Ever since the early 1970s, when the New England Patriots moved from Boston to suburban Foxboro, MA, fans have been able to ride out to games there on MBTA football specials. Here tripleheaded GP9... (more)

D&H 19 in MBTA service at late evening, Boston South station

On a cold winter morning at Boston's South Station, commuters who have just arrived from the suburbs behind MBTA FP-10 1109 stream towards the warmth of the concourse.

In the early and mid 1980s, the MBTA relied on a lot of secondhand equipment to keep things moving. Former BN/NP GP9 1921 headed up a train of RDC equipment that includes an ex-CP car at the East ... (more)

An MBTA commuter train behind an F40PH en route from Boston to Fitchburg, MA, accelerates west through East Somerville on a summer afternoon. Today the B&M freight bridge in the background is gone... (more)

On a bright fall day, nearly new MBTA F40PH-2C pushes an inbound Fitchburg Line train through Littleton, MA, on its way to Boston's North Station.

A single passenger waited on the platform and a late season snow was falling as MBTA F40PH 1014 eased its Boston-Attleboro (MA) train to a stop at suburban Canton Junction. Five years after Penn C... (more)

In 1983-84 the MBTA purchased six GP9s from the Burlington Northern for use on trains of depowered RDCs. MBTA 1922, built as Northern Pacific 286, was one of two that received this maroon and gray... (more)

A splash of sunshine found its way through the overhead structures at Boston's North Station to illuminate MBTA FP-10 1107 standing at the bumper after its arrival with a commuter train. The MBTA'... (more)

MBTA FP-10 1109 heads up a Lowell-Boston commuter local entering the station at Winchester, MA, on a summer afternoon. A trio of depowered RDCs accommodate the riders.

In the early 1980s the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority purchased six Burlington Northern GP9s for commuter service hauling depowered RDCs. Here MBTA 1925 enters Boston's North Station w... (more)

MBTA 4261 was the only one of the system's eight ex-PRR E8s to receive this solid gray paint job, earning it the nickname "Gray Ghost". It posed at Boston's South Station while awaiting ... (more)

As the sun drops low on a long summer evening, MBTA E8 4261 hustles a short Providence-Boston commuter local through Central Falls, RI. The 4261 was the only one of the MBTA's eight ex-PRR E-units... (more)

MBTA 7538 was the only one of the agency's 14 ex-New Haven/Penn Central GP9s to receive the yellow/purple/gray "Easter egg" paint scheme. It awaited the evening rush hour at Boston's Sou... (more)

An inbound MBTA commuter train consisting of a set of depowered RDCs behind an FP-10 cab unit crosses the Charles River drawbridge and enters Boston's North Station. The MBTA's 19 FP-10s were form... (more)