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ALCO PAs at BOSTON SWITCH |
| Description: |
I shot the New Haven ALCO PA-1s westbound at Boston Switch in Central Falls, RI, an easy walk from where I grew up. Note that the units don't "match" because the early paint scheme had white below and the final scheme had red below. The NH had 27 PAs but at the time of the photo they were being supplanted by FL9s and road switchers. Boston Switch is where the old Boston & Providence (now Amtrak) joined the Providence & Worcester for a joint trackage arrangement to Providence. The P&W in the foreground predated the B&P which originally used a different route into Providence. It was a treat to hear the engineer notch out the throttle as the end of the train left the sharp curve. The date of the photo is an approximate guess since I failed to mark my slide. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1957 Upload Date: 12/13/2018 11:10:21 AM |
| Location: |
Central Falls, RI |
| Author: |
EDWARD J. OZOG |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NH 0763(PA1) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New Haven PAs at Boston Switch |
| Description: |
The westbound is joining the original Providence & Worcester route built in 1847 through Central Falls. The next year the Boston & Providence built a 4.4 mile extension from its main line to here (Boston Switch-the "west junction"). The B&P had built its main line to India Point in 1835 but when the P&W and New York, Providece & Boston built a Providence Union Station on the Cove, the B&P could only reach the new station by using the P&W route from Boston Switch. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1959 Upload Date: 6/12/2008 11:49:11 AM |
| Location: |
Central Falls, RI |
| Author: |
EDWARD J. OZOG |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NH 0763(PA1) |
| Views: |
1336 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NEW HAVEN PA-1 at BOSTON SWITCH |
| Description: |
NH ALCO PA-1 0763 with New York express coming off the old Boston & Providence to join the Providence & Worcester for the run into Providence. Boston Switch is in Central Falls, RI. It is the west junction of the connector the B&P built from its mainline (East Junction) at Hebronville to join the P&W in order to reach the Union Station on the Providence Cove. |
| Photo Date: |
12/29/1959 Upload Date: 5/22/2008 11:28:00 AM |
| Location: |
Central Falls, RI |
| Author: |
EDWARD J. OZOG |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NH 0763(PA1) |
| Views: |
1996 Comments: 1 |
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