Touring the Piermont Division

Leaving the Bond Engine Terminal are two big articulateds from the Clinchfield. The lead engine is number 742, a 2882, and the second engine is number 670, a challenger. This is Ticknor Yard, and in back is the city of Old Bridge. The two giants will couple to today's eastbound extra. After Ticknor Yard, the articulateds pass the old Piermont Station. It's all that's left of the original town. Since the Piermont division exists in the 1950s, this is how it might've looked on TV. An unexpected fog greets the train at John Amy Falls. This is the mountain top town of Arnold. In back is the Moltz mine, where as the sign says, real men work. Well, you get the idea with the black and white. Belfort Gap Yard is the main storage yard for passenger cars. Number 742 crosses the Hess River and heads into Covered Duck Tunnel. Haverhill is home to the Wellsborough Engine Terminal. There's a huge yard at Bernard. Here's the nine stall Bernard roundhouse and 135 foot turntable. Extra 742 exits Bernard Tunnel at Foothill and then enters tunnel 40. Mazie's Falls is a spectacular scene. At Buckley, there's a great view from the cab of the station and the platform. Off to the left is Longwood Pharmaceuticals. Below is the Sandybell riverboat and the Big Sandy River. MA Tower controls the interlocking between two tunnels. At Sandy Springs, we again find the Big Sandy River. Manchester is home to a variety of businesses, including the Farmers Co-op. The articulateds leave Whitehorse over Licking Creek. The Morgan Engine Terminal is off to the right. Coming out of Williamstown tunnel, Garren is off to the left. The Dembeck Yard is full of cars today. The town has a Union Station and many stores along the track. Gilbert's Gulch is crossed via a concrete viaduct. A Pennsy passenger train heads westbound through Mack and meets the extra. The Slaty Fork Engine Terminal sits above Keller Kurve. Extra 742 will head into the tunnel at Eisen. That's the Speranza mine in back.