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By:David Hutchinson
Dates:5/13/1951 - 4/17/1988
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Arrival at Boston
Title:  Arrival at Boston
Description:  Single car local arriving at Boston's North Station on a quiet Saturday.
Photo Date:  8/14/1974  Upload Date: 1/9/2010 7:07:43 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 6115(RDC1)
Views:  1114   Comments: 1
Headin' east
Title:  Headin' east
Description:  WR-2 crosses Andover Street and heels into the banked curve at "FA" Tower.
Photo Date:  9/10/1974  Upload Date: 9/11/2012 5:20:38 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1750(GP18)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
Eastbound Hotshot
Title:  Eastbound Hotshot
Description:  NY-20 rolls through the Bleachery Yard at Lowell,Mass.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 6/26/2009 10:02:47 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David S.Hutchinson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 1754(GP18)
Views:  1626   Comments: 3
Coming off the branch
Title:  Coming off the branch
Description:  Light Engine 1129 rolls across East Hollis Street, headed for the yard from the Hillsboro Branch.
Photo Date:  6/24/1976  Upload Date: 3/25/2011 7:01:26 AM
Location:  Nashua, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1129(SW1)
Views:  1217   Comments: 4
Detouring through the "Middle"
Title:  Detouring through the "Middle"
Description:  NE-2 is Rigby bound as he passes through "Erving Middle", detouring around trackwork on the eastbound.
Photo Date:  9/7/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2010 9:36:37 PM
Location:  Erving, MA
Author:  David%Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 208(GP38-2)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
Back from Maine
Title:  Back from Maine
Description:  1176 is back home after spending a few years on lease to the Portland Terminal Co.
Photo Date:  2/10/1977  Upload Date: 3/25/2011 9:42:49 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1176(S3)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
Shop Switcher
Title:  Shop Switcher
Description:  Billerica Shop switcher shoves a Buddliner into the shop for re-building.
Photo Date:  5/2/1977  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 3:54:32 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1270(S4)
Views:  1001   Comments: 2
Getting serviced
Title:  Getting serviced
Description:  Its afternoon at Boston Engine Terminal, the fuel and sand rack is busy with the commuter rush hour and AP-4's power.
Photo Date:  3/20/1978  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 9:34:38 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 307(GP40-2)
Views:  912   Comments: 1
Leaving town
Title:  Leaving town
Description:  AP-3 climbs up out of Yard-8, headed for the Freight Cut-off and the west.
Photo Date:  4/29/1978  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 10:49:03 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 306(GP40-2)
Views:  761   Comments: 1
Sunrise
Title:  Sunrise
Description:  The sun is coming up as ES-6 (East Deerfield-Salem) rumbles across Drawbridge #7 over the Mystic River.
Photo Date:  9/20/1978  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 9:25:27 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
Ready track
Title:  Ready track
Description:  Early evening finds the power for BE-1 rolling out of Track 42 at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  11/12/1978  Upload Date: 2/29/2012 9:18:43 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1744(GP9)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
Sunrise
Title:  Sunrise
Description:  The sun begins to rise higher in the sky as train #208 from Ipswich crosses Draw-7, headed for Boston.
Photo Date:  12/6/1978  Upload Date: 3/31/2012 8:23:04 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1558(GP7)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Out in back
Title:  Out in back
Description:  The back side of the Diesel Repair Shop at Boston Engine Terminal has always been a busy place.
Photo Date:  4/8/1979  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 10:46:52 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 315(GP40-2)
Views:  785   Comments: 4
Just in off the road
Title:  Just in off the road
Description:  EDSA's power has just arrived at the engine terminal at Salem,Mass., at left, the 1746 is one of the last two GP-9's still in their original paint.
Photo Date:  6/13/1979  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 9:19:08 PM
Location:  Salem, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2) BM 1755(GP18) BM 1746(GP9)
Views:  1222   Comments: 2
Wyeing the power
Title:  Wyeing the power
Description:  LAME left Lawrence with both engines headed east. They head-pinned the power and turned it on the wye at North Chelmsford and headed back to their train.
Photo Date:  12/30/1979  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 9:18:49 PM
Location:  North Chelmsford, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2) BM 200(GP38-2)
Views:  1239   Comments: 3
Fast Freight
Title:  Fast Freight
Description:  POSE heads west through Andover Street Interlocking at Lawrence,Mass.
Photo Date:  12/30/1979  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 11:00:48 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 306(GP40-2)
Views:  766   Comments: 2
BM 1741
Title:  BM 1741
Description:  Power from DOBO heads up Track 9 out behind Tower-H to pick up his eastbound train at Yard-8.
Photo Date:  6/30/1980  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 8:34:51 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  998   Comments: 0
Fresh Paint
Title:  Fresh Paint
Description:  The smell of fresh paint fills the crisp morning air as 1560 idles out in back of the shops after a complete overhaul and paint job.
Photo Date:  12/13/1980  Upload Date: 2/25/2012 9:01:35 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  736   Comments: 1
We were so proud of them
Title:  We were so proud of them
Description:  Three years old and she still looks great, 316 idles between assignments at Lawrence,Mass.
Photo Date:  6/23/1981  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 6:37:16 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 316(GP40-2)
Views:  886   Comments: 3
Conn River Northbound
Title:  Conn River Northbound
Description:  SPCP rolls along through North Walpole,N.H. alongside Route 12.
Photo Date:  5/5/1982  Upload Date: 9/23/2009 4:02:51 PM
Location:  North Walpole, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1848(GP9)
Views:  650   Comments: 3
Lunch Break
Title:  Lunch Break
Description:  The crew of the Yard-21 switcher takes their luch break on a cold February day.
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 3/25/2011 6:57:43 AM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 803(SW8)
Views:  683   Comments: 0
Business was great
Title:  Business was great
Description:  Eastbound road freight with auto racks on the head-pin, arrives at East Deerfield.
Photo Date:  2/19/1984  Upload Date: 9/27/2009 9:56:14 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 312(GP40-2)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
Scrap Line
Title:  Scrap Line
Description:  As soon as they took over, Guilford Industries went on a scrapping binge. Surplus switcers and condemned freight cars line the tracks at B&M's Billerica Shops.
Photo Date:  2/20/1984  Upload Date: 3/23/2012 1:41:53 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1222(SW9)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
Laying over
Title:  Laying over
Description:  Power from MELA lays over at Lawrence,Mass.
Photo Date:  4/23/1984  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 6:55:39 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 308(GP40-2) BM 322(GP40)
Views:  906   Comments: 1
Setting off
Title:  Setting off
Description:  CPED backs up the "Patch Track" at Bellows Falls,Vt. to set-off interchange cars for the Green Mountain Ry.
Photo Date:  2/16/1985  Upload Date: 9/24/2009 9:18:34 PM
Location:  Bellows Falls, VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  750   Comments: 3
Strike Victim
Title:  Strike Victim
Description:  Totally destroyed by a fire of suspicious origin at White River Jct.,Vt. during the Guilford strike of 1986.
Photo Date:  3/16/1987  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 9:17:04 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1702(GP9)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
Picked clean
Title:  Picked clean
Description:  The corpse of 1739, picked clean of all useable mechanical parts, bakes in the sun out in back of the shops.
Photo Date:  9/27/1987  Upload Date: 2/29/2012 9:00:42 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 1739(GP9)
Views:  645   Comments: 0
Ours among the intruders
Title:  Ours among the intruders
Description:  Three years into the Guilford takeover, and our old B&M power is on the way out.
Photo Date:  12/21/1987  Upload Date: 9/11/2012 7:15:01 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  MEC 693, showing her Illinois Terminal green paint and Norfolk & Western lettering, waits for a re-crew at the head-end of a canned westbound at Meadowcroft Street.
Photo Date:  2/28/1988  Upload Date: 1/13/2011 8:49:41 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 693(SD39)
Views:  950   Comments: 0
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  MEC 693, in the company of a pair of P&LE GP-38's, waits for a re-crew at Meadowcroft Street.
Photo Date:  2/28/1988  Upload Date: 1/13/2011 8:49:04 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 693(SD39)
Views:  649   Comments: 2
Bits and pieces
Title:  Bits and pieces
Description:  The scattered remains of B&M 1574 and 1565 litter the ground out in back of the Billerica Shops, victims of the Guilford scrap binge of 1987/88.
Photo Date:  4/17/1988  Upload Date: 3/24/2012 9:26:50 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1574(GP7)
Views:  863   Comments: 0


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