Diesel Locomotive Pool RS-38-2 #8003 in New England Southern blue & black paint

In 2020, the Parsons Vale bought the New England Southern, which operates on the southern third of the ex-B&M White Mountain Division between Concord & Lakeport. There isn’t much traffic along that line (Two quarries in Belmont are shipping around 3600 cars of aggregates/year, an additional 800 or so cars a year from other businesses along the line, and periodic freight moves north of Lakeport on White Mountain Scenic trackage)

After the purchase, the NEGS became a subsidiary of the PVRT, which rebuilt the branch into Belmont (to serve the quarries), then electrified that branch and the mainline west to a junction with the PV&T/PVRT in Northfield so that gravel trains can be delivered to the metropolitan region along the Northeast Corridor without either a dualpower locomotive or a engine swap..

The original owners of the NEGS took their motive power with them, so the NEGS currently operates with a leased second generation RS-38 and one of the class M motors.

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