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By:William Sweeney
Dates:1/17/2011 - 9/30/2222
Album Info:Photos taken in Massachusetts
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Rolling east
Title:  Rolling east
Description:  With the commuter about to clear CPF-WL just ahead, the eastbound throttles up.
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/10/2012 11:27:20 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 619(SD40M-2) MEC 600(SD40-3)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
The class unit
Title:  The class unit
Description:  Trailing on a eastbound at Snake Hill Rd.
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/10/2012 11:27:53 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 600(SD40-3) MEC 619(SD40M-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Waiting for permission
Title:  Waiting for permission
Description:  AYMO awaits permission to open up to track two and build the train.
Photo Date:  1/6/2012  Upload Date: 5/10/2012 11:32:57 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9714(C40-9W) NS 6802(SD60M)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  B724 rolls south at Litchfield St.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:32:17 AM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  B724 at Willard St.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:36:05 AM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 2
Rolling South
Title:  Rolling South
Description:  B724 at Pratts Junction Rd.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:42:22 AM
Location:  Sterling, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Rolling South
Title:  Rolling South
Description:  B724's lead ulit has crossed Albright Rd. and is about to cross Pratts Junction Rd.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:43:04 AM
Location:  Sterling, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Rolling South
Title:  Rolling South
Description:  B724 at Sterling Rd.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:44:31 AM
Location:  Lancaster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 1
35 for the road, slower for the train
Title:  35 for the road, slower for the train
Description:  B724 heads away from the Sterling Rd. crossing oo the rickety Fitchburg secondary at a leisurely pace.
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/10/2012 2:44:54 AM
Location:  Lancaster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6240(GP40-2) CSX 6209(GP40-2)
Views:  1016   Comments: 0
Rolling South at dusk
Title:  Rolling South at dusk
Description:  With a old New Haven whistlepost standing guard, B724 rolls over the intersection of South Meadow Rd. and
Photo Date:  1/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 2:45:38 AM
Location:  Lancaster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6209(GP40-2) CSX 6240(GP40-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Doing the slow roll
Title:  Doing the slow roll
Description:  AYMO does a slow roll towards the west.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7480(ES44DC) NS 9730(C40-9W) NS 9209(C40-9W) NS 9370(C40-9W) NS 9026(C40-9W)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
About to stop
Title:  About to stop
Description:  A inbound slows to a stop at Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:15:37 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Old warrior
Title:  Old warrior
Description:  Running out her final miles, battered and beaten but still going, 1=02 stands wroud at Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:16:24 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MBTA 1002(F40PH)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Everyone is stopped
Title:  Everyone is stopped
Description:  The inbound makes the station stop as AYMO waits.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:17:06 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1002(F40PH) BNSF 7480(ES44DC)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Fallen soldiers
Title:  Fallen soldiers
Description:  B{ing replaces as part of the MBTA upgrade of the Fit]hburg line, removed signals await the trip to the scrap heap.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:19:29 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
UInbound
Title:  UInbound
Description:  A inbound departs Ayer as the swn begins to fade.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:20:21 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Shoving hard
Title:  Shoving hard
Description:  1007 shoves inbound as the sun fades away.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:20:56 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Wmlliam Sweeney
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1007(F40PH)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
About to stop
Title:  About to stop
Description:  A inbound rolls into the station.
Photo Date:  1/16/2012  Upload Date: 5/9/2012 12:21:42 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Making the stop at Ayer,MA
Photo Date:  1/19/2012  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 11:42:27 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  267   Comments: 0
Got power?
Title:  Got power?
Description:  AYMO rolls thru Shirley,MA with 6 units!
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/14/2012 12:05:46 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7612(ES40DC) NS 7549(ES40DC) NS 2618(SD70M) NS 9559(C40-9W) NS 9654(C40-9W) NS 2592(SD70M)
Views:  303   Comments: 1
Wow
Title:  Wow
Description:  This auto rack sat somewhere for WAY too long. Seen heading west on AYMO.
Photo Date:  1/28/2012  Upload Date: 2/15/2012 2:09:13 AM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  190   Comments: 2
AYMO at Paterson Rd.
Title:  AYMO at Paterson Rd.
Description:  AYMO gets underway at Paterson Rd. in Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:38:08 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2778(SD70M-2) NS 9117(C40-9W) NS 8427(C40-8W)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Moving cars around
Title:  Moving cars around
Description:  B&M 337 moves some cars to West Main St. siding for later pickup by a westbound road freight.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:43:04 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 337(GP40)
Views:  167   Comments: 1
POSE
Title:  POSE
Description:  POSE rolls onto the east wye to head thru Hill Yard and onto the Worcester main.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:46:15 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 576(AC44CW) CSX 588(AC44CW) MEC 607(SD40-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
LVRC 4135
Title:  LVRC 4135
Description:  Still in the paint of its former owner, this boxcar is bound for Selkirk,NY and points west.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:47:42 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Inbound
Title:  Inbound
Description:  A weekend inbound train makes the station stop at Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:49:57 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1632(UNKNOWN)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Shoving on the rear
Title:  Shoving on the rear
Description:  1002 shoves an inbound out of the station at Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  1/29/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:51:51 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1002(F40PH)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
Q427 gets a crew
Title:  Q427 gets a crew
Description:  After being dropped off by Pan AM, POSE, now Q427 on CSX, gets a crew for the journey to Selkirk,NY.
Photo Date:  1/30/2012  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 11:32:04 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  CSX 991(ES44AC-H) CSX 994(ES44AC-H) MEC 604(SD40-2)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
Shoving inbound
Title:  Shoving inbound
Description:  Former MARC 59, now owned by MPI and on lease to the MBTA, shoves a tr™in towards North Station.
Photo Date:  2/4/2012  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 12:05:15 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 59(GP40WH-2)
Views:  1222   Comments: 1
Rolling South
Title:  Rolling South
Description:  The empty coal train rolls south past the old freight house at Lancaster,MA.
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/6/2012 2:26:04 AM
Location:  Lancaster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Rolling South
Title:  Rolling South
Description:  BOPW rolls thru Clinton,MA
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 9/29/2006 11:17:34 PM
Location:  Clinton, MA
Author:  William Sweeney0
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  BOPW at Wachssett Reservoir.
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 11:22:21 PM
Location:  Boylston, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  645   Comments: 1
POED
Title:  POED
Description:  Rolling west at Wagon Wheel
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 11:27:22 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Wllliam Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 612(SD40M-2) MEC 603(SD40M-2)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
POED
Title:  POED
Description:  After dropping some cars at Ayer, POED rolls west.
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 11:29:27 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author: 
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 612(SD40M-2) MEC 603(SD40M-2)
Views:  0   Comments: 0
Lutbound
Title:  Lutbound
Description:  Rounding the Ÿdnd and about to stop at Shirley,MA.
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 11:31:14 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1132(GP40MC)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
In the station
Title:  In the station
Description:  1515 brings up the rear on a outbound.
Photo Date:  2/11/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 11:35:33 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  William
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Heading west
Title:  Heading west
Description:  AYMO rolls west at Leominster
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:46:40 PM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2634(SD70M) NS 8357(C40-8W) NS 9631(C40-9W)
Views:  120   Comments: 1
P&W empty coal
Title:  P&W empty coal
Description:  A P&W empty coal train waits at New Bond for permission south.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 7:49:20 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
POWER YOU CAN RELY ON
Title:  POWER YOU CAN RELY ON
Description:  A close up of GMTX 9014 at W0rcester,MA.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 7:53:21 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Rusted and beaten
Title:  Rusted and beaten
Description:  Old hopper on the empty P&W coal train at New Bond
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:01:00 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  70   Comments: 0
One more view
Title:  One more view
Description:  P&W coal train with GMTX leasers at New Bond
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:03:52 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
Waiting for a crew
Title:  Waiting for a crew
Description:  Sitting at New Bond waiting for a CSX crew is the former Pan AM POSE, soon to be CSX Q427.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:08:51 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 570(AC44CW)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  1006 brings train 1409 into North Leominster at sunset.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:17:31 PM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1006(F40PH)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
Bringing up the rear
Title:  Bringing up the rear
Description:  1409 departs Leominster for the next and last stop, Fitchburg,MA.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:20:47 PM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 1637(UNKNOWN)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Westbound at sunset
Title:  Westbound at sunset
Description:  The sun is setting fast as the empty Bow coal train rolls west at Leominster,MA.
Photo Date:  2/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 8:25:14 PM
Location:  Leominster, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8428(C40-8W) NS 9908(C40-9W) NS 9319(C40-9W)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Moving some cars
Title:  Moving some cars
Description:  605 moves some cars to the West Main St. siding for later pickup by a westbound road job.
Photo Date:  2/25/2012  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 12:12:47 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 605(SD40-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  BOPW enters the wye to head for Hill yard and the Worcester main.
Photo Date:  2/25/2012  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 12:13:59 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60) PW 3006(B30-7AB)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
Passing the shack
Title:  Passing the shack
Description:  BOPW heads up the wye and past the crumbling shack.
Photo Date:  2/25/2012  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 12:14:40 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9014(SD60) GMTX 9059(SD60)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
CABLESS!
Title:  CABLESS!
Description:  A B unit brings up the rear on BOPW.
Photo Date:  2/25/2012  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 12:15:20 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PW 3006(B30-7AB)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Old warrior
Title:  Old warrior
Description:  The stories this car could tell if it could talk.
Photo Date:  2/25/2012  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 12:16:36 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0


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