The B&M in B&W
Author: BandA Fan
Black and White photos of the Boston & Maine from the early '80's scanned from medium format negatives.
Photo Gallery
SW-1 1130 was working as the west end switcher this day.
CPSP arrives at East Deerfield. The CP power was not unusual at this point in time.
LAME-A making a set off.
RS-18 8750 in CPSP at East Deerfield west. It's "Pac-Man!" Munch-munch-munch!
POME grinds upgrade past the grade crossing at Bardwell's Ferry in Shelburne. The tracks bisect the road right in the middle of a hairpin turn.
POME has a some added impetus at the rear in the guise of GP-9 1719.
1719 shoving away on the rear of POME. Railroad crosses the Deerfield River just out of sight at left.
POSP southbound at Deerfield interlocking.
Rear of POSP at Deerfield interlocking.
The west end switcher "du jour"
CPSP going to the pit to drop the 1838.
SPPO arriving East Deerfield West off the Conn River line via the loop track.
CPSP departing East Deerfield.
CPSP rolling down the Conn River line through South Deerfield enroute to Springfield.
How times have changed, nothing like this travels these rails any more.
CPSP arriving East Deerfield West.
CPSP continues into the yard as POSP "does his thang".
CPSP heading south across the Deerfield River bridge on the Conn River Line.
MELA's power get's swapped out and heads for the pit. It will go back out on POME later.
CPSP's power coming in on the loop track. 400 dpi scan-cropped to fit site size requirements.
CPSP's power coming in on the loop track. 300 dpi scan-full frame.
West end switcher shuffling some buggies around.
SPCP's power coming into the yard. Yeah, that does look like a "Sheila" riding the 1752.
SPPO arriving East Deerfield West off the Conn River line via the loop track.
"Yellow G" block signal, relay cabinets, and hot box detector at Lake Pleasant, which is about 5 miles east of East Deerfield on the Fitchburg route.
The west end switcher pulls a cut of ballast hoppers out of the "crusher", a quarry located next to the loop track in East Deerfield.
SEPO arriving at East Deerfield West. One of those "hazy, lazy, crazy daze of summer".
LASE begins it's westward trek grinding upgrade at Wisdom Way. The track he is on is no longer in service.
CPSP's power going to the house to drop the 1711.
CPSP exiting the loop track from East Deerfield yard at Deerfield Junction and rejoining the Conn River Line.
One of the locals working out of East Deerfield, ED-3, gets ready to leave.
CPSP southbound through Deerfield interlocking.
Rear of CPSP at Deerfield interlocking.
POSP southbound at Deerfield interlocking.
Rear of POSP at Deerfield interlocking.
SPCP arriving at East Deerfield West via the "loop" track from the Conn River line with cars to set off.
SPCP arriving at East Deerfield West.
Rear of SPCP.
MEPO arriving at East Deerfield West.
Rear of MEPO. D&H buggies were not uncommon.
The two MEC U25-B's came in on POSP, but came off at E.DFLD, then went back on SPPO.
The "pumpkin" U-Boats will go out on SPPO.
POME's power comes out of the pit to tie on to it's train and head west. The 1709, the west end switcher, stands by.
POME "get's out of town" just ahead of the setting sun. Tried this in Grayscale first, then thought, wonder what Sepia would look like?
Unusual to see all this first gen power on POSP, normally had GP-38's and/or 40's.
The 1749 was the last unit of the B&M's 50 GP-9's.
Of the B&M's 6 GP-18's, the 1755 was the only one with the "standard" 48" cooling fans, the rest had 36" fans from trade-in units.
CPSP southbound through East Northfield. The Central Vermont (today's New England Central) is in the foreground.
CPSP arriving East Deerfield West.
The west end switcher "du jour".