Crew catches some air on Santa Fe GP40X 3806 passing the summit with a westbound ballast train in Hinsdale, MA. on July 20, 1979.
The three Santa Fe GP40-X's with a westbound ballast train at the summit in Hinsdale, MA. on July 20, 1979.
BAL129 stretched out across Rockville bridge on Aug. 20, 1985.
CR 6766 and 6702 have the honors on BAL129 on Rockville bridge on Aug. 20, 1985.
A pair of GATX leaser SD40's take CP/D&H train BUME across the new Portage Viaduct near Portageville, NY. on May 7, 1993.
On the way back to the motel, we ran into this guy in Canaseraga. The shadows had already overtaken the area, so I thought if the train and I both hurried back up to Dalton, we might catch the last rays. JUST made it!
GP15-1 1666 leads a ballast train, BAL300, approaching Ballou's/MP 135 in Washington, MA. on March 23, 1990.
C30-7 6604 has the trail in BAL-300 in Washington, MA. on March 23, 1990.
CR 1918 leads a mixed bag 6 unit lash-up on westbound tonnage at the "new location" in Becket, MA. on Aug. 19, 1980.
CR 1931 leads a 5 unit set of B23-7's on eastbound tonnage crossing the townline from Hinsdale into Washington, MA. along the north end of Muddy Pond on New Year's Eve 1979.
Track geometry train TEST731 westbound through East Brookfield, MA. on Jan. 25, 1988.
Track geometry train, symboled TEST300, eastbound behind the "usual suspect", 1933, in Huntington, MA. on May 20,1991.
The "usual suspect" has TEST731 in tow near MP 81 in Palmer, MA. on Jan. 24, 1988.
CR 21 on the rear of TEST731 in Palmer, MA. on Jan. 24, 1988.
TV301 crossing Rondout Creek in Kingston, NY. on Jan. 30, 1988.
A grubby 1953 leads eastbound tonnage splitting the signals near MP 139 in Hinsdale, MA. on May 17, 1980. Note the white spots on the signal targets at right, these are sighting holes used to "line-sight" the signal heads so that engineers of oncoming trains see them clearly. They don't call this type of signal a "searchlight" for nothing. They project a relatively narrow beam, which is readily visible in a photograph of them taken at night with a little fog, so they have to be set correctly to "catch the eye".
With the "momentary" disappearance of the C30-7A's from the Boston Line in 1992, lash-ups almost began to take on the appearance of the early '80's with large and varied groups of locomotives. B23-7 1965 leads a mish-mash with RESE at Ballou's in washington, MA. on Aug. 29, 1992.
B23-7 1979 has a short military extra, MIL302, in tow through Chester, MA. on Sept. 5, 1992.
B23-7 1980 leads SEPA through North Adams Jct. in Pittsfield, MA. on Aug. 27, 1989. By this point in time, the 1980 had lost it's special "Keep it moving with ConRail" logo, but had gained acceptance into third rail territory.
CR 2002 leading eastbound tonnage along MASS Rt. 20 in Huntington, MA. on Jan. 28, 1980.
B23-7 2003 and GP38-2 8025 take a work train southward through Meriden, CT. on Amtrak's Springfield line in January, 1980. The train was headed for Wallingford to aid in cleaning up a derailment.
A pair of B23-7's, led by the 2010, take DIM301 westward at Washington, MA. on Oct. 21, 1989.
CR 2011 on TV6 east of MP 130 in Becket, MA. on March 21, 1992.
B23-7 2012 on, what I believe, is NHSE at Springfield station. The NHSE/SENH turns had a caboose at each end of the train, note the buggy behind the power in this shot. This facilitated the reverse/run-around move the trains had to make in both directions at Springfield because of the track layout.
TV80W at Highbridge, a couple of miles west of Chatham, NY. on Aug. 19, 1988.
CR 2016 leading SEBO past the summit in Hinsdale, MA. at 15:05 on July 23, 1983.
B23-7 2021 leads eastbound DIM-201 near MP 130 in Middlefield, MA. on Oct. 18, 1992.
B23-7 2023 leads TV80W near MP 58 in Charlton, MA. on Jan. 22, 1988. The 2023 is the last unit in CR's 124 unit group of B23-7's.
GP30's 2247 and 2248 working the west end of Enola as pullers on Dec. 26, 1982.
The extra 2289 west crosses the ca. 1840 double stone arch at mile 128.25 in Chester, MA. on Oct.17, 1980. Whistler's Western (RR) was built to last from the get-go.
