Splitting The Searchlights
On a gorgeous Friday afternoon in the waning days of summer Berkshire and Eastern train EDMO (East Deerfield to Mohawk) is westbound on Main 1 of Pan Am Southern's Freight Mainline as they cross Lake Pleasant Rd. and split the vintage Boston and Maine era searchlights at MP 379.5 (as measured from Mattawamkeag, ME). 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.
Montague, Massachusetts
Friday September 19, 2025
Splitting The Searchlights
On a gorgeous Friday afternoon in the waning days of summer Berkshire and Eastern train EDMO (East Deerfield to Mohawk) is westbound on Main 1 of Pan Am Southern's Freight Mainline as they cross Lake Pleasant Rd. and split the vintage Boston and Maine era searchlights at MP 379.5 (as measured from Mattawamkeag, ME). 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.
Montague, Massachusetts
Friday September 19, 2025