@trumptrain posted:Great pics MELGAR!!! I will take a crack at answering your question .... Boston's South Station is where locomotives of the NYNH&H, NYC, and B&M would have been seen in congregation. NYC because that company had control of the Boston and Albany. I don't know of other cities these three railroads served, however, I'm sure you do. I look forward to your answer.
Patrick,
Thanks for answering.
There are (were) two railroad stations in Boston about a mile apart - North Station was used by the B&M and South Station was used by the New Haven RR and the Boston & Albany (a subsidiary of the New York Central). Especially in later years, the Boston & Albany ran locomotives with New York Central livery into South Station. The Union Freight was the only rail connection between the two stations and hauled freight cars between them (just a few at a time) at night through the streets of Boston. If you arrived in Boston as a passenger and wanted to go from one station to the other, you had to take the subway to make the connection...
If you think about it, a similar situation existed (and still does) in New York City. If you arrive at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan on Amtrak, you need to take the subway to get to Grand Central Terminal (from which the New Haven Railroad operated) to take Metro-North Railroad into Connecticut...
But, as Steam Crazy said, the cities were Springfield and Worcester, MA.
MELGAR
