F-40"Swan Song

F-40 1016, stripped of anything useful, is the first of her class to go to the torch at Boston Engine Terminal.

1016, having been out of service for several years, has become the first of her class to go to the torch.

Dawn at Boston Engine Terminal/ F-40 1016 is reduced to a frame, some trucks, and a prime mover, there will be nothing left by this afternoon.

HSP-46 2001 stands in stark contrast to war-weary F-40 1009. Inevitably, 1009 and her sisters will be disposed of as more HSP-46's arrive from the builder.

1011 brings up the rear of a draft headed to Boston's North Station.

1014 occupies the deadline out in back at Boston Engine Terminal. With a blown piston and a large hole in her block, she'll never run again.

The old and the new share space out in front of the Diesel House at Boston Engine Terminal.

1007 is positioned in the layover yard at Boston Engine Terminal for a mid afternoon local.

Train #326 from Lowell rolls across the Charles River drawbridge and into North Station.

Brand new HSP-46 2005 almost seems to be setting her sights on disabled F-40 1009 at Boston Engine Terminal. The 1009, laid up with excessive lateral motion problems, will probably never run again.

The afternoon rush is in full swing at Boston Engine Terminal, as trainsets are serviced and set to the yard for movement over to North Station.

Because of their age, the F-40's need almost daily repairs and constant attention, 1001-1012-1007 wait their turn in the repair shop at Boston Engine Terminal.

With the onset of major problems with the new HSP-46 fleet, many F-40's once written off, have come back inside from the deadline.

An appropriately dreary winter day, finds sidelined F-40's beginning to pile up like the sow that surrounds them out in the back yard at Boston engine terminal.

Time is running out for the aging F-40 fleet, some of them 36 years old, graduates of the EOD class of 197>, wait out an uncertain fate in the back yard at Boston Engine Terminal.

Even the recent rebuilds are beginning fall by the wayside and now join their sisters in the dead line in the back yard at Boston Engine terminal.

This winter has been hard on MBTA's antiquated motive power, hardest hit are the 1978 F-40's of which there are now ten of them out of service at Boston Engine Terminal.

This winter has been hard on MBTA's antiquated motive power, hardest hit are the 1978 F-40's of which there are now ten of them out of service at Boston Engine Terminal.

This winter has been hard on MBTA's antiquated motive power, hardest hit are the 1978 F-40's of which there are now ten of them out of service at Boston Engine Terminal.

This winter has been hard on MBTA's antiquated motive power, hardest hit are the 1978 F-40's of which there are now ten of them out of service at Boston Engine Terminal.

Derelict F-40's 1017-1015-1008-1005 and 1011 are being air tested and readied to be shipped out to an un-disclosed destination.

Derelict F-40's 1006-1002-1001-1012, from MBTA's original order of 1978, await their fate at Boston Engine Terminal.

Derelict F-40's 1011-1008-1015-1005, from MBTA's original order of 1978, await their fate at Boston Engine Terminal.

F-40 1013 has the dubious distinction of being the last one standing, 330, her temporary replacement, is six years older. With the failure of the new HSP's to step up to the plate, these EMD veterens will have to soldier on.

Out of service since late February, the 1004 is living out her last days as a parts souce out behind the Diesel Shop at Boston Engine Terminal.

MBTA F-40's 1009-1014-1000-1010 are being readied at Boston Engine Terminal for shipment into storage and an uncertain future.

MBTA F-40's 1009-1014-1000-1010 are being readied at Boston Engine Terminal for shipment into storage and an uncertain future.

MBTA F-40's 1009-1014-1000-1010 are being readied at Boston Engine Terminal for shipment into storage and an uncertain future.

MBTA F-40's 1009-1014-1000-1010 are being readied at Boston Engine Terminal for shipment into storage and an uncertain future.

Now the later model F-40,s are starting to show their age, sometime in the early morning hours, 1051's turbo decided to spit up.

The second tragic meltdown of a later model F-40 in 2 weeks, this time, the 1069 blew oil all over the place at the height of rush hour at Boston's North Station.