reopening North Station: The NERAIL New England Railroad Photo Archive

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reopening North Station

This was the modest waiting room of the 1928 version of Boston's North Station as train service resumed following a 15-month suspension caused by the Charles River trestle fire. The old Boston Garden is above that ceiling.

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, April 20, 1985.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, September 25, 2018.
Railroad: MBTA.

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I remember standing on the North Station train platform and watching rats running around the head house. And the old Boston Gardner - awful obstructed view seating (TV monitors were placed in many locations around the seats so one could see the action)! But it did get noisy during games!

Posted by John Barlow on 2018-09-26 06:25:31

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