Working Waterfront
CSXT's ex Am Railways Boston based local BO-1 is running light along the busy and cluttered Everett waterfront with GMDD GP40-2LW MEC 507 (blt. Jul 1974 as CN 9472). After shoving over the Mystic from Yard 21 in Somerville with three scrap loads, they temporarily dropped those up at the 'coke works' before running down light to pull a long cut of cars from Ciment Quebec and Schnitzer Northeast. After gathering those up they took all those off the dock up to the runaround and set them over and then picked up their three scrap gons and made a third trip back down here to spot them. Having completed that they are running light making their fourth and final trip along the waterfront to head straight back home to BET in Somerville and call it a day and a weekend!
Some will laugh and some will scoff but I waited around till this final move after getting dozens of more 'conventional' scenes just to capture this admittedly unusual view. I just loved how perfectly the unit was framed by the cab of the forklift that just happened to be dressed in matching colors. Thoughts?
Everett, Massachusetts
Friday July 28, 2023
Working Waterfront
CSXT's ex Am Railways Boston based local BO-1 is running light along the busy and cluttered Everett waterfront with GMDD GP40-2LW MEC 507 (blt. Jul 1974 as CN 9472). After shoving over the Mystic from Yard 21 in Somerville with three scrap loads, they temporarily dropped those up at the 'coke works' before running down light to pull a long cut of cars from Ciment Quebec and Schnitzer Northeast. After gathering those up they took all those off the dock up to the runaround and set them over and then picked up their three scrap gons and made a third trip back down here to spot them. Having completed that they are running light making their fourth and final trip along the waterfront to head straight back home to BET in Somerville and call it a day and a weekend!
Some will laugh and some will scoff but I waited around till this final move after getting dozens of more 'conventional' scenes just to capture this admittedly unusual view. I just loved how perfectly the unit was framed by the cab of the forklift that just happened to be dressed in matching colors. Thoughts?
Everett, Massachusetts
Friday July 28, 2023