by edbear
Sometimes filled in railroad forms from the past yield lots of information and are great to find. On Sunday, November 16, 1952, the B & M sent this motive power out of Boston (I don't have what came into Boston, but many of these units came in and then went out.)
Passenger power:
Eastern Route/Gloucester Branch - GP-7 territory; 1555, 1562, 1565, 1566 & PT 1081 handled the trains that day also 3819 on midnight train 269 to Portsmouth. 3 GP-7s made more than one trip.
Western Route: Portland Trains: 3814, 3800, MEC706-3808 paired, 3801, 710-3807 paired, 3820-3810 paired on the Gull. Dover: 3810 (paper train), 3802 local,
Haverhill service: RDC 6100 (Mon-Sat running to Troy) made 6 Boston-Haverhill round-trips, 1537, 1545 and 1571 handled the few conventional trains running along with Pacific 3648
New Hampshire Route: Concord trains: 3803 on paper train, CPR 1802 on Aloutte #5, 3806 (Ambassador), 1560, 1563 and 4226 on Red Wing
Lowell service: 1555, 1563, 1571, Pacifics 3659 and 3684 and #6000 (nee the Flying Yankee now the Minuteman) made two early-mid afternoon round-trips, Boston-Lowell. Coming in from Troy as #52, the 6000 headed over behind BET from Tower H and backed in to North Station so no turn was required to set the unit up for first trip to Lowell and I have a hunch the return from Lowell on that first trip was also wyed and backed into NS for its next trip.
Fitchburg Route/Cheshire Branch: MEC 707 on paper train #65, Troy Trains MEC 711, 3821, 3811-705 paired
Fitchburg local train #5003 3811, Cheshire Branch 1542 (Green Mtn Flyer), 3818 (Cheshire), MEC 708-709 paired (Mt Royal-milk empties)
Steamer #1496 handled a "milk extra" maybe to West Lynn?
Freight power: Sunday was pretty normal for incoming freight, but light for outgoing and locals.
#1265 ran to Salem
Portland-Western B-11 had 4209 and BP-5 had 4203
New Hampshire Route: BU-3 had 4223-4256(?), BU-1 4202, 351s Extra 4204
Fitchburg: BR-3 4216-4262, BM-11 4218-4265A, BM-3 4210-4222, BR-1 4251-4201
BW-1 did it run via Waltham or Lowell at this date? 4214
Passenger power:
Eastern Route/Gloucester Branch - GP-7 territory; 1555, 1562, 1565, 1566 & PT 1081 handled the trains that day also 3819 on midnight train 269 to Portsmouth. 3 GP-7s made more than one trip.
Western Route: Portland Trains: 3814, 3800, MEC706-3808 paired, 3801, 710-3807 paired, 3820-3810 paired on the Gull. Dover: 3810 (paper train), 3802 local,
Haverhill service: RDC 6100 (Mon-Sat running to Troy) made 6 Boston-Haverhill round-trips, 1537, 1545 and 1571 handled the few conventional trains running along with Pacific 3648
New Hampshire Route: Concord trains: 3803 on paper train, CPR 1802 on Aloutte #5, 3806 (Ambassador), 1560, 1563 and 4226 on Red Wing
Lowell service: 1555, 1563, 1571, Pacifics 3659 and 3684 and #6000 (nee the Flying Yankee now the Minuteman) made two early-mid afternoon round-trips, Boston-Lowell. Coming in from Troy as #52, the 6000 headed over behind BET from Tower H and backed in to North Station so no turn was required to set the unit up for first trip to Lowell and I have a hunch the return from Lowell on that first trip was also wyed and backed into NS for its next trip.
Fitchburg Route/Cheshire Branch: MEC 707 on paper train #65, Troy Trains MEC 711, 3821, 3811-705 paired
Fitchburg local train #5003 3811, Cheshire Branch 1542 (Green Mtn Flyer), 3818 (Cheshire), MEC 708-709 paired (Mt Royal-milk empties)
Steamer #1496 handled a "milk extra" maybe to West Lynn?
Freight power: Sunday was pretty normal for incoming freight, but light for outgoing and locals.
#1265 ran to Salem
Portland-Western B-11 had 4209 and BP-5 had 4203
New Hampshire Route: BU-3 had 4223-4256(?), BU-1 4202, 351s Extra 4204
Fitchburg: BR-3 4216-4262, BM-11 4218-4265A, BM-3 4210-4222, BR-1 4251-4201
BW-1 did it run via Waltham or Lowell at this date? 4214