Well. We got another visitor recently. Instead of maybe one UP or BNSF unit, we got a solid UP lashup of two AC4400CWs, and a UP SD70M. My pictures didn't come out all that great because of the high, and intense sun. But here they are anyway.

Coming across the bridge through town.



The lead two AC4400CWs



And the trailing SD70M, complete with Flared Radiators!



thanks for looking!

Still nice pictures for the lighting conditions Tom, not to mention a split second decision on when to shoot. What kind of traffic to you see there daily?

Thanks, Kevin. But trains aren't daily. More like weekly. The line is not it's former, mainline self anymore. Today there's just the coal trains that run to PSNH, about 5 miles north of this location. There's also the shortline, New England Southern (NEGS), that serves a handful of industries including Ciment Quebec (that's how it's spelt), Blue Seals Feed and Seed, John Steinbeck and Sons furniture company, a scrap metal dealer, and a fertilizer dealer. Coal trains run on average once a week. Loads come up one day, and leave empty the next, or the day after. Sometimes they don't run for two weeks, sometimes we get up to three depending on the time of the year. Trainsrun most frequently between September and late November, and March through May. New England Southern runs on an as-needed-basis, but usually once a week. Again, it runs hot and cold. Back in it's heyday, this line, (former Boston and Maine White Mountain Division) saw about 30 trains a day, including some such as #1 (B&Ms express mail from Montreal to Boston), and the Flying Yankee, and was double tracked. The original 1925 Erie Rolled rails are still down, some of the ties date back to 1916 (reading datenails), the ballast is about 6 inches deep (surprising considering the coal trains...), and the joints are about an inch lower than the middle of the rail... Coal trains are restricted to 10mph from Nashua to Bow, a distance of about 40 miles by rail... But none the less, it's still something to watch. Oh, the line is now operated by Guilford Rail System, (AKA: Pan American Rail Corp.) Most of the coal trains, and subsequently run-through power comes from NS, although some trains come from the Providence and Worcester railroad, with over-seas coal.. okay, you got me going about the line, but that pretty much covers the basics