My first photos along the Ware River Line, the former Boston & Albany operated by Massachusetts Central date from about 1981.

Last Thursday, Kris and I were driving south along Route 32 in Hardwick, when I heard the telltail squeal of steel wheels on steel rails.

The tracks were shiny at the grade crossing in Gilbertville, so I surmised that the train was southbound.

We zipped ahead and set up at the grade crossing at Church Street in Ware.

We didn’t wait long before Mass-Central’s southward freight came into view.

I made this digital photo with my Nikon Z6 while Kris captured a video of the train with her phone.

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