briansilvermustang posted:July 30, 2019 MELGAR removed photo.
Brian also posted this picture, which deserves a special comment if one is a New Haven fan.
The picture shows ALCO S-2 #0600 on the team tracks adjacent to the office and yard of the Union Freight Railroad at 87 Atlantic Avenue in Boston.
The New Haven was a part-owner of the Union Freight Railroad which ran through the middle of the streets in Boston’s North End and operated mostly at night. Its purpose was to haul freight (mostly box cars) between North and South Stations, a distance of 2.11 miles, and to businesses along the Boston waterfront on Atlantic and Northern Avenues, and Commercial and Causeway Streets. Beginning in the 1920s, the motive power consisted of four 80-ton three-truck Climax geared steam locomotives that were fully enclosed. They were retired in 1946 and followed by GE 44 Ton and ALCO S-2 diesel locomotives until operations ended in March 1970. The UFRR was still running when I arrived in the area to attend college. I will not admit to what year that was, but suffice it to say that this was a remarkable railroad that I shall always remember.
MELGAR
