Inbound From Fitchburg: The GreatRails North American Railroad Photo Archive

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Inbound From Fitchburg

Boston-bound MBTA FP-10 #1113 dusts off the railhead as it passes Milepost 35 and blows for Sandy Pond Road crossing in Ayer. Budd RDCs still made up a good part of the North Side passenger car fleet. Current running practice is for the locomotive to be on the outbound end of trains going into North Station. I am not sure when this changed.

Photographed by Ron DeFilippo, 1982.
Added to the photo archive by Ron DeFilippo, December 29, 2019.
Railroad: MBTA/BM.

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Once in a great while, MBTA locomotives will lead inbound these days especially for the first inbound train after a decent snowfall (or windstorm) such as the one you captured here. I guess a leading locomotive does a much better job of plowing snow or trees than does the cab car! I give you lots of credit for braving the cold to capture this image!

Posted by John Barlow on 2019-12-30 05:34:11

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