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Pan AM Southern intermodal train 23K heads West out of Ayer passing through Shirley with the DC to AC conversion locomotive #4002 on point. The red mane indicated that the unit was rebuilt in the Roanoke, VA shops, 5-12-17.
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Pan AM Southern intermodal train 23K heads West out of Ayer passing through Shirley with the DC to AC conversion locomotive #4002 on point. The red mane indicated that the unit was rebuilt in the Roanoke, VA shops, 5-12-17.

  • Pan AM Railways Local LA-1 departs Praxair in Tewksbury with four empty cars headed back to Lawrence, 3-6-19.
  • Pan AM Railways local train BO-1 sets cars off in the "Coke Works" in Everett. The name of the industrial spur dates back to the days of the New England Gas and Coke Company that occupied the area, 2-26-19.
  • Pan AM Railways local train BO-1 throttles down through Chelsea, about to set cars off at the "Coke Works." This area was once known as the "Rag District." of the city. At one time it was cluttered with junk shops and scrap yards. This area was the origin of the 1973 conflagration that almost burned the city down. With a little imagination, one can picture the days of the old Boston & Maine, classic blue Geeps and an old New England warehouse, built in 1880. This area was once very busy with Boston & Maine freight trains switching out the industrial spurs. Now, just one local freight passes here a couple times a week, 2-26-19.
  • Pan AM Railways local train BO-1 throttles down through Chelsea, about to set cars off at the "Coke Works.". The train has just passed the station, nestled just outside the congested downtown area of the small, but busy Massachusetts city. Once a busy Boston & Maine line, this route only sees a handful of local freight trains a week, 2-26-19.
  • PAN-AM OCS at Wilmington Center, 9-24-18.
  • PAN-AM OCS on the Western Route with a classic American LaFrance fire engine, 9-23-18.
  • Pan Am Railways train EDPO at Lawrence, 3-24-18.
  • Pan AM Southern intermodal train 23K heads West out of Ayer passing through Fitchburg with the DC to AC conversion locomotive #4002 on point. The red mane indicated that the unit was rebuilt in the Roanoke, VA shops, 5-12-17.
  • Pan AM Southern intermodal train 23K heads West out of Ayer passing through Shirley with the DC to AC conversion locomotive #4002 on point. The red mane indicated that the unit was rebuilt in the Roanoke, VA shops, 5-12-17.
  • Pan AM Southern intermodal train 23K heads West out of Ayer passing through Shirley with the DC to AC conversion locomotive #4002 on point. The red mane indicated that the unit was rebuilt in the Roanoke, VA shops, 5-12-17.
  • Pan AM Southern Train 287 passes Shirley, MA 3-4-17.
  • Pan AM Southern Train 287 in Ayer, MA, 3-4-17.
  • “Smoke Em if You Got Em” Pan AM train SALO pulls hard over the former Boston & Maine "Draw 7" as an MBTA commuter rail train is headed outbound on the opposing track. The 28 loads are working the old EMDs hard as evident from the smoke show produced. The gondola cars contain contaminated dirt from the Wynn Casino site. The casino is being built on the site of the former Monsanto Chemical Company. The dirt will be eventually headed West to be processed and cleaned after a holdover in Lowell, 2-22-17.
  • Dirty Dirt in Dirty Boston
  • Pan AM train LOSA pulls up to the switch to enter the former Boston & Maine "Yard 8" with 28 empty gondolas bound for the Wynn Casino project in Everett, 2-22-17.
  • Pan AM Railways LOSA highballs South through Winchester Center splitting the old Boston & Maine searchlight signals just North of the Station. The train has 28 empty gondolas bound for the Wynn Casino construction project in Everett, 2-21-17.
  • Pan AM Railways LOSA highballs South through Winchester Center splitting the old Boston & Maine searchlight signals just North of the Station. The train has 28 empty gondolas bound for the Wynn Casino construction project in Everett, 2-21-17.
  • The Downeaster splits the signals at Winchester as it cruises through the station at track speed headed from Brunswick, Maine to Boston, 2-21-17.
  • Pan AM Southern Train 23K highballs through Wachusett with 3 GE locomotives and a 290 axle intermodal train. The train left Ayer just after 1300 and will head to Mechanicsville, NY to make a crew change before heading West to Chicago., 2-20-17.
  • Pan AM Southern Train 23K highballs through Shirley with 3 GE locomotives and a 290 axle intermodal train. The train left Ayer just after 1300 and will head to Mechanicsville, NY to make a crew change before heading West to Chicago, 2-20-17.
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