Kris and I were sitting on the platform enjoying dinner at Palmer, Massachusetts’ Steaming Tender restaurant when the unmistakable sound of wheels clattering across the CSX-New England Central diamond grabbed our attention.

Amtrak’s 448 wasn’t running, so what was this?

Eastward Amtrak Light engines!

This included a Cabbage painted for Downeaster service and a P42 in the new ‘Phase 7’ scheme—the first that we’ve seen.

I exposed these photos using my Z7-II.

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