Another in a series of cab ride videos taken over the B&A as a trainman. The action is centered on Palmer, Massachusetts. Palmer is the junction of Conrail with the Central Vermont and Mass Central.

Take a series of cab rides with Conrail trainman Gary Gurske over the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts.

After Boston and Albany freight and passenger trains quit running the rails, it was time for New York Central trains and then Penn Central trains to ply the former B&A tracks. And then came Conrail Blue.

See copper mining operations and the railroads associated with them from inside the operation. Volume 1.

There were a lot of great places along the Pennsylvania Railroad’s four track main over the Allegheny spine to watch and photograph trains. One of the best of those railfan locations is between downtown Altoona, (ALTO Tower) and famous Horseshoe Curve.

Two great railroads bisected the city of Berea, OH. To the north was the New York Central’s water level route and to the south was the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, the Big 4. They interchanged here under the control of Berea Tower.

With a Minuteman as its longtime corporate symbol, the Boston & Maine was the quintessential New England railroad. Ride the head end of “The Minuteman” from South Acton to the bumping post in North Station.

Amtrak’s shops at Beech Grove is the destination for a lot of equipment needing of heavy repair or major maintenance.

The Boston & Albany line was one of the first successful lines in the country – and its tracks still host trains today. The B&A was eventually absorbed into the New York Central.

Boston and Albany tracks still see freight trains today – but now those trains say CSX on the side. Before CSX, before Conrail, there was Penn Central.

When the railroad-building craze hit the US in the 1830’s, the political and commercial interests in Boston sought to access the vast market potential in the burgeoning west. A rail charter was granted to build a line west from Boston to the New York line.

When the Burlington Northern spun off its ex-Frisco line from Monett, Missouri to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad was born. Much to the delight of the railfan community, they developed an all-ALCo locomotive roster. See it then, and now – with more than ALCo’s on the roster.