I have read that the Central Mass. was the last branch on the B&M on which steam trains operated --- into the 1950s. Does anyone know if that was the case right up until the abandonment of passenger service to Clinton (1959), or was the railroad using Budds by that time?
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Scroll down to the February 16, 2007 post for last steam and last trains info...