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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: 628505

Boston & Maine train WJCP (White River Jct. to Newport, VT) works upgrade through the woods on the upper Connecticut River line at Fairlee, VT, behind two B&M GP9s and a Canadian Pacific Century ... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Fairlee, Vermont, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1720
Train ID: WJCP
Photo Date: August, 1980


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 28, 2017

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Photo ID: 628504

Between 1984 and 1988, the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad operated seasonal passenger service between a suburban Boston rapid transit stop (Braintree, MA) and Hyannis, using a pair of ex-New Haven GP... (more)

Railroad: Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Wareham, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: CCH 7280
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1986


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 28, 2017

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Photo ID: 628200

On a cold winter afternoon, a trio of Maine Central units are returning to Bangor after spending most of the day switching at the large paper mill in Bucksport. There is plenty of ice in the Pen... (more)

Railroad: Maine Central
Locomotive: GE U18B
Location: Bangor, Maine, USA
Locomotive #: MEC 405
Train ID: -
Photo Date: February 27, 1988


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By: Robert Palmer

Added: Aug 26, 2017

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Photo ID: 626421

A Lowell-bound MBTA commuter train leaves downtown Boston behind as it accelerates north through Somerville, MA, on a fall afternoon. An FP-10 at the rear is pushing a set of depowered Budd RDCs.

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD FP-10
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: September, 1987


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 11, 2017

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Photo ID: 626420

MBTA 1013 was the only one of the agency's F40PHs that received the handsome maroon and gray color scheme that was briefly in use in the mid-1980s. It headed up a Fitchburg Line commuter train out... (more)

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 1013
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: June, 1986


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 11, 2017

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Photo ID: 625867

A pair of Boston & Maine GP39-2s in Guilford gray and orange are in charge of train MELA (Mechanicville, NY, to Lawrence, MA), eastbound at Ayer, MA, on a spring afternoon

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP39-2
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 363
Train ID: MELA
Photo Date: May, 1985


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 07, 2017

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Photo ID: 625866

An early Guilford era mix of Boston & Maine and Maine Central diesels heads up an eastbound freight at Littleton, MA, on the B&M's Stony Brook branch. The lashup is comprised of a B&M GP38-2, a ME... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP38-2
Location: Littleton, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 200
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 07, 2017

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Photo ID: 625023

On a perfect fall afternoon, a pair of Boston & Maine GP39-2s in clean Guilford paint lead train CPED (Newport, VT, to East Deerfield, MA, via CP/B&M) through Greenfield, MA. This runthrough job o... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP39-2
Location: Grrenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 363
Train ID: CPED
Photo Date: October, 1985


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 31, 2017

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Photo ID: 624667

A pair of Maine Central GP38s bracket a Delaware & Hudson U23B on Guilford system train POPY (Portland, ME, to Potomac Yard, VA, via B&M/D&H) westbound on the B&M mainline at Shirley, MA. The fron... (more)

Railroad: Maine Central
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Shirley, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MEC 259
Train ID: POPY
Photo Date: October, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 28, 2017

Views: 2,023
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Photo ID: 623561

Boston & Maine GP9s 1720-1701 work south on train CPSP (Newport, VT, to Springfield, MA, via CP/B&M) crossing the Deerfield River bridge south of Greenfield, MA. The detailed-oriented will note th... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Grrenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 1720
Train ID: CPSP
Photo Date: May, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 18, 2017

Views: 2,291
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Photo ID: 622745

A pair of MBTA FP-10s enjoy their weekend layover at the Lowell, MA, station. The 1114 still wears its original "Easter egg" colors while the 1108 has received the newer maroon and silver scheme. ... (more)

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD FP-10
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 1114
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: July, 1986


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 10, 2017

Views: 2,199
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Photo ID: 622743

An evening rush hour MBTA commuter train just out of Boston's South Station crosses the massive triple bascule bridge over Fort Point Channel behind F40PH 1015. The bridge was constructed along wi... (more)

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 1015
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: October, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 10, 2017

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Photo ID: 622268

Three units, three railroads: Maine Central GP38 261 teams up with a D&H GP39-2 and a B&M GP9 on B&M/MEC runthrough train MEBA (Mechanicville, NY, to Bangor, ME), seen eastbound at Ayer, MA. Color... (more)

Railroad: Maine Central
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MEC 261
Train ID: MEBA
Photo Date: September, 1983


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 06, 2017

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Photo ID: 622267

Maine Central GP38 255 leads a D&H U23B and two B&M GP40-2s on B&M train LASE (Lawrence, MA, to Selkirk, NY) as it approaches Lowell, MA, during the early days of power pooling among the Guilford ... (more)

Railroad: Maine Central
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MEC 255
Train ID: LASE
Photo Date: October, 1983


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jul 06, 2017

Views: 2,002
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Photo ID: 621543

The setting sun is turning the sky pink as Boston & Maine SW1 1123 works the yard lead at Mystic Junction in Somerville, MA. Fresh paint belied the fact that the neat little EMD was 29 years old.

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD SW1
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: 1123
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jun 30, 2017

Views: 2,304
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