611 Thru Northfield
I've only shot this angle once before, but it was one of my favorites and I've long wanted to give it another go. If you missed that one from back then check out this link: flic.kr/p/2jWMfhm
While the low hanging wires are annoying, when you step back to capture the 'whole scene' they kind of dissolve and the bucolic farmland with a ramshackle home and barn make for a quintessential rural New England scene that just works.
The sky is dramatic on this winter afternoon as a trio of rebuilt SD40M-2s lead New England Central Railroad train 611 (Brattleboro to Palmer turn that forwards the connecting 323/324 road freight traffic) north
beside Upper Farms Road at MP 106 on the Palmer Sub, the former Central Vermont Railroad mainline.
In the lead is NECR 3476 a rebuilt SD40M-2 that began life as an SD45 (and still wears the classic flared car body) blt. Mar. 1969 as SSW 9058. She has a reflective sheen thanks to getting doused with oil on her trip south while she was trailing middle unit 3478 (EMD SD40 blt. Jun. 1966 as LN 1227) which blew its turbo and is now dead in tow. Bringing up the rear is NECR 3477 (originally a straight SD40 blt. Apr. 1966 as UP 3028).
Northfield, Massachusetts
Thursday January 26, 2023
611 Thru Northfield
I've only shot this angle once before, but it was one of my favorites and I've long wanted to give it another go. If you missed that one from back then check out this link: flic.kr/p/2jWMfhm
While the low hanging wires are annoying, when you step back to capture the 'whole scene' they kind of dissolve and the bucolic farmland with a ramshackle home and barn make for a quintessential rural New England scene that just works.
The sky is dramatic on this winter afternoon as a trio of rebuilt SD40M-2s lead New England Central Railroad train 611 (Brattleboro to Palmer turn that forwards the connecting 323/324 road freight traffic) north
beside Upper Farms Road at MP 106 on the Palmer Sub, the former Central Vermont Railroad mainline.
In the lead is NECR 3476 a rebuilt SD40M-2 that began life as an SD45 (and still wears the classic flared car body) blt. Mar. 1969 as SSW 9058. She has a reflective sheen thanks to getting doused with oil on her trip south while she was trailing middle unit 3478 (EMD SD40 blt. Jun. 1966 as LN 1227) which blew its turbo and is now dead in tow. Bringing up the rear is NECR 3477 (originally a straight SD40 blt. Apr. 1966 as UP 3028).
Northfield, Massachusetts
Thursday January 26, 2023