CR Boston Line Vol.7-Winter

Eastbound Boston section of the Lake Shore, tr.448, at Huntington.

AMTK tr. 448 passing the summit of the Berkshires in Hinsdale at an elevation of 1,459 ft.

Northbound CV TOFC train #245 starts across the diamond at Palmer. CR BOEL waits next to the station.

Westbound BOEL slogging through the big cut at Washington.

Eastbound SEBO approaches the Rt. 8 overhead bridge.

"VooDoo" GP38-2 8122 leads westbound PWSE at Ballou's.

Is GP40 3232 trying to say something about it's owner as it drags NHSE-X into Washington cut?

B23-7 1920 leads a string of 4 axle power west to Selkirk.

Westbound BOEL rounding the horseshoe curve between MP's 128 and 129.

Westbound BOEL passes the gantry signal at State Line.

TV-9 exits the west portal of the origional bore on track 1 in the middle of a snow squall.

NHSE-X whips up some of that freshly fallen snow exiting the west portal of tunnel 1.

SBSE westbound at Hinsdale center. The cinder block building, which sat at roughly the same spot as the old Hinsdale Tower 53, was razed a couple of years after this point in time.

SBSE sports a "surprise" in the form of rare GP-20R 2103. Fortunately, this set of power would return later in the day as a light engine movement, and the 2103 would be leading.

Caboose on SBSE follows it's train over the crest of the Grade at MP 142, Hinsdale center.

De-turbo'ed GP20 2103 leads a set of light engines east at Washington depot.

Westbound SBSE passing MP 128 in Chester.

Trio of C30-7A's working upgrade at mile 130.1. This model would "own" the B&A for the next 7 years.

SBSE at MP 129 behind another trio of, then new, C32-8's.

C32-8's 6614, 6613, and 6612 lead TV-9 through the horseshoe at mile 128.6.

BOEL on the horseshoe at mile 128.7.

TV-6 eastbound at the signal bridge in Washington at MP 138.

NHSE coming off the horseshoe, approaching MP 129. (Pentax 6x7, 300mm/w2x)

NHSE approaching MP 129. (Pentas 6x7, 300mm/w2x)

TV-9 pops out of Washington cut at 08:00.

TV-6 labors heavily over the crest of the grade at MP 142 in Hinsdale center. The 6557 was somewhat of an "oddball", with the headlight mounting plate on the nose, and it always had those small digit number boards.

TV-6 has some added impetus, in the form of B23-7 2005, at it's rear end.

An SEPW extra tops the grade in Hinsdale center at 11:50

The regular edition of SEPW follows along at 12:08.

Amtrak had a decent mail contract back in the mid eighties, as the headend cars on train 448 attest.

MBSE at Hinsdale, with one of the old block signals.

Westbound MBSE attains the brest of the east slope of Washington Hill as he exits the cut at Washington depot.

Cropped section of preceding photo of MBSE.

NHSE climbing out of the cut at Washington. Summit Hill Rd. overpass, spanning the middle of the cut, visible in the background.

NHSE exiting Washington cut.

The Lake Shore has a good size train this day, as he ducks beneath the signal bridge at MP 138 in Washington. Can you spot the Amfleet I and II cars?

Train 448 at Washington.

There's a little less snow in the "lower elevations" here at Huntington, as SEMB rolls through.

TV-6 about to pass over Depot Brook at Ballou's at 09:47.

Either an SEPW-X or SEPW-1, by Ballou's at 10:25.

Westbound light engine move ENG-712 blows through Ballou's at 10:35.

ENG-712 crossing Depot Brook at Ballou's.

Today's SEPW crossing Depot Brook at 10:39.

SEPW-2 schusses across Lower Valley Rd., signal 134.72 beckons in the distance.

Westbound light engines glide along the shore of Muddy Pond. This is the same set that brought SEPW-1 or X east earlier in the day.

Amtrak tr.448 rounds the curve between the summit and Muddy Pond at 14:35.

Eastbound TV-6X swirls the freshly fallen snow as it passes beneath the signal bridge at MP 138.

TV-6X by Washington at 08:23.

Heavily cropped section of following photo of TV-9 at MP 138.

TV-9 by the MP 138 signal bridge at 08:50. Nearly full-frame rendition of preceding photo.