Just a couple months into Conrail, train BOEL (Boston-Elkhart) out of Beacon Park Yard follows Amtrak's Lake Shore west on the former Boston & Albany, leaning into the curve at Wellesley Farms, MA... (more)
Light Power at the Square
MBTA rail extra returns as light power from Grafton. A few hours prior, this train dropped off some rails on flat cars for the Grafton and Upton extension to Mi... (more)
Amtrak's state-supported Bay State, the Boston-Washington "Inland Route" train via Springfield and Hartford, swings through a curve at Wellesley, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. This ... (more)
One of Amtrak's first state-supported trains was the Bay State, providing service from Boston to Washington via Springfield and Hartford (the "Inland Route"). Starting up two weeks after... (more)
Less than two weeks before the coming of Amtrak would put it out of its misery, Penn Central train 427 rolls west through Wellesley, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. A single E8 and a snack bar ... (more)