B&M CLASS H and J

CLASS H 0-8-0 TYPE

THE 22 H-2-a CLASS ENGINES WERE THE MOST NUMEROUS OF THIS TYPE AND WERE BUILT IN 1922 TO THE 1919 USRA DESIGN. MORE IMPRESSIVE WERE THE 15 H-3 GROUP BUILT IN 1927 AND 1929.

H-1-a 601 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1916 and was sold to the Portland Terminal Co. in 1935.

The engine is shown out-of-service with rods off possibly around the time of transfer to Portland, Maine.

Numbers 600 and 601 were the only two engines in the H-1 Class and represented an early 0-8-0 design characterized by a sloping grate.

H-2-a CLASS

H-2-a 619 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1922 and scrapped 1953.

Photographed at Mechanicville, N.Y. July 31, 1937.

H-2-a 620 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1922 and scrapped 1953. It is in Boston July 1953.

H-2-a 621 was scrapped in 1950.

The fireman's side of H-2-a 621 at the Billerica Shops by H.W.Pontin.

H-2-a 622 was scrapped in 1957, one of the last B&M steam locomotives. It was retained for use with a snow melter.

The photos of 622 and 625 show there was little variation in the 22 H-2-a 0-8-0s. 625 was scrapped in 1955.

H-3 CLASS

H-3-a 641 was built by Baldwin in 1927 and scrapped in 1951. Photo at the Boston coaling tower January 8, 1938.

H-3-a 648 was built by Baldwin in 1927 and scrapped in 1951. Note the two auxiliary engines (boosters) on the tender.

Boston, February 4, 1936.

H-3-a 649 was built by Baldwin in 1927 and was scrapped 1951. It is shown on February 24, 1936 equipped with boosters on both tender trucks for use at the Somerville Hump Yard.

H-3-b 650 was built by Baldwin in 1929 and scrapped in 1951. Shown on a transfer freight at Everett (Boston).

H-3-b 653 was built by Baldwin in 1929 and scrapped 1951. It is in Boston.

CLASS J 4-4-2 TYPE

THE J 3200 WHICH THE B&M INHERITED FROM THE CONCORD & MONTREAL WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ATLANTIC TYPE ENGINES. THE OTHER 41 "ATLANTICS", Class J-1, WERE BUILT FROM 1902 TO 1909. ONE WAS NOT SCRAPPED UNTIL 1952.

J 3200 was built by Baldwin in 1895 for the Concord & Montreal as Number 33 and renumbered B&M 733.

It was scrapped 1927.

733 became J 3200. It was originally Concord & Montreal 33. Photographed at Concord, N.H. April, 1907.

Recently built Number 900 became J-1 3204. It was built by Schenectady in 1902 and scrapped in 1927.

J-1-c 3209 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1902 and scrapped 1937.

J-1-a 3210 was built by Schenectady in 1907 and scrapped in 1929. Shown at North Station May 30, 1923.

J-1-a 3212 was built by Schenectady in 1907 and scrapped in 1936. Photo by Albert Hale August 2, 1934.

J-1-a 3214 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1907 and scrapped 1936. Shown at Rockport, Mass.

J-1-a 3220 was built by Schenectady in 1908 and scrapped in 1908. Boston, May 30, 1922.

J-1-e 3224 was built by Manchester in 1908 and scrapped in 1948. Photo by L. Walter at Boston December 23, 1936

J-1-e 3224 is also at North Station but a year later than the photo above - December 13, 1937.

J-1-e 3225 was built by Manchester in 1908 and scrapped in 1946. Photo by A.O.Wilkins at Saugus, MA.

J-1-b 3229 was built by Manchester in 1909 and scrapped in 1941. At Intervale, NH in 1913.

J-1-e 3232 was built by Manchester in 1909 and scrapped i 1949. Boston, March 1938.

J-1-e 3240 was built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1908 and scrapped 1946.

Photographed at Worcester, Mass. August 12, 1939.

J-1-b 3242 was built by Manchester in 1909 and scrapped in 1948.

Photographed around 1914 at Hartland, VT while assigned to the Sullivan County RR as Number 11.

J-1-e 3243 was built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1909 and scrapped 1941. Shown at Boston July, 1939.