Earlier this year word spread that the Rousselot Plant in. Peabody, MA would be closing by the end of 2023. The gelatin plant located on the South Reading Industrial Track is the last freight cust... (more)
BO-1 MEC 507 heads East through Brickyard Interlocking in downtown Lynn, MA with 5 loads for Rousselot in tow. The runaround here was last used to service U.S. Plastics (behind me) and is sometime... (more)
On a cold Winter morning, BO-1 passes Westbound through Brickyard Interlocking on the MBTA's Eastern Route Mainline in Lynn, MA with 8 empties from Rousselot in tow. This interlocking was installe... (more)
MEC GP40-2L 507, recently repainted into Guilford Rail System colors, and train BO-1 races along the former B&M Eastern Route at Brickyard Interlocking in Lynn, MA on their return trip to Boston f... (more)
BO-1 heads East with 8 loads for Peabody, crossing over Saugus Draw which spans the Saugus River in West Lynn, MA. Built by the Boston & Maine in 1911, the single-leaf Strauss overhead counterweig... (more)
A Boston & Maine GP7 that has been drafted into MBTA commuter service leads a Rockport-Boston train of depowered RDCs past the boarded-up tower in Lynn, MA, on its way to North Station.
After switching Rousselot in Peabody, MA, BO-1 hustles Westbound through Central Square in Downtown Lynn, MA on their return trip to Boston. Twice a week, this local services the last remaining cu... (more)
In 1911, the Boston & Maine replaced an ailing wooden trestle, which was built in the mid-1800s by the Eastern Railroad, with this current drawbridge. Next year, the MBTA plans on putting out a re... (more)
Boston based local BO-1 heads East through downtown Lynn with 7 loads for Rousselot in Peabody, MA
Pan Am train BO-1 passes through Brickyard Interlocking in Lynn, MA with MEC 381 and 345 in sweet afternoon light. The train is returning to Boston after working Rousselot in Peabody.
Taken from the MBTA parking garage, BO-1 hurries through Downtown Lynn with five empties from Rousselot in tow. A couple days a week, this local services the only two remaining customers on the No... (more)