The classic flat face of Delaware & Hudson PA 18 looks out from an unfamiliar location, Boston's South Station, as sister 16 lurks in the background. The big Alcos had just begun a new assignment ... (more)

The FL9s up front clear their throats as a New York-bound train gets underway out of South Station in Boston. Penn Central has been in charge for a few weeks but the New Haven image remains for th... (more)

Drawing out of the station over the Charles River on another outbound commuter mission.

This veteran Alco high hood switcher, HH660 0924, was the New Haven's oldest active locomotive in the railroad's final year. Built in 1940, it spent its later years working in Boston, where it pos... (more)

A Boston & Maine GP9 in the original "Bluebird" paint scheme takes a spin on the turntable at the Boston Engine Terminal in Charlestown. The smokestack in the background was a local landmark for y... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon, a lineup of Boston & Maine RDCs await the Monday morning rush hour inside the roundhouse at Boston Engine Terminal. The B&M had the largest fleet of Budds with 109 car... (more)

In its Penn Central days, one of the unique ex-New Haven Roger Williams RDC cab units departs Boston's South Station on an evening commuter run, mated with a standard RDC.

With all the great photos of Amtrak GP38H-3 #520 leading its first revenue passenger train as the sole power in many years, I thought it would be fitting to show an example of this unit 20 years a... (more)

A pair of MBTA PCC cars hum along Centre Street in Jamaica Plain on their way from downtown Boston to the Arborway terminal. This route, the surviving part of which is now the MBTA E Line, was cut... (more)

An MBTA PCC car has just departed Cedar Grove station on its way to Mattapan via the Mattapan-Ashmont "High Speed Trolley Line". Elderly PCCs still run here in 2017, but now they're rebu... (more)

One of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak rebuilt with HEP capability for use on Northeast Corridor Amfleet consists leads two-car train 153, the Beacon Hill, out of South Station. This was a Boston-... (more)

Amtrak's Downeaster Train 684 arrives into Boston crossing over the historic Tower A draw bridge just outside North station. The train traveled from Brunswick, Maine to Boston.

Six-axle Alcos weren't especially common on Penn Central's former Boston & Albany line, but they did show up on occasion. Century 628 6304 paired with C630 6328 at Beacon Park in Boston on a sprin... (more)

Penn Central's black dip paint scheme is generally not remembered with fondness, but lots of classic locomotives wore it. Minimally decorated Century 630 6328, an ex-PRR unit, visited Boston in Ap... (more)