Into the 1920s the Boston & Maine's Connecticut River line included two predecessor railroads, the Vermont Valley Railroad on the Vermont side and the Sullivan County Railroad on the New Hampshire side. Each of them was assigned its own small roster of B&M engines. This photo, by my father, shows the old B&M ball signals suspended from the pole behind the engine, guarding the crossing of two railroads -- the origin of the expression "Highball!" The location is apparently White River Junction. Dad evidently took this photo from the rear platform of a train, either a B&M train on which he had arrived or a Central Vermont train on which he was continuing his trip. The date is only approximate.

Photographed by R. D. Leonard, 1928.
Added to the photo archive by Dr. Richard Leonard, May 14, 2007.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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