At the Crest of Central Massachusetts: The NERAIL New England Railroad Photo Archive

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At the Crest of Central Massachusetts

B&M Bluebirds have most of their hard work behind them having climbed out of the Connecticut River Valley to Gardner, MA., Soon it will be dynamic brakes and brakeshoe haze down through the hairpin at South Ashburnham as the train makes its way towards Boston. GP-9 #1730 and GP-18 #1750 lead the four unit lashup

Photographed by Ron DeFilippo, November, 1969.
Added to the photo archive by Ron DeFilippo, April 8, 2019.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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Nice shot of Gardner. Sure would like to see some more.

Posted by Alan LaPierre on 2019-04-08 20:57:56

Always loved the Bluebird scheme!

Posted by Alan Marshall on 2026-06-12 17:34:15

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