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A Fun but FRIGID Day of Railfanning on Pan Am District 3

2,236 views · Published 18 February 2010 · 10:34 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: AliceInChains243 · 2010 · Entertainment

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2/6/10: With the SuperBowl and a New Orleans Saints victory just a day away, I had to get at least ONE collegefanning session in before starting the next week. And when a "20G" lashup (CR/BNSF/BNSF) went east the day before on an NS loaded drag, you KNOW where I was the next day! You guessed it, the B&M.

I decided to start the day by taking the first MBTA Fitchburg Line commuter out to Ayer, where I would fan the immediate area for about 3 hours or so before catching the next outbound, and spend the rest of the day trackside at Shirley, the next town over on B&M District 3. Whether I would get the power or not was still up in the air. I mean come on, it's GUILFORD we're talking about here! :P

Even with 7 layers of clothing on, the day proved to be two things: Bitter and COLD. When it's 20 degrees out and the wind is blowing, it really doesn't matter HOW many layer of clothes you decide to put on that morning, you're gonna freeze if you (like ME), don't have a car of your own to sit in with the heat blasting while waiting between trains. In the end, the "lashup of the decade" tied down their bucket train in Lowell early on in the day, and then cut off and took the 495ED west, which must have cleared the Willows no more than 5 minutes after my commuter train home cleared the same spot. GRRR!!! Nonetheless, it was a fun, but EXTREMELY COLD day on Pan Am Southern District 3. Enjoy.

AY-Extra
GP40 MEC #307

ED495 (with 14 Nashua loads today)
GP40-2LW MEC #514
GP40-2LW MEC #519
GP40 #378 (high-hood)

MBTA 1408
GP40MC #1116

AYMO
NS C40-9W #9345
NS C40-9W #9043

MBTA 1409
GP40MC #1116

MEC #507 (light to Ayer)

Pan Am Southern - District 3
Ayer / Shirley, Massachusetts

"Lonely Train"
Black Stone Cherry
Self-Titled (2006)

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