POSTCARD VIEW: B&M Fitchburg MA Station #2

Boston & Maine Fitchburg MA Station

Enfield MA Depot... Now Under the Quabbin Reservior

This is a photograph of the Enfield MA depot.  Enfield was served by the Springfield, Athol & North Eastern, which later became a branch of the Boston & Albany railroad.  Trains stopped in 1935, and the official end of the Swift River Valley towns to be flooded was April 28, 1938.

MBTA Commuter Rail Delays Blamed on Defect in New Locomotives - The Boston Globe

Commuter rail delays blamed on defect in new locomotives - The Boston Globe

MRC/Model Power Boston & Maine / New Haven 2-6-0 Locomotives in N Scale

2-6-0 MOGUL BOSTON & MAINE DCC COMPATIBLE - 0687601
2-6-0 MOGUL BOSTON & MAINE DCC & SOUND - 06876011

2-6-0 MOGUL NEW HAVEN DCC COMPATIBLE - 0687617
2-6-0 MOGUL NEW HAVEN DCC & SOUND -  06876171

ANNOUNCED APRIL 2017:  Boston & Maine 4-4-0 American steam locomotive. One road number per scheme.  Five-pole Mashima motor with flywheel; metal boiler, chassis, and cylinders; separately applied metal handrails; factory-installed traction tire; and golden-white light-emitting diode headlight. Direct-current model, $269.98; with Digital Command Control and sound, $339.98. Model Rectifier Corp., 732-225-2100

Boston & Maine MOW hopper, ex-D&H

Boston & Maine MOW hopper, ex-D&H with sign stating "ILMENITE LOADING ONLY" (3/18/17 Ayer MA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmenite

Rapido Releases Drawings of Upcoming MBTA GM New Look "Fishbowl" Bus

OK, OK... this isn't exactly a train related item... UNLESS you are into the history of trolleys, which DID use rails.  After all, many buses were called "trackless trolleys"!

I just have to add this info to the blog, because the product looks way too cool to skip over.

The Rapido website has many interesting photos and video regarding their upcoming HO scale General Motors "New Look" bus, and also of their own personal bus.

The MBTA version will come in three "road numbers", in two versions, Standard and Deluxe.  
Pre-orders are due May 8, 2017 for Fall 2017 delivery.

Leslie Jones Train & Trolley Accident Photo Archive

I just ran across a website featuring photographs of Leslie Jones, who worked for the Boston Herald-Traveler newspaper between the years 1917 and 1956.  The site includes a section of local rail and trolley related accident photographs that are amazing. 

Take a look HERE.