by oamundsen
Back in the 1960's, I frequently made weekend roundtrips from Boston where I was in collage to Stamford, CT near where my family lived because I worked weekends at my family's business. I usually took the Gilt Edge at 4 pm from South Station (often sitting on my suitcase) Friday and returned Sunday evening leaving Stamford around 9:30 pm arriving at Back Bay around midnight. This evening train was all couch and also made a stop somewhere in Rhode Island to spot an express car at what I believe was the RR Donally Printing plant. This past week I rode the Acela both ways and found that it made the 45 miles Boston/Providence just 8 minutes faster than the NH advertised back in steam days! What I am trying to figure out is what the night train was, and was it indeed almost clocking that Stamford/Boston trip nearly the same as today's Acela? Maybe Noel Weaver or someone else can provide some details, all I remember is we would come into Boston after a stop at Rt. 128 (which was just a platform in mainly empty woods)
with hair raising speed and smoking brakes. Funny, but it does not seem so long ago.
with hair raising speed and smoking brakes. Funny, but it does not seem so long ago.