Summer Fun
In a timeless summer tableau some young adults enjoy a carefree day drinking and swinging on the rope dangling beneath the railroad bridge which carries them out to splash in the cool waters of the Deerfield River.
Rumbling overhead is Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO rolling thru CPF415 and high over the river on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division behind a Juniata rebuilt SD60E and a pair of Gevos. Immediately over the bridge they will cross River Road then curl to their left and plunge into the east portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel that will take them through the spine of the Berkshire Hills over 1000 ft below the top of Hoosac Mountain.
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.
Florida, Massachusetts
Sunday July 6, 2025
Summer Fun
In a timeless summer tableau some young adults enjoy a carefree day drinking and swinging on the rope dangling beneath the railroad bridge which carries them out to splash in the cool waters of the Deerfield River.
Rumbling overhead is Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO rolling thru CPF415 and high over the river on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division behind a Juniata rebuilt SD60E and a pair of Gevos. Immediately over the bridge they will cross River Road then curl to their left and plunge into the east portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel that will take them through the spine of the Berkshire Hills over 1000 ft below the top of Hoosac Mountain.
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.
Florida, Massachusetts
Sunday July 6, 2025