Two fresh-looking Boston and Maine EMD SW1’s are idle for the weekend at Lowell, Massachusetts. B&M 1118 was built in 1949, while 1132 was produced four years later.
Guilford, dealing with a worn-out, under-maintained fleet of diesels inherited from The D&H, the B&M, and the Maine Central, started looking to outside sources for used bargains to supplement the ... (more)
While prowling the grounds of the Boston & Maine’s North Billerica shop complex, I came across this 0-6-0 from the H. E. Fletcher Company. I thought that it was an unusual place for an old indus... (more)