I just had to take a picture of a freight train in the snow storm …1/27/21. South Royalston. Pan Am ED-8.

A Pan Am freight train creeps thru Orange Ma. at sunrise on February 12, 2021.

Every now and then I need to take some time to photograph trains. Pan Am will be sold soon and these trains will be extinct. Rumor says CSX will buy this railroad. Then big green and yellow monsters will roam the tracks. Today was the Pan Am ED8 headed for Ayer.

Pan Am F units in Montague MA

East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield MA

Pan American RR East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield, MA

New England Central yard, Palmer MA, Engine is crossing "the diamond" 4/14

Pan Am RR Gardner Yard, Gardner, MA 8/14

Mass Central, Palmer MA

CSX through freight headed west. Palmer, MA 4/14

Pan AM RR Yard, Gardner, MA 8/14

Northfolk Southern at Pan Am Yard, Gardner yard, 9/13

BSNF @ Pan Am RR Gardner MA yard 8/14

The trackage under the bridge to the right heads to Worcester. This is the Gardner MA Pan Am RR yards.

BSNF, Gardner MA

Pan Am F unit on passenger coaches, East Deerfield MA 12/14

Pan Am F unit with coaches in East Deerfield yard, 12/14

Pan Am RR, East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield MA 1/15

Maine Central Alco working in the East Deerfield Pan Am RR yard. Where this came from I have no idea! 3/12/15

Another Alco in the old early 60's paint scheme working the East Deerfield yard. 3/12/15

Here's both Alco's lashed together working the East Deerfield Pan Am train yard putting a train together. 3/12/15

East Deerfield to Portsmouth daily freight runs through Orange MA. 12/14

New England Central hooks up in Millers falls..

New England Central crawls across the Millers Falls bridge with a long trail….

Pan American Railways heading east and slow up a grade in Farley MA.

Pan Am heading west at Farley with an auto rack train...

New England Central heading south in Brattleboro VT along the CT. River .

New England Central heading south in Northfield MA

Amtrak Vermonter, last run through Millers Falls MA. 12/14

Amtrak Vermonter through Greenfield MA, 1/15

Amtrak Vermonter through Cushman MA. 4/07

Amtrak Vermonter through Brattleboro in storm 2/15

New England Central Railroad at Northfield MA

A late afternoon freight train huffs its way to Brattleboro VT through Northfield MA the day after Christmas, 2015.

Storm leaving....... Pan Am Deerfield MA railroad switching yard. 8/2/16

Eastbound Pan Am RR freight train heading over the Millers River in Erving MA taken from RT 2.

I love making images of railroads and trains. Here’e an image from a few days ago taken on one of my favorite places to catch south bound Vermont trains in Brattleboro.

Its been a while since I took a railroad photo. Pan Am RR heading west thru Orange MA.

Three Pan Am diesels in the Northfolk and Southern paint scheme with the pony in the front grill and an train of empty cars setting in Wendell, MA waiting to get the word to head to Portland, Maine.

Every now and then I look for trains to photograph. Here is a Pan Am train I found at the Wendell Depot heading for Deerfield MA on a cold morning a few days ago.

Something different! The Pan Am railroad is for sale. It runs thru north central MA. It will probably be changing the paint schemes on their diesels ….. Here the regular morning freight train slides thru Wendell Depot, MA on its way to Portland Maine and is just about to run thru the hotbox detector..

I found this deserted and running Pan Am pair of engines just setting in South Royalston this morning at 6:30.

Another Pan Am freight train headed for Portland Maine thru Orange MA at sunrise. The Franklin County Courthouse in on the right hand side of the image.

Another freight train heading west through Orange MA. Pan Am railways is for sale. These huge diesels will all be painted a different color when a new buyer owns this company. These colors will be extinct so I try to get photos of them every chance I get.

Out of the early morning fog came this Pan Am railways freight train at 6:10 in the AM….always a ground shaking event when these babies rumble by. Orang MA crossing….

I haven’t done much wildlife since hunting season opened as I didn’t want to get shot, but here are a few railroad shots. Palmer, MA. Central Massachusetts putting a train together.

CSX, New England Central and Mass Central Railways all in the same shot in Palmer MA.

Every now and then I take some time away from wildlife and chase trains! Here is a Pan Am Railways freight train over a mile long heading east up a long hill through Otter River MA . More train images on this page at N Q Railroads on the menu above.

Here’s a Pan Am freight train passing thru Lake Pleasant on its way to the East Deerfield freight yard from Portland Maine’s Rigby Yard. There is also one that goes the reverse direction.

An orange sky along the railroad tracks early this morning before the rain.

Not an animal but train Number ED-8 thunders up Royalston Hill in the last afternoon.

The EDPO (East Deerfield to Portland) sails thru Orange MA at 6:45 AM in the early morning. My second love is taking pictures of trains!

Pan Am’s East Deerfield to Portland Maine (EDPO) freight train caught rumbling thru Royalston in the early morning in a light rain.

I have to keep my train photography skills sharp :). I dont scare away these guys. CSX’s Portland Maine thru Orange MA. to East Deerfield yard. Thanksgiving Day. 2022…

Time for a freight train ! CSX’s Portland Maine to East Deerfield Massachusetts is rumbling thru Athol, MA a few days ago…

East Deerfield to Portland Pan Am freight train thru Orange MA belching out smoke from its 5 diesels on a 20 F degree late March Tuesday.

Chicago to Ayer…Priority Train number 22K is rumbling the earth! No wonder, 9,411 feet long, almost 2 miles! What a monster! A nice way to kick off 2022. I love trains!

Portland to East Deerfield rumbling into Millers Falls MA. 316 axels and 3,549 feet long. Five diesels made the earth quake! I love trains….

The Pan Am, Portland to East Deerfield freight train is rolling thru Farley, MA on a grey February afternoon. Note the 5 diesels tugging it along.

I caught this sunset along the CSX tracks in Athol, MA last night. The POED is waiting for a new crew and the track cars are all stacked in on the left.

Early morning Portland Maine to East Deerfield MA freight train heading west thru Orange MA.

I cant resist photographing trains and have always done it. This train was headed to Portland Maine from East Deerfield, MA on the CSX Northern New England branch on December 26th, 2022 at 8AM in Millers Falls MA.

This thing belongs to CSX Railways. I found it in Royalston, MA. Its name is 426 and its 3,250 feet in length and it’s also from Chicago, Il. Its not lost :). It’s heading to Ayer Ma.

Train B 101 heading west thru Orange heading from Ayer to Chicago… I dont ever have to worry about spooking them out of the brush!

Thanks to a tip from a friend of mine in Gardner I was able to get these photographs of NS train B-101 Ayer MA to Chicago. It had a special guest sandwiched in between the 2 ponies. It was a blue, Central Maine & Quebec RR engine. NS owns it but leaves it in its former color scheme.

Ive always loved trains. When it’s tough to get into the woods I can always find trains. This is Norfolk Southern train #B-101. 6500 feet long passing thru Millers Falls, MA on its way to Chicago from Ayer, MA. The late afternoon sun was perfect!

Thanks to a tip from a friend I was able to catch train number B-100 cruising thru Athol about 6:30 this evening. The neat thing about this train that in it's 5 engine lash up was a rare diesel. The newly painted "Heritage Unit NS1074" that used to be owned by the Lackawanna Railroad in New York State.