North Station, Boston
Aerial view of North Station, Boston, circa 1946–47.
Classic Trains coll.
Aerial view of North Station, Boston, circa 1946–47.
Classic Trains coll.
Mountaineer
Boston–Littleton/Bethlehem, N.H., Mountaineer departing Boston, June 1946.
Albert G. Hale
Boston–Littleton/Bethlehem, N.H., Mountaineer departing Boston, June 1946.
Albert G. Hale
Eastern Route trains
Boston-bound (left) and northbound (to Portsmouth, N.H., or Rockport, Mass.) trains at Salem, Mass., March 1949.
C. Parker
Boston-bound (left) and northbound (to Portsmouth, N.H., or Rockport, Mass.) trains at Salem, Mass., March 1949.
C. Parker
Flying Yankee
Boston–Bangor Flying Yankee departing Portland, Maine, September 1939.
C. Parker
Boston–Bangor Flying Yankee departing Portland, Maine, September 1939.
C. Parker
Maine Central 4-6-4
MEC class D 4-6-4 No. 702 at Waterville, Maine, 1946.
Peter Ascher
MEC class D 4-6-4 No. 702 at Waterville, Maine, 1946.
Peter Ascher
Train 3107
Boston–Lancaster, Mass., train 3107 at Clinton, January 1956.
Dan Foley
Boston–Lancaster, Mass., train 3107 at Clinton, January 1956.
Dan Foley
Train 57
Boston–Troy, N.Y., train 57 at Hoosac Tunnel, June 1949.
William D. Middleton
Boston–Troy, N.Y., train 57 at Hoosac Tunnel, June 1949.
William D. Middleton
Trains to Portsmouth and Portland
Pacific 3664 on Boston–Portsmouth, N.H., train 241 and E7 3811 on Boston–Portland, Maine, train 147 at East Somerville, Mass., August 1946.
Albert G. Hale
Pacific 3664 on Boston–Portsmouth, N.H., train 241 and E7 3811 on Boston–Portland, Maine, train 147 at East Somerville, Mass., August 1946.
Albert G. Hale
Maine Central E7
MEC E7 No. 708 in early maroon-yellow-silver livery.
Electro-Motive
MEC E7 No. 708 in early maroon-yellow-silver livery.
Electro-Motive
Train 57
Boston–Troy, N.Y., train 57 at Greenfield, Mass., June 1956.
John Buchanan
Boston–Troy, N.Y., train 57 at Greenfield, Mass., June 1956.
John Buchanan
B&M gas-electric car
Electro-Motive gas-electric car 152, one of three built for B&M in 1926.
B&M
Electro-Motive gas-electric car 152, one of three built for B&M in 1926.
B&M
Kennebec Limited
B&M E7 with Boston–Bangor Kennebec Limited arriving Portland, Maine, July 1947.
C. Parker
B&M E7 with Boston–Bangor Kennebec Limited arriving Portland, Maine, July 1947.
C. Parker
Pine Tree
B&M 4-8-2 No. 4113 Invincible departing North Station with Boston–Portland Pine Tree, June 1946.
Albert G. Hale
B&M 4-8-2 No. 4113 Invincible departing North Station with Boston–Portland Pine Tree, June 1946.
Albert G. Hale
Baggage-RPO-locomotive 1140
B&M Ingersoll-Rand/St. Louis Car baggage-RPO-locomotive No. 1140 at Lawrence, Mass., 1936.
C. A. Brown
B&M Ingersoll-Rand/St. Louis Car baggage-RPO-locomotive No. 1140 at Lawrence, Mass., 1936.
C. A. Brown
Minute Man
B&M 4-6-2 No. 3713 with Boston–Albany train 59, Minute Man, at Fitchburg, Mass., 1939.
Robert A. Hadley
B&M 4-6-2 No. 3713 with Boston–Albany train 59, Minute Man, at Fitchburg, Mass., 1939.
Robert A. Hadley
B&M train 57
RS3 with Boston–Troy train 57 at Concord, Mass., spring 1952.
Parker Hayden
RS3 with Boston–Troy train 57 at Concord, Mass., spring 1952.
Parker Hayden
Mountaineer
B&M E7 with MEC’s Portland–St. Johnsbury Mountaineer in Crawford Notch, N.H., mid-1940s.
B&M
B&M E7 with MEC’s Portland–St. Johnsbury Mountaineer in Crawford Notch, N.H., mid-1940s.
B&M
MEC Farmington–Lewiston train
MEC 4-6-0 No. 361 with Farmington–Lewiston train at Farmington beside Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes 2-6-2 No. 24, circa 1934.
J. P. Martin
MEC 4-6-0 No. 361 with Farmington–Lewiston train at Farmington beside Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes 2-6-2 No. 24, circa 1934.
J. P. Martin
MEC Beechers Falls mixed
MEC 4-6-0 No. 367 with Beechers Falls mixed nearing summit in Crawford Notch.
R. E. Tobey
MEC 4-6-0 No. 367 with Beechers Falls mixed nearing summit in Crawford Notch.
R. E. Tobey
MEC train 226
MEC 4-6-2 No. 455 with Rumford–Portland train 226 at Canton, Maine, August 1950.
Stanwood K. Bolton
The photo of B&M Train 57 would not have looked too much out of place in South Jersey. The lead car behind the RS3 looks like a boomer ex-PRR P-54 coach. The car behind it is doubtless a boomer, in this case, a former Reading coach.
No place better illustrates one of the major failings of public transportation in America. The lack of integration, corporate rivalries and the failure to provide public input into decisions in which the public had an interest resulted in North and South Stations, the plethora of stations in Chicago and on and on. Even today, the Amtrak can get me to Boston but not thru Boston when I want to travel to Maine.
Caption twitches:
Photo 2 – Mountaineer: Taken just south of Medford Jct./Wellington, Mass. on B&M’s Western Route main line to Dover. Structure in distance is wooden draw tower for “jack-knife” swing Drawbridge No. 8 across the Mystic River.
Photo 7 – Train 241: Taken from former Washington St. bridge in East Somerville, Mass. Former Interlocking Tower C on right in middle distance. About a mile south of Photo 2 location.
Photo 17 – Mountaineer again: In Crawford Notch, en route to Littleton, N.H. from Boston. Maine Central Portland-St. Johnsbury locals 162-163 ran with steam power at this time and would have had head-end cars behind the engine.
I would really be interested in the Fallen Flag segments. I miss the Fallen Flags, in my area of eastern Pennsylvania.
I agree with the other comments. I welcome the return of fallen flags. I always read the monthly recap of a deceased railroad in Classic Trains.
Being a west coaster, I learn a lot about the east from fallen flags.
All Classic Trains readers love history because it is told about a period in our past and is couched in railroad lore.
Thanks for bringing back “Fallen Flags”.
Wonderful photos. A treasure! Thank you.