Miscellaneous Stuff

First trip for this refulbished FL9 owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on the old New Haven Shoreline

all dressed up for the NMRA Convention that was held in Boston that year

Nice assortment of locomotives at Braintree, Massachusetts for the NMRA convention in Boston. There's Central Vermont, Green Mountain, Conrail, Providence and Worcester, and Clarendon and Pittsford represented here. Guilford was on strike, so no locomotives were sent in fear they'd be vandalized!

was on display along the Boston & Maine at Athol, Massachusetts - vandals, gutted by fire

Before Radios, you needed to call the dispatcher by phone! Once a common sight along the Boston & Maine Railroad

American Steel and Wire of Worcester, Massachusetts --- Bo 18 is a 3-foot gauge saddle tanker manufactured by Vulcan in 1917. Old No18 done fairly better than the Boston & Maine caboose displayed at Athol, Massachusetts. No 18 now resides at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association over in Kent, Connecticut where No 18 was cosmetically restorek - more photos of No 18 and the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association are available at the NERAIL photo site

This neat 2-8-0 with New Haven style script on the tender was built by Brooks

Seen at the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut. Privately owned, it has since been moved to Deep River, Connecticut

Known as a "Long Caboose" on the Cotton Belt. Probably used for mixed train service. Seen at the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut, 1 July 1987, the 2305 was owned by the Railroad Museum of New England. Received word 10 April 2011, the 2305 will be leaving New England within a couple of months to a new owner. Latest news as of 9 July 2011, the new owner is Mr. Gary Powell. The SSW 2305 is in the process of being prepared for road movement from Old Saybrook, CT to Texas where some say it belongs.

Owned then by the RMNE. Built 12/63 as UP 912, then AMTK 417. Bought from scrapper in 1986 by the RMNE and restored as NYC 4096 and displayed at the Valley Railroad. Since sold to a private owner, its been moved to the RMNE in Danbury, CT. Thanks to Mr Howard Pincus for this information.

Owned then by the RMNE. Built 12/63 as UP 912, then AMTK 417. Bought from scrapper in 1986 by the RMNE and restored as NYC 4096 and displayed at the Valley Railroad. Since sold to a private owner, its been moved to the RMNE in Danbury, CT. Thanks to Mr Howard Pincus for this information.

Its a Monday in 1987 on the Valley Railroad, and their using the Railroad Museum of New England's RS3 for that days trains. The 529 was used the day before to jump start the NH/LIRR FA 0401 that the Railroad Museum of New England recently acquired. The o'l girl rolled over and started! Thanks to Mr Howard Pincus for this information

Seen in the old New Haven freight yard at Attleboro, Massachusetts. This train with its 2 Conrail SD40-2's and Amtrak caboose would ply the Amtrak mainline nightly laying fiber optic cables into Boston. A few weeks later it would be stored on the Providence and Worcester Railroad at Valley Falls.

Conrail 6455 is one of 2 SD40-2's assigned to the wire train at Attleboro

At the old New Haven yard at Attleboro, Massachusetts. 6435 was part of a group of 165 SD40-2's purchased between 1977-1979

a few weeks later the wire train showed-up on the Providence & Worcester where it would be stored for a few weeks on the Service Paper siding - the gray building

An Amtrak caboose was assigned to the wire train

Part of the Santa Fe F7 conversion project in 1972, done at their Cleburne, Texas shops to convert F units into hood units. 2558 is an early conversion as it retained the rounded F unit's roof and one of the few that did get repainted when sold to new owners.

Mass Central 960, working the Palmer yard this Sunday morning

Seen at East Deefield yards. With no visible glass, the plow seems abandoned here. Designed for plowing double track, the plow sends snow only to one side

I've got no wheels! SW1 seen at Westfield yards minus its trucks. Number 30 is sitting on the fuel tank and steps with no place to go. Built for the Boston & Maine in 1951 and sometimes in 2005 was loaded on a flat car for movement off line

Found this pile of old wheels at State Line Scrap, now Schnitzer Scrap - a Providence and Worcester customer. Could be Amtrak wheels as there are some wheels that might of been on AEM-7's

Old retaining wall for the Grand Trunk Railroad that was to run from the port at Providence, Rhode Island to Palmer, Massachutetts. Much of the work was done with grades, bridges and retaining walls, but the railroad was never finished once the pricipal promoter died in the Titanic mishap. There's many relics left from the Grand Trunk in the Rhode Island, Massachusetts area.

Mr. Harrold, Providence and Worcester Railroad Company's President since 1980, passed away unexpectedly on November 22, 2005. He was 73 years old. He began his railroad career in 1960 on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He joined the Providence and Worcester as Chief Engineer when it commenced independent operations on February 3, 1973. Was named General Manager in 1974, and a Director in 1978.

DeAngelis Railroad Construction from Worcester, Massachusetts rehabilitating the old Osram Sylvania track for Dean Warehouse24

DeAngelis RailroXd Construction from Worcester, Massachusetts rehabilitating the old Osram Sylvania track

DeAngelis Railroad Construction from Worcester, Massachusetts rehabilitating the old Osram Syavania track

Looking north towards Front Street in the Lonsdale Section of Lincoln. The Grand Trunk would of crossed Scott's Pond at this point, running on the opposite side to Front Street (Route 123) entering the Lonsdale Mill Yard. It wouldn't be this stone arch as its too new.

Quaint village of Forestdale across from the old Orgonics Fertilizer complex on the Providence and Worcester's Slatersville Branch

One of few places Providence and Worcester tried concrete ties

backing freight into the Providence and Worcester yard

CSX train Q-274, running via Guilford's Clinton, Massachusetts line to Ford Auto in Ayer - soon to be routed all CSX to Framingham, Massachusetts

CSX train Q-274, running via Guilford's Clinton, Massachusetts line to Ford Auto in Ayer - soon to be routed all CSX to Framingham, Massachusetts

CSX train Q-274, running via Guilford's Clinton, Massachusetts line to Ford Auto in Ayer - soon to be routed all CSX to Framingham, Massachusetts

CSX train Q-274, running via Guilford's Clinton, Massachusetts line to Ford Auto in Ayer - soon to be routed all CSX to Framingham, Massachusetts

CSX train Q-274, running via Guilford's Clinton, Massachusetts line to Ford Auto in Ayer - soon to be routed all CSX to Framingham, Massachusetts

well, its got a deck, a bow window, a peaked window, a double hung window, a barn roof roof on the cupola with a sky light

at a flea market

at a flea market

From Northern Rail Services --- used to tighten rail nuts on splice bars down in South Providence Yard

Circus is in town on the Providence and Worcester Railroad! The RBB red train's in Providence for the week - seen laying over in the old New Haven receiving yards

Photo say's it all ............ Henry B if you can prove otherwise, do soo ................ check out the silly response! Yea, Henry can alter time .. well come on, you've invented the Time Machine, why are you's wasting time with this, call your patent attorney!! ..... Ron Chouinard