In the winter of 1978 the MBTA was perennially short of power for its commuter trains and sometimes borrowed Amtrak RS3s to help out. Amtrak 100 teamed up with an MBTA GP9 on this Needham Branch t... (more)
Its journey from Washington nearly complete, an Amtrak corridor train enters the old Back Bay Station in Boston. The smoke screen in the background was left by a just-departed MBTA local. The trac... (more)
Amtrak’s Portland Extra is seen crossing the Charles River with a very rare P32 leading. This is the first ever P32 to lead on the Grand Junction running track, or anywhere on any of the north s... (more)
The Boston edition of the "Lake Shore Limited" has departed Back Bay Station and is passing through Fenway running parallel to the Mass Pike. The final destination for the train is Chicago.
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The New Haven Railroad once maintained a vast complex of freight yards, wharf trackage, and freight houses in South Boston, no trace of which remain today as the site is dominated by the high rise... (more)