Palmer Arrival
Having made the 25 mile trip to the end of the line in South Barre and back Mass Central Railroad train PA-2 is almost done with their day as the arrive in Palmer with a healthy train of outbound interchange for the CSXT. They are pulling around the connection track to head east down the lead to CSXT's yard while in the foreground can be seen the diamond crossing of CSXT's Boston Sub mainline and the New England Central Railroad's Palmer Sub mainline (the former Boston and Albany and Central Vermont respectively).
MCER GP9 1749 (ex CO 6199 blt. Dec. 1956) and GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt. Jun. 1972) are dressed in a sharp scheme that mirrors the original Boston and Maine bluebird colors debuted on their GP9 order of 1957.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday October 11, 2024
Palmer Arrival
Having made the 25 mile trip to the end of the line in South Barre and back Mass Central Railroad train PA-2 is almost done with their day as the arrive in Palmer with a healthy train of outbound interchange for the CSXT. They are pulling around the connection track to head east down the lead to CSXT's yard while in the foreground can be seen the diamond crossing of CSXT's Boston Sub mainline and the New England Central Railroad's Palmer Sub mainline (the former Boston and Albany and Central Vermont respectively).
MCER GP9 1749 (ex CO 6199 blt. Dec. 1956) and GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt. Jun. 1972) are dressed in a sharp scheme that mirrors the original Boston and Maine bluebird colors debuted on their GP9 order of 1957.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday October 11, 2024