Winding Thru The Woods
Here's a rather poor photo from a mini impromptu opportunistic chase since I was in the area anyway for non train reasons when this showed up.
Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO (East Deerfiels to Mohawk) is westbound on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division. They are winding through an s-curve beside the Deerfield River (out of sight obscured by thick summer foliage) at about MP 406.2 as measured from Mattawamkeag, ME which was once the eastern most point on the Freight Main after then Guilford Transportation renumbered the mileposts after combining the Maine Central, Boston and Maine, and Delaware and Hudson Railroad's into a contiguous route from that obscure eastern point to the equally obscure western end of the line in Sunbury, PA.
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.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Sunday July 6, 2025
Winding Thru The Woods
Here's a rather poor photo from a mini impromptu opportunistic chase since I was in the area anyway for non train reasons when this showed up.
Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO (East Deerfiels to Mohawk) is westbound on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division. They are winding through an s-curve beside the Deerfield River (out of sight obscured by thick summer foliage) at about MP 406.2 as measured from Mattawamkeag, ME which was once the eastern most point on the Freight Main after then Guilford Transportation renumbered the mileposts after combining the Maine Central, Boston and Maine, and Delaware and Hudson Railroad's into a contiguous route from that obscure eastern point to the equally obscure western end of the line in Sunbury, PA.
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.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Sunday July 6, 2025