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By:Ron Chouinard
Dates:12/14/1981 - 8/13/2006
Album Info:Featuring trains of the MBTA from Providence, Rhode Island to the Boston, Massachusetts area
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MBTA 7534
Title:  MBTA 7534
Description:  Working for the MBTA now, the 7534 is at the Rhode Island state line rounding the curve at the Tin Bridge and Boston Switch.
Photo Date:  1/9/1977  Upload Date: 6/23/2005 6:21:25 PM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 7534(GP9)
Views:  1199   Comments: 0
CR 8516
Title:  CR 8516
Description:  Conrail, then being the designated operator for the MBTA. GP9 7554 with its "T" logo and the other 2 GP9's are probably MBTA engines also. All at the old New Haven Northup Avenue Yard in Providence
Photo Date:  3/14/1977  Upload Date: 9/2/2005 3:20:57 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  CR 8516(SW1)
Views:  866   Comments: 0
MBTA Budd RDC-1
Title:  MBTA Budd RDC-1
Description:  Its was around 7 pm, and I was loosing my light fast. This MBTA, ex New Haven RDC has just traveled over the Tin Bridge from Rhode Island into Massachusetts. Boston switch just around the bend!
Photo Date:  9/14/1977  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 2:44:37 PM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  449   Comments: 0
New Haven Sign
Title:  New Haven Sign
Description:  From a slide collection I have taken in 1978. Old New Haven sign at Attleboro on the shed covering the subway
Photo Date:  6/14/1978  Upload Date: 12/9/2005 5:44:40 PM
Location:  Attleboro, MA
Author:  RailAfan
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Views:  384   Comments: 0
DH 16
Title:  DH 16
Description:  On lease to the MBTA at Providence, D&H 16 was originally to be restored for display at the Smithsonian in Washington, but plans changed. It has now been sent to a rail museum in Texas which has stated that it plans to restore it to its original Santa Fe livery.
Photo Date:  6/14/1978  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 11:45:05 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  DH 16(PA4u)
Views:  1994   Comments: 0
BM 1206
Title:  BM 1206
Description:  The 1206 at Providence with no lettering. 2 New Haven coaches - 1 with a red window band and the other a green window band
Photo Date:  1/14/1979  Upload Date: 8/14/2005 5:45:20 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  BM 1206(NW2)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
MBTA 7538
Title:  MBTA 7538
Description:  From a slide collection I have taken around 1979. Ex New Haven GP9 at the old New Haven Northup Avenue Yard in Providence. Though in need of a wash, the 7538 is still looking sharp with an MBTA inspired scheme in this 1979 photo
Photo Date:  2/14/1979  Upload Date: 12/9/2005 6:00:33 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 7538(GP9)
Views:  998   Comments: 0
BM 1206
Title:  BM 1206
Description:  Seen at the old New Haven Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island in 1979 with an old New Haven coach. The Boston and Maine was the designated operator of the MBTA.
Photo Date:  3/13/1979  Upload Date: 8/14/2005 5:07:23 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  BM 1206(NW2)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
BM 1206
Title:  BM 1206
Description:  Another view of the 1206 with a New Haven coach in the old New Haven Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, with the F40 1008 looking on.
Photo Date:  3/14/1979  Upload Date: 8/14/2005 5:29:29 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  BM 1206(NW2)
Views:  879   Comments: 0
MBTA 1001
Title:  MBTA 1001
Description:  1st MBTA F40 at Providence. With these new F40's, The MBTA was being transformed into a premier commuter carrier!
Photo Date:  4/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 10:43:49 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1001(F40PH)
Views:  1297   Comments: 1
MBTA 1002
Title:  MBTA 1002
Description:  The RDC is a treat - one of six RDC-3's the New Haven purchased with its mail and baggage compartment
Photo Date:  4/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 10:44:42 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1002(F40PH)
Views:  844   Comments: 1
MBTA 1151
Title:  MBTA 1151
Description:  MBTA FP10 at Franklin, Massachusetts with MBTA GP9 7548
Photo Date:  6/14/1979  Upload Date: 10/14/2005 6:13:12 PM
Location:  Franklin, MA
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1151(FP10)
Views:  1371   Comments: 0
MBTA 7548
Title:  MBTA 7548
Description:  Almost all New Haven stock outside of the FP10 at Franklin, Massachusetts
Photo Date:  6/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 6:15:11 PM
Location:  Franklin, MA
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 7548(GP9) MBTA 7539(GP9)
Views:  1236   Comments: 0
MBTA 1001
Title:  MBTA 1001
Description:  From a slide collection I have. The almost new EMD F40 1001 is at the route 152 bridge in Attleboro with a gaggle of old New Haven coaches. Notice those 2 sets of markers!
Photo Date:  7/14/1979  Upload Date: 7/26/2005 10:02:56 AM
Location:  Attleboro, MA
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1001(F40PH)
Views:  1433   Comments: 1
MBTA 77
Title:  MBTA 77
Description:  From a slide collection I have. ex New Haven RDC1 No 33 at Providence in the company of ex New Haven coaches. With Penn Central, the RDC was re-numbered to 77
Photo Date:  11/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 11:12:14 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 77(RDC1)
Views:  2326   Comments: 1
MBTA 6300
Title:  MBTA 6300
Description:  From a slide collection I have featuring a rare Budd RDC-3 in commuter rail service, Providence, Rhode Island
Photo Date:  11/14/1979  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 11:30:13 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 6300(RDC3)
Views:  2462   Comments: 1
MBTA EMD FP10
Title:  MBTA EMD FP10
Description:  from the last batch of FP10's. The 1151 is one of four FP10's with steam generator to heat the older coaches
Photo Date:  8/10/1980  Upload Date: 4/18/2005 3:49:04 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1151(FP10)
Views:  1891   Comments: 0
MBTA 4261, The Gray Ghost
Title:  MBTA 4261, The Gray Ghost
Description:  The Gray Ghost at the Providence, Rhode Island MBTA shope - approx date
Photo Date:  12/14/1981  Upload Date: 12/11/2011 8:13:41 AM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  RailAfan
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Locomotives:  MBTA 4261(E8A)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
MBTA at Canton Junction
Title:  MBTA at Canton Junction
Description:  The date August 1984 approximate from film I scanned. Judging from he looks of the dirt parking lot, its around 7 in the evening; Today its paved with metered parking. The train itself a Providence bound commuter train, with its 5 Boise coaches, whoch are de-motored RDC cars, with radiator hump removed and known for rough riding. The 1006 sporting 2 sets of markers by the number boards and low hood. Note the old New Haven Canton Jct sign. Tracks diverge for the Stoughton Branch at Canton Junction. The stone Canton depot itself was jacked and moved for the Amtrak electrification.
Photo Date:  8/14/1984  Upload Date: 4/1/2012 4:38:22 PM
Location:  Canton, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  MBTA 1006(F40PH)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
Old New Haven Sign
Title:  Old New Haven Sign
Description:  Taken around 1990, the old New Haven sign on the Canton Junction station. Today, the station has been moved back from the tracks and the sign long gone
Photo Date:  6/14/1990  Upload Date: 12/8/2005 9:22:20 AM
Location:  Canton Junction, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  430   Comments: 1
MBTA 3461
Title:  MBTA 3461
Description:  Photo from around 1990. Boeing-Vertol double ended articulated from 1976 at Coolidge Corners in Brookline with a Green Line C Train heading to Cleveland Circle
Photo Date:  6/14/1990  Upload Date: 12/8/2005 6:48:04 PM
Location:  Brookline, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 3461(LRV)
Views:  857   Comments: 1
MBTA 1059
Title:  MBTA 1059
Description:  Coming into the then new South Attleboro commuter rail station. The 1059 is facing the wrong way. Usually the locomotive is facing the other way so when they get to South Station, the locomotive is outside the passenger shed. 5 single cars, the 1059's gonna have an eazy time.
Photo Date:  7/14/1992  Upload Date: 7/1/2005 1:45:01 PM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1059(F40PH-2C)
Views:  1269   Comments: 0
MBTA 1135
Title:  MBTA 1135
Description:  Controls that make the GP40's fly
Photo Date:  7/14/2000  Upload Date: 8/3/2005 5:49:32 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1135(GP40MC)
Views:  1155   Comments: 0
MBTA 1135
Title:  MBTA 1135
Description:  Looking towards the back of our train. There's nothing more satisfying than looking back in the winter when its dark with the double deckers lighting the snow along the right of way ... snow bunnies swirl and chase the train
Photo Date:  7/14/2000  Upload Date: 8/3/2005 5:48:44 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1135(GP40MC)
Views:  1001   Comments: 0
MBTA 1069 wiwh train 816
Title:  MBTA 1069 wiwh train 816
Description:  Tough photo to get because of the wires and safety plates along the closed Conant Street bridge. Eastbound at the Providence and Worcester's Pawtucket Yards with 6 flats
Photo Date:  5/20/2005  Upload Date: 9/29/2005 2:00:45 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1069(F40PH-2C)
Views:  905   Comments: 0
MBTA 1056
Title:  MBTA 1056
Description:  Well with 3000 horses and 6 flats, the 1056 should have an eazy time making 80 miles per hour. Train 809 bound for Providence coming in South Attleboro
Photo Date:  12/23/2005  Upload Date: 1/12/2006 4:04:01 PM
Location:  Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1056(F40PH-2C)
Views:  740   Comments: 2
MBTA 1126
Title:  MBTA 1126
Description:  MBTA train 420 - the 1126 should have an eazy time pushing 5 flats to Boston on the Fitchburg line
Photo Date:  3/10/2006  Upload Date: 3/19/2006 10:10:16 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1126(GP40MC)
Views:  753   Comments: 0
Old Boston and Maine Tower
Title:  Old Boston and Maine Tower
Description:  enduring, clasic Boston and Maine tower at Ayer
Photo Date:  3/10/2006  Upload Date: 3/19/2006 10:11:06 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  261   Comments: 0
MBTA Layover Yard
Title:  MBTA Layover Yard
Description:  Gonna be in service soon! New MBTA layover yard at the Providence and Pawtucket city line to replace the East Junction/Hebronville layover facility. Built by the State of Rhode Island for extended commuter rail service to the Greene Airport in Warwick
Photo Date:  5/27/2006  Upload Date: 5/27/2006 1:24:35 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  536   Comments: 0
MBTA 1035
Title:  MBTA 1035
Description:  MBTA westbound train 2809 at Boston Switch heading down to Route 95 in Pawtucket to change ends for the return to Boston. Boston Switch, the junction between Amtrak and the Providence and Worcester Railroad
Photo Date:  6/18/2006  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 8:41:16 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1035(F40PH-2C)
Views:  857   Comments: 0
MBTA 1057
Title:  MBTA 1057
Description:  MBTA train 820, with the 1057 pushing train towards Boston at the South Attleboro commuter rail station
Photo Date:  6/29/2006  Upload Date: 6/29/2006 7:39:05 PM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1057(F40PH-2C)
Views:  560   Comments: 0
MBTA 1032
Title:  MBTA 1032
Description:  MBTA train 817 from Boston, arriving in South Attleboro, Massachusetts. Next stop - Providence, Rhode Island and they'll push the train back to Boston as train 820. The 1032 was one of the first locomotives built new from scratch by Morrison Knudsen in 1991
Photo Date:  6/29/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 10:23:01 AM
Location:  South Attleboro, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1032(F40PH-2C)
Views:  884   Comments: 0
New MBTA Layover Yard
Title:  New MBTA Layover Yard
Description:  Overall view of the new, modern MBTA layover yard at the Pawtucket, Providence city line. Built by the State of Rhode Island for improved commuter rail service for the State. It replaces the older East Junction layover facility in (Hebronville) Attleboro.
Photo Date:  7/23/2006  Upload Date: 7/24/2006 2:45:25 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Views:  447   Comments: 0
on CSX's Boston Line
Title:  on CSX's Boston Line
Description:  Having left Worcester's Union Station, F40PH-2C, 1054 having an easy time pushing 6 flats as MBTA train 512. They're running thru CSX's East Worcester yard, inbound for Boston - next stop, Grafton
Photo Date:  8/24/2007  Upload Date: 12/22/2007 6:01:29 PM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  MBTA 1054(F40PH-2C)
Views:  935   Comments: 2


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