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Pan Am Lawrence local LA-1 is seen approaching Ballardvale Station with a GP40-2WL on each end of the train after switching Praxiar in Tewksbury, 2-3-21.
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Pan Am Lawrence local LA-1 is seen approaching Ballardvale Station with a GP40-2WL on each end of the train after switching Praxiar in Tewksbury, 2-3-21.

  • The power for Pan Am train AYPO is seen passing the old Lawrence passenger station. The crew is headed to pick up two additional locomotives and a cut of cars for Portland. The crew will then shove that cut back to their train and continue East, 3-27-21.
  • Holt & Bugbee, manufacturers of custom millwork and flooring has been in business since 1825. The Tewksbury facility, which was opened in 1994 lies next to the Pan Am freight main. Although there is a siding it is rarely if ever used and looks to be in a state of disrepair. The competition in the foreground seems to have won this battle. Ayer to Portland freight AYPO is seen cruising by the facility about to cross Shawsheen Street, 3-27-21.
  • Pan Am Ayer to Portland freight AYPO is seen at the MP 294 signals crossing North Street in Tewksbury, 3-27-21.
  • Ayer to Portland road freight AYPO is seen crossing the Concord River in Lowell, 3-27-21.
  • Pan Am Ayer to Portland freight AYPO is seen knocking down the signals at CPF-LO and about to pass under Middlesex Street in Lowell, 3-27-21.
  • Pan Am Ayer to Portland freight AYPO is seen splitting the Boston & Maine searchlight signals in North Chelmsford at CPF-NC on a beautiful early Spring Saturday morning, 3-27-21.
  • Pan Am freight POAY is seen at Power Company Road in Tewksbury as the sun is just about to drop below the horizon. The train is about to get a live re-crew just ahead at CPF-297, 3-22-21.
  • Pan Am Portland to Ayer freight POAY is seen splitting the signals at BW 29 in North Andover with a matching blue lashup, 3-22-21.
  • Pan Am Local LA-1 is seen in Lowell with a single MBTA commuter rail coach. The coach was likely on the return from being repaired after being dropped off by a road freight, 3-3-21.
  • Pan Am train AYPO is seen crossing over tracks after coming off Lowell Junction en route from Ayer to Portland, 2-7-21.
  • Pan Am Ayer to Portland road freight AYPO is seen knocking down the distant signal at MP 294.8 in Tewksbury during another New England Winter storm, 2-7-21.
  • Pan Am Lawrence local LA-1 is seen approaching Ballardvale Station with a GP40-2WL on each end of the train after switching Praxiar in Tewksbury, 2-3-21.
  • Pan Am Lawrence local LA-1 is seen approaching Lowell Junction with a GP40-2WL on each end of the train after switching Praxiar in Tewksbury, 2-3-21.
  • Pan Am Lawrence local LA-1 is seen approaching Lowell Junction with a GP40-2WL on each end of the train after switching Praxiar in Tewksbury, 2-3-21.
  • Lawrence-based local LA-3 is seen picking up an empty spine car as they work customers inside "The Shops." This area, known formally as Iron Horse Park is the site of Pan Am Railway's headquarters. The large brick building to the right was the Boston & Maine Billerica Shops where the B&M performed heavy repairs on its locomotive fleet as far back as the steam era. Today the structure is in major disrepair. The railroad still services a handful of customers inside the complex, most often switched by the Sunday-Thursday LA-3 job, 1-31-21.
  • On a frigid January morning, Pan Am EDPO is seen passing the signals at CPF-GL in Fitchburg. The suspension bridge that carries Fifth Street over the tracks and the North Nashua River has a likeness to the Zakim Bridge in Boston, 1-30-21.
  • On a frigid January morning, Pan Am EDPO is seen passing the signals at CPF-GL in Fitchburg. The suspension bridge that carries Fifth Street over the tracks and the North Nashua River has a likeness to the Zakim Bridge in Boston, 1-30-21.
  • Pan Am LA-1 is seen testing the ACSES PTC system on a pair of NS SD60Es. Norfolk Southern equipped a number of these units in order to run intermodal trains into Ayer on Pan Am Southern over commuter rail territory. The units have been testing in the area and are seen passing through Wilmington on a dank, December day, 12-30-20.
  • BO-1 is seen headed over Chelsea Creek headed for Peabody with loaded hoppers for Rousselot, 12-29-20.
  • Pan Am road freight POAY is seen passing Holt & Bugbee Company just after crossing Shawsheen Street in Tewksbury as the Winter light is fading fast, 12-27-20.
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