Passing Thru Pownal
I feel like there is a good shot to be had here, but this isn't it. I need to try this again with an eastbound and more time to set up my angle to compose my shot to capture the rural small Vermont village feel.
Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO (East Deerfield to Mohawk) is westbound crossing Main Street in Powal at MP 431.6 on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division. The old B&M main is only in the Green Mountain state for a scant six miles as it cuts through the extreme southwest corner near the meeting point of Massachusetts and New York.
This train originated in Ayer as train SAED and will turn into Norfolk Southern train 11R at Mechanicville for continuation down the old Delaware and Hudson to East Binghamton Yard.
Berkshire and Eastern is a Genesee and Wyoming owned company which was created to serve as the neutral third party operator of the former Pan Am Southern property as a condition of the sale of Pan Am Railways to CSX in 2022. The train is led by the standard SD60E which is necessary due to it being one of a small fleet of this model equipped with ACSES for operation on the MBTA property east of Westminster.
Pownal, Vermont
Saturday April 12, 2025
Passing Thru Pownal
I feel like there is a good shot to be had here, but this isn't it. I need to try this again with an eastbound and more time to set up my angle to compose my shot to capture the rural small Vermont village feel.
Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO (East Deerfield to Mohawk) is westbound crossing Main Street in Powal at MP 431.6 on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division. The old B&M main is only in the Green Mountain state for a scant six miles as it cuts through the extreme southwest corner near the meeting point of Massachusetts and New York.
This train originated in Ayer as train SAED and will turn into Norfolk Southern train 11R at Mechanicville for continuation down the old Delaware and Hudson to East Binghamton Yard.
Berkshire and Eastern is a Genesee and Wyoming owned company which was created to serve as the neutral third party operator of the former Pan Am Southern property as a condition of the sale of Pan Am Railways to CSX in 2022. The train is led by the standard SD60E which is necessary due to it being one of a small fleet of this model equipped with ACSES for operation on the MBTA property east of Westminster.
Pownal, Vermont
Saturday April 12, 2025