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Title: |
Running the way God intended |
Description: |
MEC GP40 #306 working as FI-1 brings a string of tank cars out of Ayer. I love seeing 2nd gen geeps running LHF on Pan Am. |
Photo Date: |
6/12/2020 Upload Date: 5/5/2021 12:34:04 PM |
Location: |
Shirley, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 306(GP40) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #7575 pulls a grainer |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7575 followed by C40-8 #7561 pull a grain train by the Ayer station from Ardent Mills. |
Photo Date: |
6/29/2020 Upload Date: 10/30/2020 10:31:03 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7575(C40-8) MEC 7561(C40-8) |
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290 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pan Am Ayer local |
Description: |
Guilford painted GP40 #316 leads YN2 painted C40-8 #7620 on a Ayer local. |
Photo Date: |
7/9/2020 Upload Date: 7/11/2020 3:59:47 AM |
Location: |
Shirley, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 316(GP40) MEC 7620(C40-8) |
Views: |
237 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
MEC #7528 runs light |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7528 wearing CSX YN2 paint runs light in Ayer to service FBS Tire Recycling. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2020 Upload Date: 7/15/2020 6:54:26 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7528(C40-8) |
Views: |
194 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MEC #7528 services the old Ford Yard |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7528 pulls 10 double-stack well cars from the former Ford yard in Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2020 Upload Date: 11/2/2020 2:13:52 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7528(C40-8) |
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153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #7635 sits at the Willows |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7635 idles near Ardent Mills in the Willows, Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2020 Upload Date: 7/24/2020 9:52:58 PM |
Location: |
Willows, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7635(C40-8) |
Views: |
187 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MEC #7620 leads a manifest |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7620 and Pan Am C40-8 #7605 lead a manifest freight in Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
7/24/2020 Upload Date: 7/24/2020 9:27:29 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7620(C40-8) MEC 7605(C40-8) |
Views: |
194 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MEC #7528 |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7528 leads two cars through Ayer, MA to switch into Ayer Yard |
Photo Date: |
7/27/2020 Upload Date: 7/27/2020 9:36:54 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7528(C40-8) |
Views: |
156 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #604 in the yard |
Description: |
Pan Am SD40-2 #604 runs light through the yard in Ayer, MA. Love seeing the ever rarer EMDs on Pan Ams system as the Dash 8s were aquired. |
Photo Date: |
7/29/2020 Upload Date: 7/30/2020 6:09:13 AM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 604(SD40-2) |
Views: |
214 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #7605 puts a train together |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7605 put a train together on the West Wye in Ayer, MA |
Photo Date: |
7/29/2020 Upload Date: 8/8/2020 6:45:11 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7605(C40-8) |
Views: |
157 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
POAY and AY-1 |
Description: |
POAY came into Ayer with MEC C40-8 #7541 and MEC SD40-2M #3402 as AY-1 was using MEC C40-8 #7605 to shuffle cars in the yard. |
Photo Date: |
7/29/2020 Upload Date: 1/10/2021 11:14:44 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7605(C40-8) MEC 7541(C40-8) MEC 3402(SD40-2) |
Views: |
137 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #7545 sits in Ayer |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7545 rests in Ayer Yard after switching for a few hours. |
Photo Date: |
8/5/2020 Upload Date: 8/5/2020 9:12:22 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7545(C40-8) |
Views: |
251 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AY-1 switches AYPOs train together |
Description: |
The AY-1 crew uses MEC C40-8 #7542 and MEC C40-8W #7898 to switch together the days AYPO before the new crew comes to take the train to Portland |
Photo Date: |
8/11/2020 Upload Date: 8/10/2021 10:00:38 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7898(C40-8W) |
Views: |
110 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #518 heads to the old Ford Yard |
Description: |
MEC GP40-2LW #518 heads to the old Ford Yard in Ayer to service a customer. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2020 Upload Date: 11/2/2020 2:16:37 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 518(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
233 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC #7545 collects cars |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7545 collects a cut of 20 well cars with 20 foot containers in Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2020 Upload Date: 8/14/2020 6:03:44 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7545(C40-8) |
Views: |
227 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
MEC #7609 leaves the yard |
Description: |
Pan Am C40-8 #7609 with a cut of 6 tankers leaves the yard on the east wye to service Catania Spagna in Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2020 Upload Date: 8/14/2020 6:08:03 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7609(C40-8) |
Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Slurry thru the Swamp |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7523 followed by MEC C40-8 #7609 and MEC SD40M-2 #3405 pull a train of Limestone Slurry cars by Ardent Mills and Wagon Wheel Road in the Willows, Ayer, MA. |
Photo Date: |
11/22/2020 Upload Date: 11/22/2020 4:41:15 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7523(C40-8) MEC 7609(C40-8) MEC 3405(SD40M-2) |
Views: |
265 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 3405 at Snake Hill |
Description: |
AY-1 has 3405 to service the former Ford Yard in Ayer. |
Photo Date: |
11/27/2020 Upload Date: 11/27/2020 4:38:11 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 3405(SD40M-2) |
Views: |
214 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AY-1 works Arrowhead Waste |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7622 and MEC C40-8 #7517 pull cuts of cars out of the old Ford yard in the Willows. This crew brought out 35 cars to the yard in Ayer. |
Photo Date: |
12/12/2020 Upload Date: 12/12/2020 4:53:38 PM |
Location: |
Willows, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7622(C40-8) MEC 7517(C40-8) |
Views: |
142 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EDPO leaves Ayer |
Description: |
EDPO, led by MEC C40-8 #7622 followed by MEC C40-8 #7635 and MEC B20-8 #5976 leave Ayer after dropping 25 empties on the camp track, by Molumco Industrial Park. |
Photo Date: |
12/29/2020 Upload Date: 12/29/2020 3:21:35 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7622(C40-8) MEC 7635(C40-8) MEC 5976(B20-8) |
Views: |
180 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EDPO |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7622 leads C40-8 #7635 and B20-8 #5976 at Forge Village, MA. |
Photo Date: |
12/29/2020 Upload Date: 12/29/2020 2:14:51 PM |
Location: |
Forge Village, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7622(C40-8) MEC 7635(C40-8) MEC 5976(B20-8) |
Views: |
425 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 7727 |
Description: |
MEC C40-8W #7727 pulls through Ayer Station. |
Photo Date: |
12/29/2020 Upload Date: 12/29/2020 3:18:49 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7727(C40-8W) |
Views: |
108 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AYPO in the Willows |
Description: |
AYPO came through the Willows with MEC C40-8 #7585 and MEC C40-8 #7594. |
Photo Date: |
1/8/2021 Upload Date: 1/8/2021 3:38:21 PM |
Location: |
Willows, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7585(C40-8) MEC 7594(C40-8) |
Views: |
120 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
#7585 leads AYPO through Westford |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7585, along with MEC C40-8 #7594, through Depot Rd. in Westford, MA. They had 90 cars in tow. |
Photo Date: |
1/8/2021 Upload Date: 8/6/2021 8:20:12 PM |
Location: |
Westford, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter,Yard,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7585(C40-8) MEC 7594(C40-8) |
Views: |
102 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 7622 |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7622 was switching Ayer all morning, seen here on the west wye backing down ~20 cars. |
Photo Date: |
1/8/2021 Upload Date: 1/8/2021 3:40:04 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7622(C40-8) |
Views: |
104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EDPO in Ayer |
Description: |
EDPO led by MEC C40-8 #7595 with MEC C40-8W #7797 and MEC C40-8 #7605, dropped ~40-50 cars in Ayer before continuing towards Portland. |
Photo Date: |
1/8/2021 Upload Date: 1/8/2021 3:43:47 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7595(C40-8) MEC 7797(C40-8W) MEC 7605(C40-8) |
Views: |
205 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AYPO leaves Ayer |
Description: |
AYPO with MEC C40-8 #7609 leads MEC C40-8 #7523 along the East Wye in Ayer, where they begine their journey onto Portland. |
Photo Date: |
2/15/2021 Upload Date: 8/10/2021 9:50:28 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7609(C40-8) MEC 7523(C40-8) |
Views: |
94 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
C40-8 #7609 pulls AYPO through Westford. |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7609 and MEC C40-8 #7523 pull Pan Am AYPO through Westford, MA. |
Photo Date: |
2/15/2021 Upload Date: 2/15/2021 1:05:10 PM |
Location: |
Westford, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7609(C40-8) MEC 7523(C40-8) |
Views: |
150 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 7595 |
Description: |
MEC C40-8 #7595 was used by AY-1 to bring 6 tankers of veggie oil to Catania Spagna in Ayer. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2021 Upload Date: 6/17/2021 9:40:12 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7595(C40-8) |
Views: |
101 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 5956 and MEC 5966 in the EDY Pit |
Description: |
Pan Am B40-8s #5956 and #5966 sit at the top of the Pit at East Deerfield Yard. |
Photo Date: |
7/11/2021 Upload Date: 8/10/2021 9:42:00 PM |
Location: |
East Deerfield, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Track |
Locomotives: |
MEC 5956(B40-8) MEC 5966(B40-8) |
Views: |
169 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AY-X crosses Willows Rd |
Description: |
AY-X picked up MEC C40-8W #7875, NS SD70ACe #1139, NS 9-44CW #9515, and MEC C40-8 #7627 from SanVel in the Willows, Ayer, MA. AY-4 used them to switch out Sanvel earlier in the day after switching in racks from ED-8 and 22K. |
Photo Date: |
7/23/2021 Upload Date: 7/23/2021 10:30:22 PM |
Location: |
Willows, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7875(C40-8W) NS 1139(SD70ACe) NS 9515(C44-9W) MEC 7627(C40-8) |
Views: |
235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EDPO at Sandy Pond Rd |
Description: |
EDPO had 4 units in the consist, using 3 for power. MEC C40-8 #7534 led MEC C40-8 #7535 and MEC SD40M-2 #619. MEC GP40-2LW #516 is trailing behind. EDPO had 129 cars, including many Ciment Quebec hoppers, as well as quite a bit of Limestone slurry. |
Photo Date: |
8/9/2021 Upload Date: 8/9/2021 4:42:06 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 7534(C40-8) MEC 7535(C40-8) MEC 619(SD40M-2) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
130 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
AY-1 through Ayer Station |
Description: |
AY-1 used MEC B40-8 #5972 to swap 4 loaded jumbo covered hoppers for 2 empties. |
Photo Date: |
8/9/2021 Upload Date: 8/9/2021 4:44:06 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 5972(B40-8) |
Views: |
137 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Q427 heads south |
Description: |
Q427 lead by CSX CW44AC #484 with CSX ES44AH #3020 trailing heads south down the Worcester Main in Harvard, MA. Q427 looked to be ~130 cars in length with 50 empty P&W Limestone hoppers on the tail. Q426 left Worcester late, then canned the train at Depot Rd in Harvard before turning the train over to the LA-11 crew. LA-11 took 3020 and 484 north where it swapped consists with Q427s power (7609, 7575, and 7595) and then brought the Q427 consist south. With 7609, 7575, and 7595 taking Q426/AYPO north. |
Photo Date: |
1/16/2022 Upload Date: 1/16/2022 4:18:33 PM |
Location: |
Harvard, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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39 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Grain Train at Ardent Mills |
Description: |
UP origin grain has arrived at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. The Pan Am crew has been inching forwards at the mill for ~3 hours by this point. The crew has MEC C40-8 #7523, MEC C40-8W #7655, and MEC C40-8 #7541 for power. |
Photo Date: |
5/30/2022 Upload Date: 6/9/2022 5:48:48 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
38 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EDPO romps through Littleton |
Description: |
Pan Am train EDPO passes Gilson Rd in Littleton, MA. That day, they had MEC B40-8 #5958, MEC B40-8 #5956, MEC C40-8 #7541, MEC GP40-2LW #518, and MEC GP40-2LW #515 for power. There were ~90 cars in tow with a nuclear waste car 1st. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2022 Upload Date: 7/22/2022 2:20:57 PM |
Location: |
Littleton, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 5958(B40-8) MEC 5956(B40-8) MEC 7541(C40-8) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 515(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MEC 5948 on FI-1 |
Description: |
FI-1 had MEC B40-8 #5948 for power. After being caught between 22K backing into the yard and commuter traffic, FI-1 was able to take 10 double stacks and shove them to the old Ford yard. |
Photo Date: |
7/15/2022 Upload Date: 7/22/2022 2:11:05 PM |
Location: |
Ayer, MA |
Author: |
Will Murphy |
Categories: |
Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
MEC 5948(B40-8) |
Views: |
63 Comments: 0 |
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