07-05-2015, 07:15 PM
One I am fond of is the Union Freight RR in Boston. It was about 2 miles, and connected the North and South station areas, along the Boston Harbor waterfront. It served many packing plants and docks along its route. For motive power in the 30's and 40's there were boxcab climax steam engines, and GE 44 tonners. Later in the 50's and 60's there were Alco switchers.
While there is not a wide variety of public photos out there, there are some, as shown below:
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Also, the New Haven RR Historical society's publication, the "Shoreliner", Volume 34, Issue 1, was focused on the Union Freight, as it was a New Haven subsidiary. I have this issue, and can scan some of it if you like.
One interesting point, up until about 1940, there was an elevated subway that ran above the Union Freight's tracks on Atlantic Avenue in Boston.
While there is not a wide variety of public photos out there, there are some, as shown below:
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Also, the New Haven RR Historical society's publication, the "Shoreliner", Volume 34, Issue 1, was focused on the Union Freight, as it was a New Haven subsidiary. I have this issue, and can scan some of it if you like.
One interesting point, up until about 1940, there was an elevated subway that ran above the Union Freight's tracks on Atlantic Avenue in Boston.