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Boston and Maine City and Shore by Robert Willoughby Jones w/ DJ
Boston and Maine City and Shore by Robert Willoughby Jones
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
192 pages
Copyright 1999
CONTENTS
Foreword by Carl R. Byron 8
Acknowledgements 14
Introduction 15
I BASIC BOSTON AND MAINE 16
"Basic Boston and Maine," A Short History by George Drury
"A Stroll Down the Graveyard Track" by Arternas O. Wilkins
"Patrick B. McGinnis" by Marc Frattasio
II CITY: North Station and Boston Engine Terminal 33
"The Men at the Gate" by Alan Traniello
"The Cost Studies Man" by Deane R. Folsom
"A Conductor Smiled" by John S. Hooper
"At Tower C" by Donald G. Hills
Map: Boston Yards, Freight Houses, and Industries
"New Stable for B&M Iron Horses" by Karl Schriftgeisser Lexington Branch
Watertown Branch
III SHORE: Eastern Route 95
Marblehead Branches "The Queen Mary" by Arternas O. Wilkins
"Gone Signalling" by Robert LeGacy
Gloucester Branch
"B&M's TALGO" by Robert Willoughby Jones
Portsmouth Branch
IV SHORE: Western Route 139
"Towerman to Dispatcher" by Preston S. Johnson
"Dover Then and Now" by Brian L. Jennison
"Head End Traffic and Joint Facilities" by Edward A. Lindberg
V OVERLAND TO WORCESTER 173
Worcester, Nashua & Portland
Sanford & Eastern
To Worcester
"Circus Trains and Racers" by Ralph E. Fisher
Bibliography 190
Index 191
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Boston and Maine Railroad was for 1 many decades a giant of New England commerce. In 1913 the B&M reached its greatest geographic extent, 2,364 route miles. The railroad grew up during the second half of the nineteenth century primarily by acquiring other railroads-ones that in most cases had become competitors by building or acquiring lines into B&M territory or vice versa. Even though too many railroad lines were built, New England was thickly settled even then, and railroads offered the only transportation faster than a horse could walk.
Authored by Robert Willoughby Jones, a Massachusetts native, this book depicts the B&M at mid-century, the time when highway transportation outpaced American railroads in overall importance. Included are 186 color and 32 black and white photographs, the work of 36 photographers portraying a broad panorama of steam and diesel operation. Also featured are a foreword by Carl R. Byron, a short history by George Drury, and 13 fascinating and engaging narratives by longtime employees and observers of this wonderful, colorful New England transportation system.
BOSTON AND MAINE-City and Shore includes an extensive chapter on Boston's North Station and the Boston Engine Terminal. Following are evocative chapters on both the Eastern and Western Routes of the Portland Division, plus a final chapter portraying the two lines between Portland and Worcester. In addition to the book's extensive main-line coverage, several colorful sections are devoted to branch-line operations.
The companion to this volume, BOSTON AND MAINE-Forest, River, and Mountain, continues coverage of the B&M with chapters on the New Hampshire main line, North Country operations, the Connecticut River Line, and the celebrated Fitchburg Division through the Hoosac Tunnel. It ends with a heartfelt epilogue recalling B&M's greatness.
This fine two-volume set will be a special addition to your railroad library. Pine Tree Press books are printed on premium-quality, high-gloss paper, and are smythe-sewn and durably clothbound for permanence.
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