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Pan Am Railways extra freight using the symbol ED-9 is seen tied down at North Chelmsford. The train has been running on Saturdays between Lowell and East Deerfield picking various cars as needed, 6-13-20.
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Pan Am Railways extra freight using the symbol ED-9 is seen tied down at North Chelmsford. The train has been running on Saturdays between Lowell and East Deerfield picking various cars as needed, 6-13-20.

  • POED is seen heading through Westford with the East Deerfield cut of cars. The Ayer cars were bought directly to the yard with 2 of the engines The crew then ran the engines back light to NC to pick up the third engine and the East Deerfield cars. This complicated move is not standard practice but there was concern as to whether the larger then normal train would fit in the usual siding where cars are set off, 6-18-20.
  • POED is seen departing North Chelmsford with the East Deerfield cut of cars. The Ayer cars were bought directly to the yard with 2 of the engines The crew then ran the engines back light to NC to pick up the third engine and the East Deerfield cars. This complicated move is not standard practice but there was concern as to whether the larger then normal train would fit in the usual siding where cars are set off, 6-18-20.
  • POED is seen departing North Chelmsford with the East Deerfield cut of cars. The Ayer cars were bought directly to the yard with 2 of the engines The crew then ran the engines back light to NC to pick up the third engine and the East Deerfield cars. This complicated move is not standard practice but there was concern as to whether the larger then normal train would fit in the usual siding where cars are set off, 6-18-20.
  • POED is seen departing North Chelmsford with the East Deerfield cut of cars. The Ayer cars were bought directly to the yard with 2 of the engines The crew then ran the engines back light to NC to pick up the third engine and the East Deerfield cars. This complicated move is not standard practice but there was concern as to whether the larger then normal train would fit in the usual siding where cars are set off, 6-18-20.
  • Another beautiful morning, another perfectly lit BO-1 heading for Rousselot in Peabody with six loads. Although this spot along Chelsea Creek requires some effort (and a good pair of boots) to access, it yields some nice photo ops with the short trestle and remains of the Forbes Industrial Park in the background. This twice a week job is the only freight train left on the old Boston & Maine Eastern Route, 6-18-20.
  • Pan Am Boston local BO-1 has just pulled 6 loads out of the Coke Works in Everett. They are seen pulling up to Draw 7 crossing the Mystic River to run around their train then head East to Salem where they will proceed down the branch line to Rousselot in Peabody, 6-18-20.
  • Pan Am Boston local BO-1 has just pulled 6 loads out of the Coke Works in Everett. They are seen pulling up to Draw 7 crossing the Mystic River to run around their train then head East to Salem where they will proceed down the branch line to Rousselot in Peabody, 6-18-20.
  • Pan Am Railways extra freight using the symbol ED-9 is seen tied down at North Chelmsford. The train has been running on Saturdays between Lowell and East Deerfield picking various cars as needed, 6-13-20.
  • Pan Am Railways local BO-1 (Boston) is seen leaving the docks in Everett, Ma. The crew has just delivered loads that they just shoved in for the Ciment Quebec dockside distribution facility. They then switched out the empty cars and are now seen leaving the docks. Typically this job serves this facility three times a week. Also on this lead is the Schnitzer scrap metal facility, 6-8-20.
  • Pan Am Railways local BO-1 (Boston) is seen working the docks in Everett, Ma. The crew is delivering loads they just shoved in for the Ciment Quebec dockside distribution facility. They will then switch out the empty cars. Typically this job serves this facility three times a week. Also on this lead is the Schnitzer scrap metal facility, 6-8-20.
  • Pan Am Railways local BO-1 (Boston) is seen working the docks in Everett, Ma. The crew is delivering loads they just shoved in for the Ciment Quebec dockside distribution facility. They will then switch out the empty cars. Typically this job serves this facility three times a week. Also on this lead is the Schnitzer scrap metal facility, 6-8-20.
  • Pan Am Railways local BO-1 (Boston) is seen working the docks in Everett, Ma. The crew is delivering seven loads they just shoved in for the Ciment Quebec dockside distribution facility. They will then switch out seven empty cars. Typically this job serves this facility three times a week. Also on this lead is the Schnitzer scrap metal facility. The red white and blue unit to the left is a cabless switcher that the Ciment Quebec crews use to move cars around their spurs. Crews use a small control stand on the side of the unit to operate it. The photo is taken across the Island River from the Mary O'Malley Park in Chelsea, 6-1-20.
  • POED is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch on a beautiful Spring afternoon, 5-30-20.
  • POED is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch on a beautiful Spring afternoon, 5-30-20.
  • Pan Am Southern intermodal 23k (Ayer, MA to Chicago, IL) is seen passing "The Shirley Building" with the Monongahela heritage unit trailing. The lead unit is flying the American flags for Memorial Day, 5-24-20.
  • Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen setting off cars for Ayer at the siding at CPF-309 in Westford, 5-24-20.
  • Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch, 5-24-20.
  • Pan Am Railways office car special is seen coming off the wye in North Chelmsford passing "The Mill." The sleeper car which is the first car behind the locomotives has recently been painted from its former CSX blue to match the rest of the consist. The train is headed for Westford with several VIPs, 5-20-20.
  • Pan Am Railways office car special is seen splitting the signals at CPF-WA (Western Ave) in Lowell. The sleeper car which is the first car behind the locomotives has recently been painted from its former CSX blue to match the rest of the consist. The train is headed for Westford with several VIPs, 5-20-20.
  • Pan Am Railways office car special is seen passing CPF-297 in Tewksbury. The sleeper car which is the first car behind the locomotives has recently been painted from its former CSX blue to match the rest of the consist. The train is headed for Westford with several VIPs, 5-20-20.
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