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By:Mike Antal
Dates:2/6/2010 - 2/6/2010
Album Info:With the chance of seeing the empty Bow, NH coal train come back west with BNSF pumpkin power, so I set out to brave the elements and head out for a day of railfanning on the B&M. I never realized how cold it would actually be until I got to the tracks myself. And without a car and relying on public transportation in the form of the MBTA commuter rail getting me home to warm place...it was going to be a long and COLD 8 hours!
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EMDs on the West Leg...
Title:  EMDs on the West Leg...
Description:  Immediately after hopping off the T on arrival, the power for roadfreight ED495 sits on the west leg of the wye at Ayer, waiting to be routed onto the main to be coupled back on their train.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:47:02 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Yard,Station,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  MEC 514(GP40-2LW)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Reversing...
Title:  Reversing...
Description:  highhood GP40 MEC 378 is back on the main, moving west down track 1 enroute to coupling ahead of the ED495.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:51:30 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Station,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 378(GP40)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
ED495 Starts the Pull
Title:  ED495 Starts the Pull
Description:  Back on their train, MEC 514 and two sister GP40s lead roadfreight ED495 east through the Ayer MBTA station, bound for Lowell, and ultimately Nashua, NH. Power for todays ED495 included GP40s MEC 514, 519, and 378 (hi-hood)
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 12:56:49 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 514(GP40-2LW)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
AY-Extra Switcher Coming Back...
Title:  AY-Extra Switcher Coming Back...
Description:  After switching out the automotive yard just east of CPF-AY and the Willows, MEC 307 comes back to the Hill yard on the west leg of the wye at Ayer, enroute to the Hill Yard to build the days container and TOFC for westbound intermodal AYMO. MEC 307 is painted in the new PAR scheme.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:01:52 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Yard,Station,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 307(GP40)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
MBTA 1408
Title:  MBTA 1408
Description:  Fresh with inbound passengers from Fitchburg, Leominster, and now Ayer, MBTA commuter 1408 heads east down the B&M towards its final destination of Bostons North Station.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:07:52 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Signal,Transit,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1116(GP40MC)
Views:  578   Comments: 1
AYMO Getting up to Speed
Title:  AYMO Getting up to Speed
Description:  After being made up in the Hill Yard in Ayer, automotive/intermodal train AYMO heads west as it starts its journey across the B&M system to CPs Mohawk Yard in Glenville, NY.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:12:33 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9345(C40-9W)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
AYMO Blasts the Horn
Title:  AYMO Blasts the Horn
Description:  Getting underway from its departure from Ayer, intermodal/automotive train AYMO heads west through the small town of Shirley, behind 2 runthrough Norfolk Southern C40-9W catfish.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:18:06 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9345(C40-9W)
Views:  342   Comments: 1
MBTA 1410
Title:  MBTA 1410
Description:  Inbound in some of the last rays of the day, MBTA inbound commuter 1410 is coasts through Shirley, ready to stop to pick up a small handful of passengers before continuing on east to North Station, Boston.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:21:24 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1009(F40PH)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
MEC 507 over Center Rd
Title:  MEC 507 over Center Rd
Description:  After the "Lady in the Box" announced a movement of a grand total of 4 axles from the Shirley DED, MEC 507 makes the world a little bit louder as ir slams over the Center Rd grade crossing, enroute to Ayer.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:26:43 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 507(GP40-2LW)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
MBTA 1409 Fitchburg Bound...
Title:  MBTA 1409 Fitchburg Bound...
Description:  As the title implies, MBTA commuter 1409 is almost done with its westward run as it rips around the curve, about to slam over the Center Rd grade crossing in Shirley.
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:35:35 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1116(GP40MC)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
Sunset
Title:  Sunset
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:38:13 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Sunset
Title:  Sunset
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:39:47 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Sunset
Title:  Sunset
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/6/2010  Upload Date: 2/7/2010 1:40:54 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  218   Comments: 0


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