Palmer Perfection
Just another frame from here because this light is pure perfection and on Flickr there aren't any rules so I can put as many make me happy in my album!
While not like the glory days by any means, the old Boston and Albany is far and away the busiest freight corridor in New England and still puts on a good show. Most mornings in Palmer if you time it right you can see three eastbound freights (one each auto rack, manifest, and intermodal) as well as the local all by 11 AM or so.
Here is another one of those typically busy mornings. Moments after Q264 sailed by on the main and taken from the same angle, we see the specially painted Honoring First Responders unit 911 (GE ES44AC-H blt. Jul. 2008 that received this special one of a kind scheme in April of 2019) on the point of a massive Q436 (Selkirk to Worcester manifest). They arrived with 75 loads and 60 empties but have made a cut and now are shoving back on the 20,600 ft controlled siding to drop 30 cars on the east end of the small but busy Palmer Yard near MP 82 of the modern day CSXT's Boston Sub.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Thursday March 3, 2022
Palmer Perfection
Just another frame from here because this light is pure perfection and on Flickr there aren't any rules so I can put as many make me happy in my album!
While not like the glory days by any means, the old Boston and Albany is far and away the busiest freight corridor in New England and still puts on a good show. Most mornings in Palmer if you time it right you can see three eastbound freights (one each auto rack, manifest, and intermodal) as well as the local all by 11 AM or so.
Here is another one of those typically busy mornings. Moments after Q264 sailed by on the main and taken from the same angle, we see the specially painted Honoring First Responders unit 911 (GE ES44AC-H blt. Jul. 2008 that received this special one of a kind scheme in April of 2019) on the point of a massive Q436 (Selkirk to Worcester manifest). They arrived with 75 loads and 60 empties but have made a cut and now are shoving back on the 20,600 ft controlled siding to drop 30 cars on the east end of the small but busy Palmer Yard near MP 82 of the modern day CSXT's Boston Sub.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Thursday March 3, 2022