Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, dignitaries including P&W president Robert Eder gave short speeches from the running board of RS3 161. Eder, who remained a P&W executive until the railroad was sold in 2016, was a primary force behind the startup and the 161 had been named in his honor.

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, February 3, 1973.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, May 24, 2017.
Railroad: Providence & Worcester.

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