A Day in East Deerfield, MA.

[Guilford343]

Well, two days ago, my dad and I went down to the train yard in East Deerfield, MA. There was LOTS of Guilford, and two CP Rail SD40's. I saw a GRS GP40 High Hood, GRS GP40 Low Hoods, GRS GP9's, and GRS GP40-2W's, plus the two CP Rail SD40's. The engineers were very nice.

Looking down the tracks.

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Zoomed in some more.

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Looking down the other way.

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GRS #379 with some cars.

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Taken from the railfan bridge. GRS #353 is seen idling in the yard. Shot taken from the "railfan bridge".

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An old caboose can be seen from the railfan bridge.

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The East Deerfield Locomotive Maintnece Facility Sign. There was a GP40-2W just outside the Maintnece Facility. Next to the sign was a turntable.

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GRS #379 sitting with it's cars.

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A side shot of GRS #353.

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The GP40-2W that was sitting outside the Maintnece Facility can be seen in this picture. The door is open.

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Some strange towers next to the Maintnence Facility.

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My dad was asking a yard worker if anything besides Guilford came into the yard when this bad boy pulled into the yard. There were 3 GRS units on this train, and 2 CP Rail units. Here is one of the CP Rail units.

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The other CP Rail Unit.

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It was only going about 5 Miles Per Hour, so my dad and I went up to the railfan bridge. I got this shot of the freight train.

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Then my dad and I went back to where I got my first pictures, and caught the front of the freight train again. The engineer was very nice. He gave me a nice friendly wave, and my dad and I waved back.

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This is big for me since all that I usually see is Guilford and Amtrak Downeaster. :P

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Looking at the back of the second CP Rail Unit.

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The last GRS Unit of the 3 GRS Units on the train. The unit was GRS #379.

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The second CP Rail Unit.

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My dad and I found a Morristown and Erie Passenger Car in the yard. We were not supposed to be here, so I quickly got the shot.

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Some MOW Vehicles were off to do some work.

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The 3 GRS Units and the two CP Rail Units coupled of of there freight, and were trying to get to the parking space in the yard.

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Closer.

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The 3 GRS Units.

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The units were pulling off the mainline.

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They then stopped moving and waited for GRS #353 to do some moves.

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GRS #353 is trying to get the back of the train past the switch so that it can back up and get onto a different track.

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Backing up.

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The 3 GRS Units and 2 CP Rail units are once again seen on the track next to the mainline.

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Backing out onto the mainline once again.

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A shot of GRS #351.

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A shot of the first CP Rail Unit.

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The 3 GRS Units and the two CP Rail Units are seen sitting in the yard, parked.

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Another shot of the parked units.

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My dad and I found an old building.

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Here is a shot of part of the yard. This is the last shot.

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I hope that you all enjoyed the shots! :)
Thanks for looking! :)

[jay611]

Nice shots. Be careful large yards like this... very easy to get into a bad spot at a bad time.

Jason Underwood
Newport News, Virginia
CSX Peninsula Sub MP.16
jay611@cox.net

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[Guilford343]

Thanks. Yes, certainly. Especially when there is switching going on. And trains seem to have their ways of sneaking up on you without you hearing it until it is too late.

[inflammable]

The strange towers would be the locomotive sanding towers, there is a nice one in the File library, that you could reskin to those if you were to want to.

The old, 'lost', building is probably the former yard tower.

James

[jac_murphy]

I think what me meant was that if a railroad police officer spots you if you happen to be trespassing in the yard... either way, I'm sure you know to be careful.

Jacques

[CSX4878]

The sand towers I would be able to repaint for my B&M West End route, and the old building is indeed a yard tower that was once used during the B&M years.

btw, just saw 353 up here on the branch today with 319 and 370.