Mass

Q0012 heads slowly eastbound after passing a track crew.

Q164 was making time as it went roaring by at speed with an SD60I in the second spot.

Q422 gains speed after picking up cars in Palmer, Mass.

Q019 barely made a sound rolling through Palmer at dawn.

An eastbound single stack, Q164 approaches the New England Central diamond in Palmer, Mass.

Empty autoracks heading through Palmer, Mass on a hot and humid June morning.

Q012 was delayed by another train and is cranking it up going through the diamond in Palmer, Mass.

Q436 struggles along at 18 mph on the grade in Warren, Mass

Eastbound single stacks.

Q264 heads east in Palmer, Mass

Q022 rounds the sweeping turn on the east side of Palmer.

Light engines head west on the Saturday before Easter Sunday.

Q019 heads west after switching in the West Springfield yard on a humid July morning.

Q022 in West Springfield, MA

Q293 picks up speed at MP 101 on the Boston & Albany

After extended switching in the West Springfield yard, Q425(?) starts west at MP101.

The Lakeshore LTD starts to move after waiting for NECR to clear the diamond in Palmer New Years Eve 2013

Q264 rolls up the grade on New Years Eve 2013.

Q012 flies through Palmer with a trailing BNSF ES44DC.

A CSX ES44AH and a BNSF ES44DC lead Q012 through Palmer, Mass.

B740 waits for its crew to return as'it sits on the NECR diamond at the beginning of a winter storm.

Q012 rolls past the H. H. Richardson designed station after crossing the diamond in Palmer, MA.

Q012 kicks up fresh snow as another winter storm begins.

Q436 heads east through heavy snow.

A mixed freight approaches the B & A station in Warren, Mass

Q012 has an EMD leader in West Warren

Q020 eastbound in Palmer

Q012 switches onto track 2 in Palmer, MA

Q012 climbs the short grade after passing Palmers station.

After waiting for an hour for Q012 to pass, Q293 resumes its trip west.

A CSX track blower heads back to West Springfield yard after clearing MP109 crossovers.

Q022 runs past MP101.

Making up a train, a West Springfield yard job pokes out to MP 101.

049, the Lakeshore LTD crosses the NECR diamond in Palmer, MA.

A mixed freight uses head room out to MP 101.

Q020 at MP 101 onthe Boston & Albany.

Q019 slows to let Q012 pass.

I caught back up with Q019 in Hunttington and Chester.

Loaded autoracks cruising on the B & A.

Descending Washington Hill into the rising sun..

Q425 was roaring, but moving slowly as it finished the second of the big curves!near the bottom of Washington Hill.

A ES40DC and an AC44CW lead eastbound stacks.

Mass Central GP38 switches cars in Palmer, Mass.

Q022 picking up speed after passing B740 in Palmer.

Q264 eastbound.