Here’s an hidden gem from my black & white negative collection.

In December 1984, I was in my first year of college. On weekends, I’d catch up with my rail-photographer friends to make explorations of New England operations.

On this afternoon, we caught southward Connecticut River line freight rolling through Greenfield, Massachusetts on Guilford’s Boston & Maine. By this time, cabooses were on the wane. Most Fitchburg route freights were already running without them. Yet, the Conn River jobs still carried cabooses.

I made this trailing view on Ilford FP4 using my father’s Leica M3. I located this negative last month, and finally after more than 40 years in the dark now it can see the light of day.. For presentation here, I made a few cosmetic alterations using Adobe Lightroom to improve the contrast and make the most of the wintery sky

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