Hustling Thru Huntington
Here is the third spot in quick succession here in Huntington where we again see CSXT train G104 (empty grain train from Ayer to BNSF in Cicero, IL) with a cut of mixed freight for Selkirk picked up in Worcester on the head end of the 100 empty BNSF system covered hoppers. A pair of CSXT Gevos bracket a pair of BNSF C44-9Ws 5441 and 5170 curling west alongside US Route 20 right MP B121 on modern day CSXT's Berkshire Subdivision mainline.
The Western Railroad of Massachusetts opened this segment of railroad for business in 1841, and pushing two centuries later the route not only survives but reigns supreme as the busiest and only Class 1 trunk line into New England. The Boston and Albany Railroad was formed in 1870 when the companies to the east and west were merged into one railroad linking its two namesake cities. Despite being leased by the New York Central in 1900 the B&A name survived for another half century. The NYC itself would become the Penn Central in 1968 and the line would pass to Conrail in 1976 and become the property of its current owner, CSXT, in 1999.
This spot looks even more spectacular in the fall. Here's one of my favorites from standing in this same spot last fall but looking the opposite direction if you missed it: flic.kr/p/2ogfrpy
Huntington, Massachusetts
Saturday May 27, 2023
Hustling Thru Huntington
Here is the third spot in quick succession here in Huntington where we again see CSXT train G104 (empty grain train from Ayer to BNSF in Cicero, IL) with a cut of mixed freight for Selkirk picked up in Worcester on the head end of the 100 empty BNSF system covered hoppers. A pair of CSXT Gevos bracket a pair of BNSF C44-9Ws 5441 and 5170 curling west alongside US Route 20 right MP B121 on modern day CSXT's Berkshire Subdivision mainline.
The Western Railroad of Massachusetts opened this segment of railroad for business in 1841, and pushing two centuries later the route not only survives but reigns supreme as the busiest and only Class 1 trunk line into New England. The Boston and Albany Railroad was formed in 1870 when the companies to the east and west were merged into one railroad linking its two namesake cities. Despite being leased by the New York Central in 1900 the B&A name survived for another half century. The NYC itself would become the Penn Central in 1968 and the line would pass to Conrail in 1976 and become the property of its current owner, CSXT, in 1999.
This spot looks even more spectacular in the fall. Here's one of my favorites from standing in this same spot last fall but looking the opposite direction if you missed it: flic.kr/p/2ogfrpy
Huntington, Massachusetts
Saturday May 27, 2023