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Trains of my Younger Years
Pictures of trains from the Boston area and Florida when I was younger, things that I remember but did not have a good camera to capture.
Photo Album By: Bob Pickering (BP)
 
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Photo ID: 636620

EMD's first F40, and the first of the more than 200 that Amtrak would own, pauses at New London, CT, with a Boston-bound corridor train. New London Union Station, in the background, was opened in ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: New London, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 200
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December, 1980


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Nov 02, 2017

Views: 3,274
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Photo ID: 636619

The lead unit of this Northeast Corridor doubleheader is one of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak modified with HEP generators to make them compatible with Amfleet. The Washington-bound train is les... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Sharon, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 498
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Nov 02, 2017

Views: 6,681
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Favorited: 30
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Photo ID: 636127

B&M powered Canadian Pacific freight 904 is heading for White River Junction. The lead unit 4266 has recently had an RDC logo applied to the nose By BMRHS Members. This F7 is long in the tooth an... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD F7(A)
Location: Bradford, Vermont, USA
Locomotive #: BM 4266
Train ID: CP 904
Photo Date: July, 1976


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By: Donald Haskel (Collection)

Added: Oct 29, 2017

Views: 16,472
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Photo ID: 635601

On a late winter morning, a single passenger awaits an inbound MBTA Haverhill-Boston commuter train at the modest station at Ballardvale, MA. The combination of a Boston & Maine GP7 and depowered ... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Ballardvale, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1573
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: March, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Oct 25, 2017

Views: 2,681
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Photo ID: 635600

An MBTA commuter train from Boston consisting of an FP-10 and leased GO Transit coaches has arrived at the station at Providence, RI, on a long summer evening. During their time in Boston, the GO ... (more)

Railroad: MBTA
Locomotive: EMD FP-10
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Locomotive #: MBTX 1103
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: June, 1980


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Oct 25, 2017

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Photo ID: 633871

MBTA FP-10s and leased GO Transit coaches lay over at South Station in Boston as they await the evening rush hour. This original MBTA paint scheme on these Paducah-rebuilt ex=GM&O F3s featured a p... (more)

Railroad: MBTA
Locomotive: EMD FP-10
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 1103
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June, 1980


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Oct 11, 2017

Views: 2,089
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Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 632878

Ancestral New Haven semaphores still guarded the junction at Groton, CT, in the summer of 1984, but replacements were under construction as Amtrak modernized the Shore Line. F40 212 was eastbound ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Groton, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 212
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Oct 04, 2017

Views: 2,606
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Favorited: 20
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Photo ID: 632313

Late on a fall afternoon a trio of Boston & Maine GP9s roll train SPCP (Springfield, MA, to Newport, VT, via B&M/CP) north through Greenfield, MA, on the Connecticut River Line. This train usually... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1806
Train ID: SPCP
Photo Date: October, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 30, 2017

Views: 2,620
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Favorited: 20
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Photo ID: 631954

The early 1980s paint scheme left little doubt as to the identity of the operator of New York-Washington high speed trains. A set of Amtrak Metroliners raced south through North Elizabeth, NJ, en ... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Metroliner MU
Location: North Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 853
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 27, 2017

Views: 2,424
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Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 631953

Late autumn color is still in the trees as Boston-bound Amtrak train 168 approaches the East Haven, CT, tunnels with the standard F40/Amfleet consist. The East Haven cut and tunnels were part of a... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: East Haven, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 205
Train ID: 168
Photo Date: October, 1980


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 27, 2017

Views: 2,056
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Photo ID: 631826

A trio of former New York Central RDCs running as a Poughkeepsie to Croton-Harmon shuttle for Metro North has just exited the Breakneck Ridge tunnel north of Cold Spring, NY, on a largely snowless... (more)

Railroad: Metro-North
Locomotive: Budd RDC-1
Location: Cold Spring, New York, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: shuttle
Photo Date: January, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 26, 2017

Views: 2,443
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Photo ID: 630540

The trio of bright blue GP40-2s on the point of this Boston & Maine freight westbound at Greenfield, MA, will soon be working hard on the climb up the Berkshires to Hoosac Tunnel, which begins jus... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 308
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 15, 2017

Views: 2,392
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Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 630539

On a late winter afternoon, an eastbound Boston & Maine freight coils through North Leominster, MA, on its way from Mechanicville, NY, to Portland, ME, behind a GP38-2/GP40-2/GP38-2 trio. New weld... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: North Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 207
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February, 1986


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 15, 2017

Views: 2,502
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Photo ID: 629366

Spring has come and the trees are beginning to leaf out along the Shore Line as Amtrak F40PH 208 heads up an eastbound Northeast Corridor train whose passengers have a nice view of Long Island Sou... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Niantic, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 208
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 04, 2017

Views: 2,264
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Photo ID: 629346

Bygone days on the NEC- wood ties, GG1-powered passenger trains of heritage cars, and rubberized grade crossings.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 925
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1978


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Sep 04, 2017

Views: 1,905
Comments: 0

Favorited: 11
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