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Viewing Album:  P&W at Worcester, Massachusetts
 
By:Ron Chouinard
Dates:12/9/2006 - 9/17/2007
Album Info:Worcester, Massachusetts - the hub of Providence and Worcester operations. Administration, Engineering, dispatching and the main shop that can do any necessary repairs on locomotives and cars are located here, along with the yard and container loading facility. Interchange with CSX is done here, as well the old Boston and Maine mainline to Gardner, now owned by the Providence and Worcester, is where interchange is done with Guilford
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Administration and Engineering Center
Title:  Administration and Engineering Center
Description:  Home office for the Providence and Worcester Railroad, with the handy sign directing visitors towards the main entrance
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:52:26 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  457   Comments: 0
Public Scale
Title:  Public Scale
Description:  The providence and Worcester Railroad also maintains a public scale at their Worcester headquarters --- Dispatch Center over on the hill
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/26/2006 4:26:55 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  376   Comments: 0
Operations Center
Title:  Operations Center
Description:  The old New Haven bunk house serves as the Operations Center, where dispatching is done for all Providence and Worcester trains
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:53:20 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  500   Comments: 0
Car Scale
Title:  Car Scale
Description:  This signal light at the scale in Worcester is strictly for weighing cars. They'll call the dispatcher on the way up, and when the scale is ready for weighing, they'll proceed over the scale, not more than 2 MPH. Red the scale is obviously not ready. And it will go yellow, when the speed is more than 2 MPH ... then it takes time to re-set the scale.
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 11:04:40 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  558   Comments: 0
Hazmat Center
Title:  Hazmat Center
Description:  Once located between the home office and operation center is the hazmat building by the old elevated Boston and Albany (CSX) mainline. Now occupied by a tent enclosure for the W2207 over the Road/Hi Rail Crane
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:40 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  380   Comments: 0
Worcester Engine House
Title:  Worcester Engine House
Description:  Main shops for the Providence and Worcester Railroad at Worcester
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 9/6/2006 5:00:03 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  306   Comments: 0
PW 2201
Title:  PW 2201
Description:  Bought new in 1978 and recently retired, the 2201 sits in back of the Worcester engine house with its stack caped - suppose to be converted to a Green Goat
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 2:54:09 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2201(B23-7) PW 2212(B23-7)
Views:  1415   Comments: 0
PW 3003
Title:  PW 3003
Description:  The whole GP40 fleet is here with a rare B unit! Looks like the boy's getting things ready for a trip up to Gardner
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 2:55:42 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3003(GP40-3) PW 3005(B30-7AB) PW 3002(GP40-3)
Views:  1100   Comments: 0
PW 3001
Title:  PW 3001
Description:  3001 heading towards the bridges that span Jackson Street while the Worcester Police looks on
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/29/2006 2:56:38 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3) PW 3005(B30-7AB) PW 3003(GP40-3)
Views:  1003   Comments: 0
PW 3001
Title:  PW 3001
Description:  The sand tower telling what railroad this is ... the 3001 and 3002 warming up for a trip to Guilford, in Gardner on this Memorial Day holiday
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 8:49:17 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
At the Worcester Engine House
Title:  At the Worcester Engine House
Description:  On a cool fall day, the 2010 getting fueled and serviced at the Worcester engine house
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 6:28:27 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Providence and Worcester Employee's Recognition Extra
Title:  Providence and Worcester Employee's Recognition Extra
Description:  Employee's recognition train, over by the Providence and Worcester home office on the Norwich main
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 2:07:41 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  408   Comments: 0
Train WX-1 on the Norwich Main
Title:  Train WX-1 on the Norwich Main
Description:  WX-1 slipping down on the Norwich with a few cars that need to be weighed by the dispatch center
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 6:38:11 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Train WX-1 on the Worcester Wye
Title:  Train WX-1 on the Worcester Wye
Description:  Train WX-1 coming onto the south end of the Worcester wye which connects with the Providence and Norwich mains
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 6:40:08 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  598   Comments: 0
Train WX-1 on the Worcester Wye
Title:  Train WX-1 on the Worcester Wye
Description:  Train WX-1 on the hill, or south end of the Worcester wye which connects with the Providence and the Norwich mains
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 6:43:53 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
Passenger Extra Power on the Wye
Title:  Passenger Extra Power on the Wye
Description:  2 GP40's used for today's Passenger Extra power, on the south end of the Worcester wye which connects with the Providence and Norwich mains
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 6:41:30 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3) PW 3003(GP40-3)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
Power for the Employee's Recognition Extra
Title:  Power for the Employee's Recognition Extra
Description:  Power for the employee's recognition train, heading down the main for the passenger equipment by the home office on the Norwich main
Photo Date:  10/25/2006  Upload Date: 10/25/2006 2:09:07 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3003(GP40-3) PW 3002(GP40-3)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
DTTX 751221 Double Stack Car
Title:  DTTX 751221 Double Stack Car
Description:  Double stack on the CSX interchange track with the Providence and Worcester Railroad at Worcester
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/17/2006 4:40:46 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  307   Comments: 0
Southbridge Street
Title:  Southbridge Street
Description:  CSX GP40-2 6219, pushing in a string of stacks over the massive Southbridge Street bridges into the Providence and Worcester yard
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 11:21:22 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  CSX 6219(GP40-2)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
Employee Santa Express
Title:  Employee Santa Express
Description:  Providence and Worcester's Employee Santa Express running on the Gardner Branch, having crossed the massive bridges at Southbridge Street
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 11:22:11 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
Employee Santa Express
Title:  Employee Santa Express
Description:  Showing off its new paint, Providence and Worcester's Employee Santa Express running on the Gardner Branch heading for the Chair City
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 11:20:22 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
CSX GP40-2
Title:  CSX GP40-2
Description:  CSX GP40-2, coasting back to their yard after delivering a stack train earlier to the Providence and Worcester yard
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:12:29 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  CSX 6219(GP40-2)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
Worcester Engine House
Title:  Worcester Engine House
Description:  With the whine of an EMD turbo, and the chug of a GE, all's quiet at the Worcester Engine House on a cold Saturday morning - stacks in the distance delivered by CSX earlier in the morning
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:15:05 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3) PW 3007(B30-7AB)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
The Railroad That Can
Title:  The Railroad That Can
Description:  long gone from the roster, the sign features an MLW M420 - first to purchase MLW products and first for wide safety cabs in the USA
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:16:04 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  199   Comments: 0
Artsey Fartsey
Title:  Artsey Fartsey
Description:  3002 and the Providence and Worcester sand tower
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:17:31 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Whoooooops
Title:  Whoooooops
Description:  looks like a slight side swipe to be repaired here
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:18:45 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  293   Comments: 1
Dead Line
Title:  Dead Line
Description:  Drained of water, fuel, names, logos and ownership plates, 3 B23-7's bask in the dead line in back of the Worcester Engine House --- here for the better part of the year, their Green Goat fodder
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 7:20:42 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2212(B23-7) PW 2213(B23-7) PW 2201(B23-7)
Views:  1388   Comments: 1
Worcester Engine House
Title:  Worcester Engine House
Description:  The muggys are coming back on a sultry Friday afternoon - at the engine house a couple recently washed locos at the fuel rack - the 4002 inside getting some attention along with some of the PW passenger cars
Photo Date:  8/24/2007  Upload Date: 8/25/2007 4:55:11 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4001(B40-8) PW 3003(GP40-3)
Views:  538   Comments: 0

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