New England Central (NECR) 3015 - EMD GP40-2LW

Running long hood forward at the state line

Southbound NECR 608 with a DOD load in downtown Stafford Springs, CT

NECR 608 approaching Thornbush Road

New England Central's veterans unit is seen at the yard in Palmer, MA behind NECR 3038. Also in the yard on different tracks were PW 4051 and NECR 3039.

NECR 2168 and NECR 3015 rest for the day at NECR's Palmer Yard.

Southbound 608 passing the old depot in South Coventry.

608 Passing Eagleville Dam.

Southbound 608 passing Eagleville Dam.

NECR 608 southbound approaching the Willimantic River.

New England Central 608 southbound approaching the Willimantic River.

New England Central southbound in a Mansfield, CT cornfield.

NECR 608 passing the south Coventry Depot.

Southbound 608 gaining speed after dropping cars in Williington, CT.

A snow day from school allows me a shot of NECR 608 at Plains Road in Mansfield, CT.

I had to cut through 60 feet of sticker bushes to get this shot!

Southbound NECR 608 crossing the Willimantic River from Coventry to Mansfield, CT.

Southbound Genesee & Wyoming/NECR 608 at Plains Road.

The pandemic provided me with time to catch New England Central daily.

Genesee & Wyoming/NECR 3015 leads through Mansfield, CT.

NECR southbound at RT 44 in Mansfield Depot.

NECR 608 SB at Depot Road.

NECR 608 SB at Depot Road.

Southbound 608

NECR 608 crosses the Willimantic River southbound passing from Coventry into Mansfield, CT

608 southbound in Mansfield, CT along the Willimantic River.

NECR 608 south of the RT 31 bridge in Mansfield, CT.

NECR southbound.

NECR southbound 500 pulls out of the siding after meeting the Amtraks Vermonter at Bolton, Vermont. Today's train consists of GP40-2W 3015, 10 gondolas loaded with ties, and 11 ballast hoppers.

NECR southbound 500 rolls past the station sign at MP 127 in Oakland, Vermont. Today's train consists of GP40-2W 3015 and 21 loaded wood chip hoppers bound for McNeil Generating Station in Burlington.

NECR southbound 500 (the "Chip Train") passes MP 127 in Oakland, Vermont. Today's train consists of GP40-2W 3015 and 21 loaded wood chip hoppers bound for McNeil Generating Station in Burlington.

Third unit on 611 arriving in Palmer.

so..is the caboose on the head end or tlil end? lol this is a daily routine.

NECR now under Genesse ownership and the 822 on the 40th Anniversary train set.

The 40th Anniversary Train idles at WRJ, VT. The 145 looks different in 2020. After a wreck in 2018, it now has a different font of numbers on its numberboard.

608 heads north through the P&W interchange yard.

NECR 3015 sits on the head pin of NECR 608 norhtbound in Franklin, in the "golden hour".

NECR 608 works C.C. Lounsbury in South Windham with 3015 on point.

608 heads south around 3 am with 3015 on the point.

NECR 610 drops sand while in notch 8 heading south out of South Windham, CT.

BPRR 3000 leads NECR 608 south through North Franklin, CT.