22K In Shirley
With the western visitors on this train I really wanted more of a side view and where better than this classic location. With the double mainline passing through a wide parklike strip between Ayer Rd and Front Street lined with homes on either side it is a rather bucolic and very popular photo location.
With the recrew on board Pan Am Southern train 22K (NS 47th Street Yard Chicago to PAS Ayer Yard) is only three miles from its destination as it approaches Benjamin Crossing on Main 2 at MP 39.3/313.3 on the Keolis/MBTA Fitchburg Line and Pan Am's Freight main.
Cab signal and ACSES equipped NS SD60E 6953 leads BNSF ET44C4 3842 and UP C44ACM 7211 over former Boston and Maine rails. Once the CSXT acquisition is consummated and NS begins to exercise its trackage rights from Voorheesville over the Berkshire and Boston Subs (ex Boston and Albany) this intermodal traffic will arrive in Ayer via the Worcester main instead of the Freight main meaning scenes like this will soon be a thing of the past.
Shirley, Massachusetts
Friday April 15, 2022
22K In Shirley
With the western visitors on this train I really wanted more of a side view and where better than this classic location. With the double mainline passing through a wide parklike strip between Ayer Rd and Front Street lined with homes on either side it is a rather bucolic and very popular photo location.
With the recrew on board Pan Am Southern train 22K (NS 47th Street Yard Chicago to PAS Ayer Yard) is only three miles from its destination as it approaches Benjamin Crossing on Main 2 at MP 39.3/313.3 on the Keolis/MBTA Fitchburg Line and Pan Am's Freight main.
Cab signal and ACSES equipped NS SD60E 6953 leads BNSF ET44C4 3842 and UP C44ACM 7211 over former Boston and Maine rails. Once the CSXT acquisition is consummated and NS begins to exercise its trackage rights from Voorheesville over the Berkshire and Boston Subs (ex Boston and Albany) this intermodal traffic will arrive in Ayer via the Worcester main instead of the Freight main meaning scenes like this will soon be a thing of the past.
Shirley, Massachusetts
Friday April 15, 2022