OTHER
ARTICULATED, SANTA FE, MASTODON, ATLANTIC, MOGUL, 0-4-0 & MOHAWK
2-6-6-2 Type - The Boston & Albany operated thirteen articulateds until 1930-1932 when the Berkshires made them redundant.
NE-2b 1300-1303 were built by Schenectady in 1912.
1301
1302
1303
1303
NE-2c 1304-1307 were built by Schenectady in 1916.
1307
NE-2e 1308-1312 were built by Schenectady in 1917.
1310 at Albany by Charles E. Fisher
2-10-2 SANTA FE TYPE - CLASS Z-1 The Boston & Albany was assigned ten 2-10-2's by the United States Railroad Administration, the only Santa Fe type on the New York Central System. 1000-1109 were built by Brooks in 1919 and were sold to the Canadian National in 1928 when the Berkshires began arriving.
1105
Unidentified B&A 2-10-2
Canadian National T-3a was B&A 1108 until 1928.
Only the Southern valve gear indicates its USRA origins.
4-8-0 MASTODON TYPE - Originally Class H-30 but reclassified R-30 around 1913. Schenectady built 800-804 in 1899 and 805-810 in 1900. They were retired in 1916-1921.
173 had five numbers the last being 803. Note the low pressure compound cylinder.
800 at the West Springfield Shops September 3, 1922 probably when retired.
802 was photographed as New Yok Central Lines as H-30 3634 c. 1905-1911.
807 was photographed as New York Central Lines H-30a 3639 c. 1905-1911.
The 4-8-0 appears to be an H-30a.
4-4-2 ATLANTIC TYPE - CLASS Ib The five Boston & Albany Atlantics (400-404) were built by Schenectady in 1902 and retired in 1924.
400 at Allston in May1922
401 was photographed as 2949, the original number.
401 by H. W. Pontin
402 was photographed as 3950, its 1905-1912 number.
403 as 3951 with empty coaches at Riverside.
403 at Allston May 29, 1922.
2-6-0 MOGUL TYPE - Only a few Boston & Albany 2-6-0's survived into the 20th century.
Ed Class 1638 was renumbered B&A 601 in 1912. It was built by Schenectady in 1892. Ed Class 600 and 601 were the only relatively modern B&A Moguls -- others were built in the 1860's or 1870's.
0-4-0 SWITCHERS - The Boston & Albany still had about two dozen four-wheel switchers when the 20th century opened but all were gone before the 1912 renumbering. The last of the type were in the A-30 Class.
87 was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1891 and was retired in 1911.
89 was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1891 and was gone by 1911.
An unidentified A-30 Class 0-4-0 was being used as a contractor's engine c.1918
4-8-2 MOHAWK TYPE - In 1947, as steam locomotives were being replaced by diesels, several Hudsons were reassigned to commuter and local trains near New York City. In their place, several New York Central L-3a 4-8-2's built by Schenectady in 1940 were assigned long distance passenger trains out of Boston. The Mohawks ended the steam era on the Boston & Albany.
L-3a 4-8-2 3008 with the "New England States Ltd." at Wellesley, February 18, 1947 by William Edson.
L-3a 4-8-2 3004 with "The Wolverine" at West Springfield by Ray E. Tobey.
Mowhawk Eastbound at State Line Tunnel by Howard Fogg
L-3a 3004 was photographed on April 15, 1951 after having arrived in Boston on the "Lake Shore Limited", the last eastbound steam powered train on the Boston & Albany. The next day, April 16, 1951, Mohawk 3004 left Boston with the "Wolverine" to close the steam era on the Boston & Albany. Previous to this historic event, the last steam powered B&A train to leave Boston was on February 15 when Mohawk 3010 took out Train 13, a mail and express train. However, the official last steam trip was saved for April 16, 1951 to mark the 117th anniversary of the running of the first steam locomotive on the Boston & Albany.
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