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By:Ron Chouinard
Dates:10/24/1973 - 12/16/2012
Album Info:Photos from the Providence and Worcester collection of the late Philip M. Paradis compliments of Mr. Robert J. Grubinskas
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PW 3
Title:  PW 3
Description:  ex Delaware and Hudson caboose - the o'l number 3 ain't doing too good these days with its end sill ripped off in a switching move
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 6:35:05 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  329   Comments: 0
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  Conrail SD40's bringing freight to the Providence and Worcester yard at Worcester
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 6:36:04 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9) CR 6417(SD40-2) CR 6514(SD40-2)
Views:  1059   Comments: 1
PW 1702 on Passenger Extra
Title:  PW 1702 on Passenger Extra
Description:  the 1702 doing the honors on today's passenger extra at the Whitens/Lynwood Yard in the Whitens section of town - see below comment
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 1:27:35 PM
Location:  Northbridge, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1702(GP9)
Views:  724   Comments: 1
PW 668
Title:  PW 668
Description:  b~ the Worcester enginehouse - ex Amtrak/Union Pacific EMD E9B, now used as an head end power car on the Providence and Worcester for the passenger train excursions
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 2:37:35 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  712   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  power for the light engines to the Boston and Maine at Gdrdner by the dispatching center
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 12:09:05 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R) PW 2005(M420R)
Views:  923   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  southbound at the Millbury team track - note the unusual PW logo on the 2001
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 6:25:54 PM
Location:  Millbury, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
PW 2002
Title:  PW 2002
Description:  Train at Plainfield - there coming around for caboose
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 6:30:23 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2002(M420R) PW 2201(B23-7)
Views:  1314   Comments: 0
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  passenger extra running by a couple blue, Warwick Railway box cars
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 1:24:32 PM
Location:  Northbridge, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  crossing Lower Millbury Street with one of many passenger extras the the Providence and Worcester ran
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 1:25:15 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9)
Views:  684   Comments: 0
PW 2007
Title:  PW 2007
Description:  Phil's cab riding around at the south end of Worcester yard while a couple bright red Providence and Worcester box cars look on
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 1:26:00 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  1080   Comments: 1
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  1701 tugging on a Conrail caboose on the Southbridge Street bridge at the Worcester yards
Photo Date:  6/10/1983  Upload Date: 4/30/2006 1:26:53 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9)
Views:  877   Comments: 2
PW 2201
Title:  PW 2201
Description:  together at Worcester
Photo Date:  6/18/1983  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 6:31:50 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2201(B23-7) PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  831   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  the 2001 and the New Englander leaving Worcester
Photo Date:  6/18/1983  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 6:30:46 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  2001 at the Riverdale Mills crossing with one of the many passenger extras
Photo Date:  6/18/1983  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 6:17:09 PM
Location:  Riverdale, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  2001 showing off its colorful paint - for awhile it was the Queen of the fleet
Photo Date:  6/18/1983  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 6:15:06 PM
Location:  Millbury, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
PW 2001
Title:  PW 2001
Description:  passenger extra crossing the historic and picturesque Blackstone River on this early spring day
Photo Date:  6/18/1983  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 6:14:04 PM
Location:  Grafton, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  view of the (7189) 1701 in the process of being painted at the Worcester enginehguse
Photo Date:  7/12/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 2:38:36 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9)
Views:  754   Comments: 0
PW 1701
Title:  PW 1701
Description:  old 7189 - soon to become 1701 being worked on at Worcester
Photo Date:  7/12/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 11:58:23 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1701(GP9)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
PW 3002
Title:  PW 3002
Description:  Sun's going down when phil photographed this caboose - looks like the 3002's fitted with ghetto guards
Photo Date:  8/11/1983  Upload Date: 4/20/2006 11:26:38 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  719   Comments: 0
SVTX 2
Title:  SVTX 2
Description:  Must of needed servicing! Seaview Transportation number 2 at the Providence and Worcester engine house - ex Warwick Railway 105. ex USA Pueblo Ordnance Depot, nee-USN (NAD, Earle NJ), Vulcan serial 4400, built December 1943 ex US Navy Vulcan 65 tonner *** sadly in March of 2008, this rare locomotive was scrapped and loaded into a dumpster ***
Photo Date:  8/12/1983  Upload Date: 2/19/2006 7:27:35 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  SVTX 2(65 Tonner)
Views:  1550   Comments: 3
PW 2003
Title:  PW 2003
Description:  M420 2003 and GP38-2 2008 resting over the weekend at the Worcester enginehouse
Photo Date:  12/14/1983  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 6:34:25 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2003(M420R) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  851   Comments: 1
PW 2002
Title:  PW 2002
Description:  the re-painted 2002 has/no PW logo on the high end hood
Photo Date:  4/18/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:15:08 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2002(M420R)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
PW 2002
Title:  PW 2002
Description:  2002 on the bridges that span Jackson Street
Photo Date:  4/18/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:13:22 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2002(M420R)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
Boat Train
Title:  Boat Train
Description:  Passenger extra at the Port of Providence. Providence and Worcester boat train from Worcester, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island. The S.S. Galileo, will take you on a two-day cruise to nowhere. Onboard was a full casino, three pools and shows. Included in your fare was all ship meals and the Captain's cocktail party.
Photo Date:  6/18/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:18:00 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R)
Views:  1216   Comments: 0
PW 2009
Title:  PW 2009
Description:  fairly new 2009 with most of the name peeling off the hood doors
Photo Date:  7/14/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:16:45 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  6217   Comments: 0
PW 2003
Title:  PW 2003
Description:  2003, the last original paint scheme left when the the MLW's were sold. At the old USS Steel plant on Millbury Street
Photo Date:  7/14/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:07:56 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Uaradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2003(M420R)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
PW 2003
Title:  PW 2003
Description:  Nice day for a ride! Crossing Millbury Street fpom the old USS Steel plant at Worcester
Photo Date:  7/14/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:07:13 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2003(M420R)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
PW 2003
Title:  PW 2003
Description:  Worcester extra crossing Lower Millbury Street - botice the old Buda electric, crossing gate base
Photo Date:  7/14/1984  Upload Date: 5/2/2006 6:06:29 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2003(M420R)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Tractor and Trailer
Title:  Tractor and Trailer
Description:  No question as to who this rig belonged too! Its at the old Pawtucket Yards when the Providence and Worcester had its TOF yard
Photo Date:  8/27/1984  Upload Date: 8/12/2006 4:48:12 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis collection
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Views:  540   Comments: 0
Tractor and Trailer
Title:  Tractor and Trailer
Description:  Over in Pawtucket Yards --- well scuffed tires suggest this old guy was used to jockey trailers on and off from the flat cars
Photo Date:  8/27/1984  Upload Date: 8/12/2006 4:49:15 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  639   Comments: 0
PW 2006
Title:  PW 2006
Description:  Crossing the new rail bridge over I-190 on this chilly day, Providence and Worcesters, northbound passenger extra heading up the Gardner Branch in Worcester
Photo Date:  12/14/1984  Upload Date: 2/12/2006 2:41:03 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  824   Comments: 1
PW 2002
Title:  PW 2002
Description:  the 2002 southbound with the passenger extra at Brooks Station Road
Photo Date:  12/14/1984  Upload Date: 2/13/2006 4:51:31 PM
Location:  Princeton Station, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2002(M420R)
Views:  1430   Comments: 2
PW 7794/2011
Title:  PW 7794/2011
Description:  Here's the 2011 at Worcester. For awhile, fresh from Conrail, the 7794 ran with its Conrail number
Photo Date:  1/6/1985  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 3:10:52 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 7794(GP38) PW 2011(GP38) CR 7794(GP38)
Views:  1771   Comments: 0
PW 7808
Title:  PW 7808
Description:  Here's the 2010 at Worcester. For awhile, fresh from Conrail, the 7808 ran with its Conrail number
Photo Date:  1/6/1985  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 3:10:00 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 7808(GP38) PW 2010(GP38) CR 7808(GP38)
Views:  2159   Comments: 0
CR 7065
Title:  CR 7065
Description:  couple Conrail GP9's, paying the Providence and Worcester's engine house a visit in Worcester. They belong to the New Hampshire Northcoast and there here at Worcester to be painted in the New Hampshire Northcoast colors
Photo Date:  6/5/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:58:15 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  CR 7083(GP9) CR 7065(GP9) NHN 1756(GP9) NHN 1757(GP9)
Views:  2965   Comments: 1
PW 1801
Title:  PW 1801
Description:  1801 heading north towards Worcester. They're at lower Millbury Street - today Millbury Street is known as Blackstone River Road
Photo Date:  6/5/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:42:11 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1801(U18B) PW 2010(GP38)
Views:  1328   Comments: 0
PW 2008
Title:  PW 2008
Description:  The train from the Boston and Maine at Gardner, back in its hometown, crossing the Southbridge Street bridge in Worcester
Photo Date:  6/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 3:20:02 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  889   Comments: 1
PW 2006
Title:  PW 2006
Description:  Providence and Worcester train is at what some call the "Chair City" from all the furniture that was made there in its heyday. They're waiting to cross the Boston and Maine mainline at Gardner
Photo Date:  6/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 3:15:26 PM
Location:  Gardner, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2006(GP38-2) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  1004   Comments: 1
PW 2008
Title:  PW 2008
Description:  The train gathered up from the Boston and Maine's, Gardner yard, they're on the way back home to Worcester
Photo Date:  6/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/14/2006 3:18:09 PM
Location:  Holden, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  914   Comments: 2
PW 1702
Title:  PW 1702
Description:  the 1702 on a fan trip to the Valley Railroad
Photo Date:  7/14/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:33:47 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 1702(GP9)
Views:  798   Comments: 0
New Englander
Title:  New Englander
Description:  Providence and Worcester today, meeting yesterday ... the old Uxbridge Shanty! Proudly showing its PW logo, the handsome Providence and Worcester round observation car at the Valley Railroad
Photo Date:  7/14/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:34:39 PM
Location:  Essex, CT
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  785   Comments: 0
Engine House
Title:  Engine House
Description:  Providence and Worcester's engine house and Maintenance facility at Plainfield
Photo Date:  7/14/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:29:12 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  1411   Comments: 0
PW 2007
Title:  PW 2007
Description:  The 2007 and 2009 resting over the weekend at Plainfield
Photo Date:  7/14/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2006 1:32:24 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  1338   Comments: 1
PW 2002
Title:  PW 2002
Description:  the 2002 and 2009 crossing West Hartford Avenue in North Uxbridge
Photo Date:  7/18/1985  Upload Date: 2/12/2006 3:21:44 PM
Location:  Uxbridge, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 2002(M420R)
Views:  1594   Comments: 2
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Description:  PW 2001on another day, Phil caught up with 2 MLW's at the Boston and Maine's Gardner yards
Photo Date:  4/24/2006  Upload Date: 4/24/2006 2:41:55 PM
Location:  Gardner, MA
Author:  Philip M. Paradis
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Locomotives:  PW 2001(M420R) PW 2005(M420R)
Views:  1099   Comments: 0
Hamlet Avenue
Title:  Hamlet Avenue
Description:  The old and the new at Hamlet Avenue. The old manual gates are still being used until the new crossing flashers are activated. The old railroad viaduct to service the mills along the Blackstone was still standing
Photo Date:  9/28/1961  Upload Date: 6/25/2006 3:18:06 PM
Location:  Woonsocket, RI
Author:  Philip M. Paradis collection
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Views:  814   Comments: 0
Hamlet Avenue
Title:  Hamlet Avenue
Description:  Providence and Worcester's Hamlet Avenue in Woonsocket as it appears today
Photo Date:  7/10/2006  Upload Date: 7/10/2006 5:03:02 PM
Location:  Woonsocket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  347   Comments: 0
Letters to Phil
Title:  Letters to Phil
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/1972  Upload Date: 12/9/2012 3:53:48 PM
Location:  Hopedale, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  230   Comments: 0
Letters to Phil
Title:  Letters to Phil
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/2/1973  Upload Date: 12/9/2012 3:54:39 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  238   Comments: 0
Letters to Phil
Title:  Letters to Phil
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/1973  Upload Date: 12/9/2012 3:55:04 PM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  249   Comments: 0


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