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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: 699956

A hefty Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited is heading for Beantown, approaching State Line Tunnel.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Canaan, New York, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 359
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1990


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By: Steve Barry / www.railroadphotographer.com

Added: Jun 12, 2019

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Photo ID: 697727

On a long summer evening, an MBTA Boston-Framingham (MA) commuter train rolls west through Weston, MA, on the former Boston & Albany line, powered by one of the T's six ex-PRR/PC E8s.

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Weston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 4254
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: August, 1977


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 21, 2019

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Photo ID: 696684

A GP9/GP7 duo leads Boston & Maine train WO-1 past the Wachusett Reservoir near Clinton, MA, on the B&M's Worcester-Ayer branch. This train was the B&M's connection between the main line and the s... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1744
Train ID: WO-1
Photo Date: June 10, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 10, 2019

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Photo ID: 696683

On a bright fall day, a pair of Boston & Maine GP9s approach the major yard at East Deerfield, MA, with a southbound train off the Connecticut River line.

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: East Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1803
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 18, 1985


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: May 10, 2019

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Photo ID: 695442

Boston & Maine train CPED (Newport, VT, to East Deerfield, MA) is just a couple miles from its final destination as it rolls through Greenfield, MA, behind a pair of GP9s. That dispatcher's phone ... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1821
Train ID: CPED
Photo Date: June 14, 1985


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 28, 2019

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Photo ID: 695441

Boston & Maine GP18 1850 heads up a four-unit lashup on the point of train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA) eastbound near Ayer, MA, on a summer morning.

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP18
Location: Ayer, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1850
Train ID: EDSA
Photo Date: August 25, 1984


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 28, 2019

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Photo ID: 694204

Boston & Maine road slug 100 and parent GP40-2 300 team up with a pair of GP38-2s on train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME) at Lowell, MA. The home made slug was built at the B&M's Billeri... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 300
Train ID: MERU
Photo Date: October 10, 1983


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 15, 2019

Views: 3,430
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Photo ID: 693238

As the winter sun drops low, the Amtrak yard crew aboard RS-3 103 pushes the equipment for an outbound corridor train from Southampton Street yard into South Station. Amtrak 103 was built as NYC 8... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Alco RS-3
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 103
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: February 18, 1977


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 05, 2019

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Photo ID: 693237

As the afternoon rush hour approaches, half of the MBTA's fleet of 8 ex-PRR E8s have moved from the service tracks into Boston's South Station, where they will split into two pairs and couple onto... (more)

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 4266
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: February 18, 1977


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Apr 05, 2019

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Photo ID: 691602

On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Boston & Maine RDCs pass the weekend inside the B&M's Boston Engine Terminal roundhouse.

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: Budd RDC-2
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 6214
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: April, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Mar 22, 2019

Views: 2,408
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Photo ID: 688072

F40's ruled South Station back in 1993. A newer F40PH-2C is joined by "class unit" F40PH 1000 on a quiet, cloudy morning in Boston. The construction work that is visible here is a sign... (more)

Railroad: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Locomotive: EMD F40PH-2C
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: MBTA 1058
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1993


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By: Robert Pisani

Added: Feb 19, 2019

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Photo ID: 685509

Working as a South Station switcher, Amtrak RS-3 137 pulls the recently arrived consist of the Lake Shore Limited across the Fort Point Channel bridge on its way to Southampton Street coach yard i... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Alco RS-3
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 137
Train ID: switcher
Photo Date: May, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 27, 2019

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Photo ID: 685274

One of Amtrak's five HEP-equipped E8s pulls into the classic 1887 station at Hartford, CT, on its way from New Haven to Springfield with a two-car shuttle run. Amtrak 495 was an ex-PRR unit rebuil... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 495
Train ID: shuttle
Photo Date: February 16, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 25, 2019

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Photo ID: 685083

As the sun drops low, a trio of Boston & Maine GP9s power train SAED (Salem to East Deerfield, MA) through West Medford, MA. At the time this train handled much of the B&M's freight business in an... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1803
Train ID: SAED
Photo Date: October 30, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 23, 2019

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Photo ID: 685082

This was once a common sight across the country, now rare: a classic EMD switcher working an urban yard. Boston & Maine SW9 1231 shuttled cars at Mystic Junction in East Somerville, MA, on a sprin... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: EMD SW9
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Locomotive #: BM 1231
Train ID: yard job
Photo Date: April, 1982


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Jan 23, 2019

Views: 3,410
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