I Miss Fall
I miss fall already. I'm glad I made the effort this year to get out as much as I could around New England.
New England Central Railroad train 611 (Brattleboro to Palmer turn that forwards the connecting 323/324 road freight traffic) has four six motor units leading a big train as they round the curve approaching the Norbell Street crossing at the Palmer treatment plant at about MP 68.2 on NECR's Palmer Sub, the former Central Vermont Railway mainline.
To see this same spot the prior winter check out this shot: flic.kr/p/2nCkWGu
Rebuilt SD40M-2 3476 on the point still has her classic SD45 lines dating from her Mar. 1969 construction for the Cotton Belt as SSW 9058. The old CV never rostered anything like this and the woods of central Mass sure is a long way from this old girl's days of whipping thru Texarkana on the head of the Memphis Blue Streak...but at least she's still earning her keep.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday October 14, 2022
I Miss Fall
I miss fall already. I'm glad I made the effort this year to get out as much as I could around New England.
New England Central Railroad train 611 (Brattleboro to Palmer turn that forwards the connecting 323/324 road freight traffic) has four six motor units leading a big train as they round the curve approaching the Norbell Street crossing at the Palmer treatment plant at about MP 68.2 on NECR's Palmer Sub, the former Central Vermont Railway mainline.
To see this same spot the prior winter check out this shot: flic.kr/p/2nCkWGu
Rebuilt SD40M-2 3476 on the point still has her classic SD45 lines dating from her Mar. 1969 construction for the Cotton Belt as SSW 9058. The old CV never rostered anything like this and the woods of central Mass sure is a long way from this old girl's days of whipping thru Texarkana on the head of the Memphis Blue Streak...but at least she's still earning her keep.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday October 14, 2022