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2/9/2025
 
 
 
 
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PRWO-X Coal Extra at Mendon Road
Title:  PRWO-X Coal Extra at Mendon Road
Description:  Some of the old historic Lonsdale mill housing in view, PRWO-X coal extra on the Providence and Worcester - northbound at the Lonsdale Yard Limit Board at Mendon Road with 45 loads of imported coal
Photo Date:  3/30/2007  Upload Date: 3/30/2007 4:08:24 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2) PW 3008(B30-7AB) PW 2010(GP38) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  635   Comments: 1
South Providence Yard
Title:  South Providence Yard
Description:  map location C; The 2007 and the track department dropping stone on the long un-used Providence Gas spur
Photo Date:  3/23/2007  Upload Date: 3/23/2007 12:13:27 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  On the East Providence - PR2's running past the old location of where the Valley engine house was located
Photo Date:  3/12/2007  Upload Date: 3/12/2007 4:35:35 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  under threatning skies with snow squalls, Providence and Worcester's train PR2 running up the East Providence Branch with cars for Metals USA, Pond View Recycling and Atlantic Plywood
Photo Date:  2/27/2007  Upload Date: 2/27/2007 2:27:58 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Junction Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Junction Branch
Description:  PR2's running on the East Junction, slipping past Narragansett Pellets at Ferris Avenue - next stop, Metals USA with those bulkhead flats
Photo Date:  2/27/2007  Upload Date: 2/27/2007 2:31:51 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch - old Fram Filter Siding
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch - old Fram Filter Siding
Description:  PR2's running on the East Providence Branch, past the long unused Fram Filter siding between Beverage Hill Avenue and Pawtucket Avenue
Photo Date:  2/27/2007  Upload Date: 2/27/2007 2:30:00 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Valley Falls yard
Title:  Valley Falls yard
Description:  With the 37 coal hoppers tucked on the main, the extra's power running up track 4 towards the Lonsdale Yard Limits and back home to Worcester
Photo Date:  2/17/2007  Upload Date: 2/17/2007 6:15:16 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2215(B23-7R) PW 3909(B39-8E) PW 3004(B30-7AB)
Views:  1061   Comments: 0
Valley Falls Coal Extra
Title:  Valley Falls Coal Extra
Description:  Should of brought his ice skates for the icy conditions down here in the Valley Yard - one of two B23's on the Providence and Worcester
Photo Date:  2/17/2007  Upload Date: 2/17/2007 12:00:22 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2215(B23-7R) PW 3909(B39-8E) PW 3004(B30-7AB)
Views:  1038   Comments: 0
Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  In a classic all GE A-B-A lash-up, the B23-7R 2215 leading B unit 3004 and B39-8E 3909 with 37 empty coal hoppers on a very bitter cold Saturday morning. The extra's from Worcester at the Lonsdale Yard Limits at Mendon Road - just a tad too chilly for some of that famous Del's lemonade
Photo Date:  2/17/2007  Upload Date: 2/17/2007 11:57:18 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2215(B23-7R) PW 3909(B39-8E) PW 3004(B30-7AB)
Views:  1187   Comments: 0
Train PR3
Title:  Train PR3
Description:  Rear loco's from PR3 slipping over to the "House Track" prior to slipping into the barn
Photo Date:  1/30/2007  Upload Date: 1/30/2007 2:52:29 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38) PW 3008(B30-7AB)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Northern Rail Services
Title:  Northern Rail Services
Description:  Northern Rail Services renovating the old South Providence yard for the Providence and Worcester Railroad
Photo Date:  12/7/2006  Upload Date: 12/7/2006 2:40:17 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  460   Comments: 0
Train PR3
Title:  Train PR3
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PR3, with B39 3906 and cabless B unit 3007, running past Osram Sylvania at Chace's Lane on the way to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  8/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/21/2006 9:01:17 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3906(B39-8E) PW 3007(B30-7AB)
Views:  948   Comments: 0
Polar Express
Title:  Polar Express
Description:  Unusual angle of the north facing locomotive on todays Polar Express from Ann & Hope to the North Pole - Polar Express sponsored by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Photo Date:  11/11/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 10:25:48 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4004(B40-8)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Polar Express
Title:  Polar Express
Description:  Looking more like a Halloween Express in the swamp fog, than the Polar Express, at the Lonsdale Yard Limits! But its the 2nd day of the Polar Express sponsored by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council from Ann & Hope to the North Pole
Photo Date:  11/11/2006  Upload Date: 11/12/2006 10:24:42 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Flanges squealing on the tight curve at State Line Scrap as the 2009 pulls 3 gondolas from the scrap yard, while the 2007 basks in the bright afternoon sunlight --- state line and the start of the Pawtucket Highway after the bridge
Photo Date:  11/9/2006  Upload Date: 11/10/2006 5:14:18 PM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  436   Comments: 1
Train PR2
Title:  Train PR2
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PT2 running past Osram Sylvania, Chace's Lane with their afternoons work
Photo Date:  11/9/2006  Upload Date: 11/10/2006 5:12:29 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  368   Comments: 1
Did ya want a blueberry muffin with that coffee?
Title:  Did ya want a blueberry muffin with that coffee?
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PR2, running past the ever popular Dunkin Donuts on the Pawtucket Highway part of the East Providence Branch
Photo Date:  8/25/2006  Upload Date: 8/25/2006 12:51:39 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  848   Comments: 1
Polar Express at the old Providence and Worcester Depot
Title:  Polar Express at the old Providence and Worcester Depot
Description:  Providence and Worcester passenger extra running past their original passenger station in the town of Uxbridge. Their heading down to Ann and Hope in Cumberland, Rhode Island for the first load of passenger's on the Polar Express that will run later
Photo Date:  11/4/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2006 11:42:44 AM
Location:  Uxbridge, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  on the Providence and Worcester --- calling northbound out of the Lonsdale yard Limits with the second Polar Express to the North Pole
Photo Date:  11/4/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2006 5:20:36 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3002(GP40-3) PW 3007(B30-7AB)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Polar Express at Ashton Village
Title:  Polar Express at Ashton Village
Description:  First Polar Express for the season, slipping under Rhode Island Route 116 Viaduct in the Ashton Village on the way to the North Pole - Polar Express sponsored by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Photo Date:  11/4/2006  Upload Date: 11/4/2006 11:41:19 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 1
Milepost 21.30 with a rare Super-7
Title:  Milepost 21.30 with a rare Super-7
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train NR2, with the 2216 at the Jewett City Train Defect Detector on the Norwich Branch. Detector checks for dragging equipment, hot boxes and wheels, and for high/wide equipment that would otherwise not fit thru the Taft Tunnel in Lisbon. Their heading down to Groton and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  10/30/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 1:42:26 PM
Location:  Jewett City, CT
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2216(B23-7R)
Views:  742   Comments: 0
Train NR3
Title:  Train NR3
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train NR3, gathering up speed at the TAR Yard Limits on the Norwich Branch --- their running past the Stragetic Recycling spur
Photo Date:  10/30/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 1:31:29 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  495   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:  428   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:  544   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:  427   Comments: 0
East Junction at Route 152
Title:  East Junction at Route 152
Description:  Appeared in Railpace --- Providence and Worcester train PR2's crossing busy Newman Avenue (Route 152) in Seekonk --- they serviced Metals USA this afternoon
Photo Date:  10/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/13/2006 1:55:39 PM
Location:  Seekonk, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
Train PR2 at Omega Pond
Title:  Train PR2 at Omega Pond
Description:  Phillipsdale Section of East Providence --- Providence and Worcester's train PR2 with the 2009 crossing the bridge at Omega Pond on the East Providence Branch
Photo Date:  10/13/2006  Upload Date: 10/13/2006 1:52:52 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
Train PR2 at Chace's Lane
Title:  Train PR2 at Chace's Lane
Description:  Providence and Worcester train PR2 playing peek-a-boo with the sun, approaching Chace's Lane with around 10 empty coal hoppers for the Receiving Yard along Route 95
Photo Date:  10/12/2006  Upload Date: 10/12/2006 2:53:48 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 2
Train PR2
Title:  Train PR2
Description:  On a bright Columbus Day morning, Providence and Worcester's train PR2, waiting to get their day going on the East Providence Branch
Photo Date:  10/5/2006  Upload Date: 10/9/2006 11:16:18 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Providence and Worcester crew from PR2 hamming it up for the TV camera today! Their on the East Providence branch, heading to their first customer, Apex
Photo Date:  10/5/2006  Upload Date: 10/5/2006 11:17:07 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Train PR3 Extra
Title:  Train PR3 Extra
Description:  With a couple Providence and Worcester officials on board, PR3 extra running by Hunt Street in Central Falls on the way to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor with the auto rack test train
Photo Date:  10/3/2006  Upload Date: 10/3/2006 9:31:08 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3904(B39-8E)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
Chace's Lane
Title:  Chace's Lane
Description:  PR2's heading down towards Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor wiuh their afternoon's work
Photo Date:  5/30/2006  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 4:12:38 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Historic East Junction
Title:  Historic East Junction
Description:  Back in September 2006, trackside - crew member from PR2, climbing down to throw the East Junction switch on the East Providence Branch. Auto boxes filled with scrap wood and sawdust from southern furniture manufacturer's to be made into wood pellets
Photo Date:  9/28/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2006 2:28:38 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 1
Train PR3
Title:  Train PR3
Description:  Before they could get the 4 x 4 pick-up down the main to drag it back, PR3 needed to get by
Photo Date:  9/7/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 9:54:11 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3901(B39-8E)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
Boston Switch
Title:  Boston Switch
Description:  Mile post 5 --- 5 miles to Providence and 39 miles to Worcester. Providence and Worcester's train PR3, at Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  7/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 9:16:57 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  766   Comments: 0
PW 4002
Title:  PW 4002
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train NR2 crossing Millbrook Road on the Norwich Branch, heading down to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor at Groton
Photo Date:  7/6/2006  Upload Date: 7/7/2006 5:42:55 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4002(B40-8) PW 3006(B30-7AB)
Views:  813   Comments: 0
Train PR3
Title:  Train PR3
Description:  Hard to tell who the 4003 belongs too, but it is indeed a Providence and Worcester loco. The paint has worn from the nose exposing its previous operator. Power for the June 30th train, PR3
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 7:59:38 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  904   Comments: 2
Zoo Train
Title:  Zoo Train
Description:  Second and the last one for this year ... the Kiwanis sponsored zoo trains on the Providence and Worcester Railroad from Worcester, Massachusetts to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. Extra seen at Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  6/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/19/2006 12:43:27 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Title:  Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Description:  Second and the last one for this year ... the Kiwanis sponsored zoo trains on the Providence and Worcester Railroad from Worcester, Massachusetts to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. Extra seen at Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  6/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/18/2006 4:28:56 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Title:  Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Description:  Second and the last one for this year ... the Kiwanis sponsored zoo trains on the Providence and Worcester Railroad from Worcester, Massachusetts to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. Extra seen at Osram Sylvania and Chace's Lane
Photo Date:  6/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/18/2006 11:14:34 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4001(B40-8)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Title:  Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2006
Description:  Second and the last one for this year ... the Kiwanis sponsored zoo trains on the Providence and Worcester Railroad from Worcester, Massachusetts to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. Extra seen at the Boston Switch curve
Photo Date:  6/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/18/2006 4:30:18 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4001(B40-8)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
PW 2006
Title:  PW 2006
Description:  Today's PR3 heading down to Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, and the Seaview Railroad in Davisville, while the track equipment get's ready on the Wrentham for another day
Photo Date:  6/15/2006  Upload Date: 6/15/2006 8:36:45 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
East Providence Cranch and Pawtucket Highway
Title:  East Providence Cranch and Pawtucket Highway
Description:  I'll have my coffee with no sugar, please! PR2's on the East Providence Branch, running along side the Highway section and Darlington Yards
Photo Date:  5/31/2006  Upload Date: 5/31/2006 1:05:29 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
PW 2215
Title:  PW 2215
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PR2, at the Lonsdale Yard Limit board at Mendon Road, in the Lonsdale section of Cumberland. They serviced KIK Custom Products this morning, and are returning to the Valley Falls yard
Photo Date:  5/16/2006  Upload Date: 5/16/2006 11:43:45 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2215(B23-7R)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  First day down in the Valley! Engineer doesn't like his photo taken and was about to close the windows when I motioned for him to pose. Well I got the posed photo and he got the only print that I had made
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 5/3/2006 4:51:38 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  1092   Comments: 0
Train PR-3
Title:  Train PR-3
Description:  My 1st digital photo! Everybody's favorite - the 2011 with train PR-3 heading back to the Valley Falls yard - they're on the bridge between Central Falls and Valley Falls
Photo Date:  4/28/2006  Upload Date: 4/28/2006 7:36:15 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  788   Comments: 1
PW 3006
Title:  PW 3006
Description:  unique Providence and Worcester B unit, the 3006 resting over the weekend at the crossties
Photo Date:  4/29/2006  Upload Date: 4/29/2006 12:00:14 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3006(B30-7AB)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
PW 4004
Title:  PW 4004
Description:  The Worcester extra with 4004 on its maiden voyage to Valley Falls with an empty coal train. The B30-7A cabless B unit is the 3008 and the B39-8E is the 3902 in a classic A-B-A consist.
Photo Date:  6/6/2005  Upload Date: 6/6/2005 6:23:53 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4004(B40-8)
Views:  1298   Comments: 0
PW 2
Title:  PW 2
Description:  Retired Providence and Worcester No 2, on a spur at the old Jefferson depot, Resevoir Road, Holden. Home to Depot Country Clothes. Caboose later moved to Auburn. Originally Delaware and Hudson
Photo Date:  1/5/1981  Upload Date: 3/12/2006 12:06:31 PM
Location:  Holden, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  870   Comments: 0
BCLR 1061
Title:  BCLR 1061
Description:  Between runs, the 1061 at Newton Upper Falls with its unique spark arrester
Photo Date:  4/8/1986  Upload Date: 3/11/2006 9:15:23 AM
Location:  Newton Upper Falls (, MA
Author:  Bob Hayes
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Locomotives:  BCLR 1061(S2)
Views:  1175   Comments: 0


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