The view in South Boston was so spectacular. I had to move a little closer to understand what the panorama was showing. I got close enough to see DL 109 No. 0744 was on the far left - built in 1942 and rated at 2,000 hp. On the far right was the 0403, an FA-1 rated at 1,500 hp, and RS-3 531 beside it. That's the 0710 on the other side of the 531. The RS-3's 1,600 hp engine was only four years old at the time. The Fairbanks-Morse H16-44s began to appear in 1950, but none were here this day.

Photographed by Leo King, June 7, 1954.
Added to the photo archive by Leo King, June 5, 2004.
Railroad: NY, NH & H.

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