In March 1977, the Boston & Maine replaced Conrail as the contract operator of the MBTA's South Side commuter service. When it arrived at South Station, this would be the final Conrail-operated commuter train in Boston, ex-NYC RDC 55 making a Saturday night round trip on the Needham branch. With a TV tower blinking in the background, it prepared to depart from Needham Heights.

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, March 12, 1977.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, March 26, 2018.
Railroad: MBTA.

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