Lake Shore at Palmer: The GreatRails North American Railroad Photo Archive

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Lake Shore at Palmer

Back when the eastbound Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited was a day train, an F40 leads #448 past the much-photographed station at Palmer, MA. A deadheading sleeper and baggage car ride ahead of the regular five-car consist (baggage, sleeper, three coaches, lounge),

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, November, 1981.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, September 7, 2017.
Railroad: Amtrak.

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Neat photo! Didn't know that the Palmer station was a luncheonette before it became an antique store. The long gone platform roof along the B&A track was still standing then. Seeing the fenced off area where the Conrail Trailvans are parked, I wonder if the the Luncheonette was still in use.

Posted by John Barlow on 2017-09-08 07:07:11

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