A Providence and Worcester freight pauses at the yard office at Worcester, Massachusetts, on July 27, 1986. Rumbling overhead is an eastbound Conrail freight on the Boston and Albany line through town, led by GE B23-7 No. 1967. P&W EMD GP38 No. 2011 is a former Conrail/Penn Central locomotive built in 1969.
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The fresh greenery of springtime abounds as Conrail’s FRSE-2 freight, led by GE C30-7A No. 6579, passes milepost 129 on the old Boston & Albany line west of Chester, Massachusetts, on May 22, 1993.
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Conrail GE C36-7 No. 6620 leads a three other six-axle GE locomotives on westbound train NESE-2 through Hinsdale, Massachusetts, over the former Boston & Albany late in the afternoon of May 22, 1993.
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The weather was abysmal, but a rarity like an EMD NW5 leading a train was worth photographing anyway. A Massachusetts Central “intermodal” train approaches the Main Street overpass at Palmer, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1993. Powering the short train is rare EMD NW5 No. 2100 and CF7 No. 2443. MCER No. 2100 is a former Southern Railway unit, its only NW5 constructed in 1947, and one of only 13 NW5s built.
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Conrail’s SEFR-2 freight led by EMD SD50 No. 6819 passes mile 129.5 west of Chester, Massachusetts, working over the old Boston & Albany route on May 22, 1993.
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