Penn Central usually assigned an ex-NYC SW1 as its South Station switcher, the role being filled here by PC 8416 during Conrail's first summer. Interestingly, when the B&M took over as the MBTA's contract operator in 1977 it continued the tradition by assigning one of its own SW1s to this job.

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, June, 1976.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, July 15, 2018.
Railroad: Penn Central.

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