Tim Stockwell
ST AD-1 at North Adams, MA
As I mentioned in the caption for my previous post of Vermont Railway's B&R Job with two, red, VTR GP40-2s, one of the reasons I inadvertently missed a full chase of that train out of Rutland was because I had my sights set on catching Pan Am Southern's AD-1 local on the Adams Industrial Track between North Adams and Adams, Massachusetts. Why bother with a branch line chase that only offers a couple shots? Well, because Pan Am's fleet of former Guilford four-axle EMDs is fading fast, especially west of Portland, Maine, and recent Facebook posts from near East Deerfield, Massachusetts seemed to indicate that MEC GP40-2W #514 was holding down the AD-1 job for now. Furthermore, those posts also revealed that the engine was positioned to face south for the run down the Adams Branch. So, although I certainly would have chased the B&R Job out of Rutland had I known the lashup ahead of time, yesterday was "mission accomplished" with AD-1. In this view, the train rolls past Southview Cemetery in North Adams, shortly after departing the small yard at the north end of the branch.
ST AD-1 at North Adams, MA
As I mentioned in the caption for my previous post of Vermont Railway's B&R Job with two, red, VTR GP40-2s, one of the reasons I inadvertently missed a full chase of that train out of Rutland was because I had my sights set on catching Pan Am Southern's AD-1 local on the Adams Industrial Track between North Adams and Adams, Massachusetts. Why bother with a branch line chase that only offers a couple shots? Well, because Pan Am's fleet of former Guilford four-axle EMDs is fading fast, especially west of Portland, Maine, and recent Facebook posts from near East Deerfield, Massachusetts seemed to indicate that MEC GP40-2W #514 was holding down the AD-1 job for now. Furthermore, those posts also revealed that the engine was positioned to face south for the run down the Adams Branch. So, although I certainly would have chased the B&R Job out of Rutland had I known the lashup ahead of time, yesterday was "mission accomplished" with AD-1. In this view, the train rolls past Southview Cemetery in North Adams, shortly after departing the small yard at the north end of the branch.