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From the City of Boston Archives.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbos ... 562001445/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dcm74 wrote:From the City of Boston Archives.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbos ... 562001445/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Great find! I have never seen any of these. The Photos range from 1908 to the early 1920s but all concentrate on the Forest Hills Extension, and various changes.

Anyone know why there's two coaches just sitting on the Needham Line in this picture? Did the New Haven use that center track as a small storage yard or something?

Some photos that I thought were interesting:

Lead into the original Forest Hills Yard being built

The trolley side of Forest Hills Yard being used to scrap old cars

PCC 3020 at Egleston Square

Demolition of the elevated just north of Forest Hills

MBTA3247 wrote: The trolley side of Forest Hills Yard being used to scrap old cars

The scrapping took place on all tracks, including the former elevated yard. The yard was used for four months, from August 1913 to December 1913. The surface yard was connected in 1914. Scrapping took place between 1919 and 1921. Third rail was still in place at the time. I would date the photo as before Shea Yard opened ca. 1911 - 1913.

Here are more picture to pore over.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dcm74 wrote:Here are more picture to pore over.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...and an article about how they're doing the digitization and categorization of all these piles and piles of old photos: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/12/0 ... -photos-1/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.