Author Name: Carl R. Byron
Title: Trackside Along the Boston & Maine 1945-1975 with Donald G. Hills
Binding: Hard cover with full color cover jacket.
Size: 8.5 x 11in., 128 pages
Publisher: Morning Sun Books 2005
ISBN Number: 1582481490
Seller ID: MS340
The Boston & Maine Railroad that hired Don Hills in November 1941 was a battered road beginning to enjoy an unfortunately brief Renaissance. Second only to the New Haven Railroad in power and stature across New England, the B&M had reached its peak of mileage and service between 1910 and 1915. With the onset of highway competition and the Great Depression, B&M traffic collapsed - passenger revenues were only half of what they had been in 1929 by 1933. Freight revenues were similarly down. The World War II years were hell on the B&M - but profitable - and the War Production Board allowed new diesel FT sets from General Motors to help alleviate the locomotive shortage. The post-war years held much promise as new diesel locomotives and passenger equipment were purchased. Then Patrick McGinnis arrived and combined with the departure and closing of industries, the opening of turnpikes and the Interstate Highway System and the B&M struggled to survive. Later came the Barriger Era, the Mellon and Springfield Terminal era were the B&M's routes (for the most part) live on.Photos cover steam, The Flying Yankee, diesels in their as-delivered colors, MBTA, and RDC's.
Contents: 1. Donald G. Hills, Trackside Photographer; 2. Trackside Prologue in B&W; Section 1: Trackside in the Postwar Era (1945-1953); Trackside in the Barriger (1971-1973) and Dustin Eras (1974-1983).
Hard cover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., color with some b&w. Retail $59.95.
Price = 45.00 USD
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