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| Title: |
One from the archives |
| Description: |
Train #1010 from Portland,Me. rolls through Melrose,Mass., seven miles from Boston. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/1951 Upload Date: 5/11/2011 8:15:23 PM |
| Location: |
Melrose, MA |
| Author: |
Leroy C.Hutchinson |
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BM 3816(E7A) |
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4163 Comments: 7 |
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| Title: |
Backing down to the table |
| Description: |
The last two maroon F's, 4265a and 4227b, just in off JB-4, back down to the turntable at Boston Engine Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
8/3/1970 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:37:06 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4265A(F7A) BM 4227B(F3B) |
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1561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
And he even posed it for me! |
| Description: |
4228, just in off JB-4, takes a spin on the turntable at Boston Engine Terminal. The operator even stopped the turntable and posed 4228 for me. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1970 Upload Date: 2/27/2012 8:12:47 PM |
| Location: |
Somerville, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 4228A(F3A) |
| Views: |
925 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local freight |
| Description: |
Local freight B-31 backs down the spur to set off a car for the Boston Stove Foundry. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/1971 Upload Date: 3/24/2012 9:36:34 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1573(GP7) |
| Views: |
759 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headin for home |
| Description: |
Local freight B-34 heads for Boston with just a caboose in tow after dropping his last car. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 7:51:33 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1509(RS3) |
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941 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Single car Budd |
| Description: |
Nothing said B&M in the 70's more than the single car Buddliner |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1971 Upload Date: 2/17/2012 9:28:09 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 6147(RDC1) |
| Views: |
1000 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Storm brewing |
| Description: |
Power from JB-4 has arrived at Boston Engine Terminal for servicing as the sky darkens with a thunderstorm approaching. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1971 Upload Date: 9/14/2009 9:01:07 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 1556(GP7) BM 1743(GP9) BM 4268A(F7A) |
| Views: |
1406 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Tied down |
| Description: |
Power from SJ-1 has arrived at the Westboro engine terminal and has tied down for the night. |
| Photo Date: |
6/6/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:14:10 PM |
| Location: |
West Lebanon, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1701(GP9) |
| Views: |
665 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching the plant |
| Description: |
Local freight B-49 backs down over Eames Street crossing to switch out the Dragon Cement plant at North Wobrrn Juncthon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1971 Upload Date: 2/27/2012 8:23:33 PM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1712(GP9) |
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903 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Quiet Saturday |
| Description: |
1563 and 1542 idle in their stalls at Boston Engine Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1971 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 8:27:46 PM |
| Location: |
Somerville, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1563(GP7) BM 1542(RS3) |
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833 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unusual Rebuild |
| Description: |
NW-2 1203, rebuilt with a 1000 h.p. prime mover from a scrapped E-7, idles outside the Bleachery Yard Office. |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1971 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 6:45:23 AM |
| Location: |
Lowell, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1203(NW2) |
| Views: |
878 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Taking a spin |
| Description: |
RDC-1 6118 riding the turntable at Boston Engine Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1971 Upload Date: 1/9/2010 7:06:46 PM |
| Location: |
Somerville, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 6118(RDC1) |
| Views: |
1014 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fresh Paint |
| Description: |
Fresh out of the shops, this short-lived ALCO suffered a broken crankshaft within days after this photo was taken, and never ran again. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/1971 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 7:10:46 AM |
| Location: |
Nashua, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1180(S3) |
| Views: |
924 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Days End |
| Description: |
The sun is getting low in the sky and the local freight and switching power is tied down for the day. |
| Photo Date: |
12/5/1971 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:41:56 PM |
| Location: |
Nashua, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1130(SW1) |
| Views: |
895 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming off the table |
| Description: |
Power for BR-1 comes off the turntable at Boston Engine Terminal headed for departure track 42. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1972 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 9:05:01 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4268A(F7A) BM 4266B(F7B) |
| Views: |
1188 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Burn Victim |
| Description: |
A sad looking 1542 sits out in back of the shops awaiting the inevitable sale to a scrap merchant. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1972 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:38:36 PM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1542(RS3) |
| Views: |
1149 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local Freight |
| Description: |
Local freight B-34 passes through Reading on its way back to Boston. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1972 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 7:08:23 AM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 863(S5) |
| Views: |
985 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Vandalism |
| Description: |
RDC-1 6114 lies, wedged into the turntable pit at Boston Engine Terminal, the victim of a malicious act by an escaped mental patient who set the un-attended train in motion. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1972 Upload Date: 2/13/2012 8:23:39 PM |
| Location: |
Somerville, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 6114(RDC1) |
| Views: |
1489 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
Switchers laying over for the weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1972 Upload Date: 3/23/2012 1:32:30 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 805(SW8) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In the shop |
| Description: |
Old and weary 4228a sits inside Billerica Shops being stripped for parts before going up for sale as scrap. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1972 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 10:11:49 PM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4228A(F3A) |
| Views: |
1727 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
In the shop |
| Description: |
4265 gets an overhaul after being sidelined by an electrical fire. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1972 Upload Date: 2/27/2012 8:37:21 PM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 4265A(F7A) |
| Views: |
981 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
In for repairs |
| Description: |
Damaged in a grade crossing incident, 6117 waits for a cab transplant, the donor being a New Haven RDC-2 128 that was scrapped earlier in the month at Cedar Hill,Conn. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1972 Upload Date: 2/27/2012 9:03:31 PM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 6117(RDC1) |
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927 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the back streets |
| Description: |
The 1st trick switcher sets a car into one of the many industrial customers within the city limits. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1972 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:38:12 PM |
| Location: |
Manchester, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1124(SW1) |
| Views: |
1080 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On his air |
| Description: |
Local freight Y-4 is on his air test at the south end of the yard as the yard switcher trundles by on an adjacent track. |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/1972 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 8:38:33 PM |
| Location: |
Manchester, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1564(GP7) BM 1124(SW1) |
| Views: |
800 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Break for lunch |
| Description: |
The crew of the switcher is on lunch and their engine idles out beside the station. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1972 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:41:05 PM |
| Location: |
Bellows Falls, VT |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1121(SW1) |
| Views: |
497 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Break time |
| Description: |
The engineer is the last one off, as the crew heads to the yard office for a well deserved cup of coffee. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1972 Upload Date: 3/23/2012 1:46:57 PM |
| Location: |
East Deerfield, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1269(S4) |
| Views: |
682 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
2nd trick switcher |
| Description: |
The 2nd trick switcher trundles under McClellan Farm Road heading back into the yard at East Deerfield,Mass. The 1265 was one of only a handful of ALCO switchers that got the maroon and yellow paint job. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1972 Upload Date: 9/23/2009 8:37:30 PM |
| Location: |
East Deerfield, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1265(S2) |
| Views: |
1156 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Weekend Layover |
| Description: |
The Keene switcher is tied down for the weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1972 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:40:18 PM |
| Location: |
Keene, NH |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1120(SW1) |
| Views: |
1496 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Parts Source |
| Description: |
Sold to the Montpelier & Barre in 1959, the 1111 ends her days as a parts source to keep her sisters alive. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1972 Upload Date: 3/23/2011 9:33:38 PM |
| Location: |
Montpelier, VT |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1111(SW1) |
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1637 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Open air terminal |
| Description: |
With the roundhouse gone, local freight and switcher power ties up at the freight house. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/1972 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:39:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 807(SW8) |
| Views: |
497 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coffee Break |
| Description: |
The crew of local freight L-1 stops at Reading for a much needed cup of coffee on this cold January afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
1/13/1973 Upload Date: 9/23/2009 8:29:04 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1260(S2) |
| Views: |
1565 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wild Experiment |
| Description: |
Train #2508 arriving Boston from Rockport wearing an experimental high-visibilty paint job. The only unit ever painted this way, it was soon re-painted having never caught on. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1973 Upload Date: 1/9/2010 7:08:42 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 6145(RDC1) |
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844 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Light Engine |
| Description: |
Light engine move, headed to Lawrence, pauses to flag the Woburn Street crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1973 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 7:04:33 AM |
| Location: |
Reading, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1119(SW1) |
| Views: |
1395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weekend layover |
| Description: |
Power for Lowell's switcher assignments, idle in front of the Bleachery Yard Office. |
| Photo Date: |
4/22/1973 Upload Date: 3/23/2011 9:32:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lowell, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 800(SW8) |
| Views: |
693 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost Heaven |
| Description: |
Boston Engine Terminal was a dirty place, covered with oil and spilled fuel, an EPA nightmare, but it was always almost heaven to me. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/1973 Upload Date: 9/23/2009 9:11:26 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 1177(S3) BM 4268A(F7A) BM 1282(S5M) |
| Views: |
1382 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wreck Victim |
| Description: |
The loser in a head-on collision with a Central Vermont GP-9, 1125 awaits disposition at Billerica Shops. |
| Photo Date: |
5/27/1973 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 6:53:35 AM |
| Location: |
North Billerica, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1125(SW1) |
| Views: |
1959 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Crossing over |
| Description: |
BR-1 crosses from the NH Division mainline to the Wildcat Branch at Wilmington,Mass. |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/1973 Upload Date: 7/1/2009 8:21:20 PM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson0 |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4268A(F7A) |
| Views: |
1599 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Down Time |
| Description: |
The 2nd trick switcher idles out behind the station at White River Jct.,Vt. waiting for her crew to come on duty. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1973 Upload Date: 9/23/2009 8:33:03 PM |
| Location: |
White River Jct., VT |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1184(S3) |
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766 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Passenger Extra |
| Description: |
Bringing a 4-car train of Buddliners westbound to Ayer to swap them with a disabled train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1973 Upload Date: 2/25/2012 8:12:09 PM |
| Location: |
Somerville, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1513(RS3) |
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899 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local Freight |
| Description: |
Local freight Z-4 works the small yard at Wilmington. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/1973 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 6:46:07 AM |
| Location: |
Wilmington, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1203(NW2) |
| Views: |
694 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
Switchers idle on a cold January afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
1/20/1974 Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:39:35 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1131(SW1) |
| Views: |
516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
Switchers idle on a cold January afternoon. The old 1961 Dodge Hy-rail truck is kinda neat too. |
| Photo Date: |
1/20/1974 Upload Date: 3/23/2011 9:32:45 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 802(SW8) BM 807(SW8) |
| Views: |
714 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Little Engine That Could |
| Description: |
Billerica Shop Switcher struggles through Walnut Hill(Woburn)Mass. with an interesting lash-up. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/1974 Upload Date: 10/2/2009 9:13:22 PM |
| Location: |
Woburn, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 119(44Tonner) BM 1569(GP7) BM 1559(GP7) BM 6117(RDC1) |
| Views: |
2610 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Fresh Paint |
| Description: |
With just a hint of soot and road grime showing, 1559 idles by the freight house, showing off her new paint job. |
| Photo Date: |
2/24/1974 Upload Date: 3/31/2012 8:23:45 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1559(GP7) |
| Views: |
801 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
A Spring Saturday finds local freight and switching power laying over for the weekend, all original paint, not a "blue dip" in sight. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1974 Upload Date: 3/23/2012 1:36:23 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1119(SW1) |
| Views: |
509 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Picking up |
| Description: |
NE-84's power backs down into the yard at Lawrence,Mass. to make his pick-up |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1974 Upload Date: 9/24/2009 10:21:19 PM |
| Location: |
Boston, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 207(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
788 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound Tonnage |
| Description: |
NE-84 is on his air test at Lawrence,Mass. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1974 Upload Date: 9/24/2009 8:22:20 PM |
| Location: |
Lawrence, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 211(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
890 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Downeast tonnage |
| Description: |
NE-84 rolls along at Lowell Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1974 Upload Date: 9/24/2009 10:36:01 PM |
| Location: |
Andover, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 212(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
811 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching on the wye |
| Description: |
Local freight L-3 doing his work on the "wye" at Lowell Junction. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1974 Upload Date: 3/22/2012 8:54:51 PM |
| Location: |
Andover, MA |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 805(SW8) |
| Views: |
576 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Just in from Mickeyville |
| Description: |
Road job from Mechanicville, yards his train at Rigby Yard in South Portland,Me. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1974 Upload Date: 9/24/2009 10:32:20 PM |
| Location: |
South Portland, ME |
| Author: |
David Hutchinson |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 212(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1153 Comments: 1 |
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