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By:Mike Antal
Dates:1/11/2010 - 1/11/2010
Album Info:Since I got driven home for winter break this time around versus normally ridgng Amtrak back down the Corridor, so me and my dad decided to get off I-84 a few exits early and make a stop to railfan Palmer on the way back to Boston.
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B740-11
Title:  B740-11
Description:  CSX local B740 switches the yard at Palmer as it momentarily parks itself under Main St.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:13:33 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CSX 6238(GP40-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
B740-11 Gets the Green
Title:  B740-11 Gets the Green
Description:  After finishing up switching the various cuts of cars in the yard at Palmer, local B740 gets the high green west at CP-83 as it heads back to West Springfield past the Steaming Tender Restaurant.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:29:27 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6238(GP40-2)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
AMTK 449 BOOKIN IT
Title:  AMTK 449 BOOKIN IT
Description:  The Boston section of the westbound Lake Shore Limited, Amtrak 449 streaks through the white stuff as it quickly makes its way through Palmer, knocking down the green at CP-83.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:34:25 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 14(P42DC)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
MASS Central In the Picture...
Title:  MASS Central In the Picture...
Description:  A MASS Central trains comes into view as it approaches the CSX tracks at Palmer with a GP20 in charge.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:38:38 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MCER 960(GP20)
Views:  305   Comments: 2
Stopped...
Title:  Stopped...
Description:  A MASS Central train holds as it prepares to enter the CSX Interchange at CP-83 in Palmer.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:48:36 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives:  MCER 960(GP20)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Amtrak 57 Takes the Switch
Title:  Amtrak 57 Takes the Switch
Description:  Amtrak 57, the southbound Vermonter, heads onto the CSX tracks while coming off the NECR/MCER tracks at Palmer at CSXs CP-83. Here the train will turn and head south to Springfield, then down the Connecticut River on the Spingfield Line to New Haven, CT, and points south on the Northeast Corridor.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:46:05 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 108(P42DC)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
Q437-11 on the Approach...
Title:  Q437-11 on the Approach...
Description:  Framingham roadfreight Q437 slowly rolls into view under Main St as it slows for its stop indication at CP-83.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:52:22 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5453(ES44DC)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
The RACE
Title:  The RACE
Description:  Although both "tortoises", CSX freight Q437 from Framingham slowly follows on the main alongside Amtrak 57, the southbound Vermonter, as it notches out of the siding bound for Springfield.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:55:50 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Yard,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 108(P42DC) CSX 5453(ES44DC)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
Q437-11 Back on Track
Title:  Q437-11 Back on Track
Description:  A very short while after the Vermonter cleared, Framingham roadfreight Q437 takes the signal and pulls out of CP-83 behind a pair of GEVOs (what ELSE is new!)
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 1:58:11 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5453(ES44DC)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
Putting the "Steam" in Steaming Tender
Title:  Putting the "Steam" in Steaming Tender
Description:  On display in the parking lot of Palmers Steaming Tender Restaurant is most appropriate, a STEAMER!
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:09:12 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Would You Know its 2010?
Title:  Would You Know its 2010?
Description:  Not by this picture. Here is a collage of the outdoor dining facilities offered at the Steaming Tender Restaurant. From this point of view, it is VERY clear that the building used to be the old Palmer RR station.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:13:15 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Q422-11 Pounding the Iron
Title:  Q422-11 Pounding the Iron
Description:  Selkirk to Worcester roadfreight Q422 pounds the NECR diamond at Palmer in last rays as it takes the siding at CP-83 to set off a few cars in the yard at Palmer. Once underway again, this train would make a fast journey east, bound for the P&W.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:01:20 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Amtrak 56 with "Diamonds"
Title:  Amtrak 56 with "Diamonds"
Description:  Amtrak 56, the northbound Vermonter, pulls eastbound into CP-83 over the diamond fresh from Springfield as it prepares to make a few switches to the NECR tracks for its journey north.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:04:41 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Transit,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 101(P42DC)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
Amtrak 56 After Dusk
Title:  Amtrak 56 After Dusk
Description:  The tail end of Amtraks northbound Vermonter inches down the siding track at CP-83 as the train prepares to pull onto the NECR tracks and head north towards its namesake state or Vermont.
Photo Date:  1/11/2010  Upload Date: 1/13/2010 2:15:56 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Mike Antal
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  241   Comments: 1


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