Matty Howard
ED-9 Wachusett
On Good Friday, seeing I was able to get out of work early I figured I'd take a ride up to Pan Am Railways to see what was running- I heard ED-9, which is a local that runs from East Deerfield to Ayer Mass as ED-8 and ED-9 is it's turn, was running west out of Ayer so I decided to camp out at a spot that had decent light, which is at Wachusett, just west of Fitchburg. ED-9 has the 5972, which is a B40-8 and the 3400, which is an ex Quebec North Shore and Labrador SD40-2, With the recent approval by the STB for the acquisition of Pan Am by CSX, shots like this will be a distant memory. I will be saddened to see Pan Am/Guilford go- as the largest regional railroad in the county, Timothy Mellon had a large footprint in the New England railroad scene.
Of course it goes without saying that the people are the most impacted by this and I hope nothing but the best for them in the future.
Pan Am ED-9
Wachusett (Fitchburg) Massachusetts
April 15, 2022
ED-9 Wachusett
On Good Friday, seeing I was able to get out of work early I figured I'd take a ride up to Pan Am Railways to see what was running- I heard ED-9, which is a local that runs from East Deerfield to Ayer Mass as ED-8 and ED-9 is it's turn, was running west out of Ayer so I decided to camp out at a spot that had decent light, which is at Wachusett, just west of Fitchburg. ED-9 has the 5972, which is a B40-8 and the 3400, which is an ex Quebec North Shore and Labrador SD40-2, With the recent approval by the STB for the acquisition of Pan Am by CSX, shots like this will be a distant memory. I will be saddened to see Pan Am/Guilford go- as the largest regional railroad in the county, Timothy Mellon had a large footprint in the New England railroad scene.
Of course it goes without saying that the people are the most impacted by this and I hope nothing but the best for them in the future.
Pan Am ED-9
Wachusett (Fitchburg) Massachusetts
April 15, 2022