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Images Of Rail Boston & Maine Locomotives by Bruce D. Heald Soft Cover
Images Of Rail Boston & Maine Locomotives by Bruce D. Heald
Soft Cover
128 pages
Copyright 2002
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments6
Introduction7
1.Predecessor Railroads' Steam Locomotives9
2.Boston & Maine Railroad Steam Locomotives33
3.Boston & Maine Railroad Diesel-Electric Locomotives95
INTRODUCTION
The history and legacy of the Boston & Maine Railroad began in the earliest years of New England railroading. Its oldest direct predecessor, the Andover & Wilmington Railroad, was chartered in 1833. The competitor-turned-lessee Boston & Lowell Railroad received its charter in 1831. The Boston & Lowell was one of the initial three railroads chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The 1840s found New England severely afflicted with railroad fever, and lines were being promoted or started throughout the region. Some were but a few miles in length, and others were built on grandiose schemes or solely for the purpose of being bought out or leased by their rivals. During its 150 years of independent existence, the Boston & Maine bought, leased, absorbed, or otherwise controlled more than 145 individual railroads.
Such a plethora of lines and individual railroads' master mechanics meant that the Boston & Maine's locomotive roster was anything but staid. American-type 4-4-0s shared track and roundhouse space with 2-6-0 Moguls and 4-6-0 Ten Wheelers of numerous lineages and design as the Boston & Maine expanded and the 19th century waned. Specific designs and accessories aside, a substantial majority of locomotives came from local builders, such as the Manchester Locomotive Works in New Hampshire or the Schenectady Locomotive Works in New York.
Under the control of the New England transportation monopoly created by J.P. Morgan and Charles S. Mellen, the Boston & Maine reached its peak in the pre-World War I years of 1907 to 1914. Only the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, used by Morgan and Mellen as their base of operations and cash cow, exceeded the Boston & Maine in power and influence across the region.
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