CLASS L 4-8-0 TYPE

ALL B&M "MASTODONS" WERE ACQUIRED WITH THE FITCHBURG. TEN WERE BUILT IN 1899 and EIGHT IN 1900. ALL WERE SCRAPPED IN THE YEAR 1926.

1088 became L-1-a 2905 in 1911. Built as a compound by Schenectady, it was simpled in 1904.

L-1-a was built by Schenectady in 1899.

L-1-a 2904 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1899 as Fitchburg RR 274 and was scrapped 926.

It was also FRR 504 and B&M 1080.

Fitcburg 275 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1899 and renumbered 505 and B&M 1081.

It became Class L-1-a 2905 and was scrapped 1926.

It was photographed as a compound when new but was simplified in 1904.

L-1-b 2916 was built by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1900 as Fitchburg RR 516.

It was also B&M 1092. It was scrapped 1926.

L-1-a 2907 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works as Fitchburg RR 507 and renumbered B&M 1083.

It was photographed July 1913. It was scrapped 1926.

CLASS M ARTICULATED TYPE

FOUR 2-6-6-2 ENGINES WERE BUILT FOR USE IN THE HOOSAC TUNNEL AND SOLD AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AS ELECTRIFICATION OF THE TUNNEL WAS COMPLETED. TWO 0-8-8-0 TYPES WERE BUILT IN 1922 FOR SERVICE IN THE MECHANICVILLE YARD BEING THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO 0-8-0 SWITCHERS WITH ONLY ONE ENGINEER BUT BOTH WERE SOLD IN SEVEN YEARS.

1291 was renumbered M-1 3000. It was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1910 and sold to the Maine Central in 1911 becoming Number 1201.

1294 was renumbered M-1 3003. It was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1910 and sold to the Maine Central in 1914 becoming Number 1204.

M-1 3003 was photographed in Portland in 1914 at the time it was sold to the Maine Central.

M-1 3002 was photographed climbing the Crawford Notch grade as Maine Central 202 (1202).

M-2-a 800 was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1922 and sold to the Bingham & Garfield in 1929.

M-2-a 800 is probably working the hump at Mechanicville, N.Y. during the 1920's.

M-2-a 800 is at Mechanicville, NY September 9, 1926.

Utah Copper Co. 107 (Bingham & Garfield) was once B&M M-2-a 800.

CLASS N 2-8-2 TYPE

THE N CLASS IS AN ODDITY BECAUSE IT CONSISTED OF FIVE ENGINES LEASED FROM THE ERIE AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II AND RETURNED IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. POSSIBLY THE B&M EXPECTED TO OWN THEM SINCE THEY WERE RENUMBERED AND RELETERED WHILE ENGINES LEASED FROM THE LACKAWANNA AND MAINE CENTRAL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER WERE NOT GIVEN A CLASS OR RENUMBERED. THE LEASED DL&W AND MEC ENGINES WERE ALSO "MIKADOS" WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE B&M IS ONE OF THE RARE RAILROADS WHICH NEVER OWNED THE VERY COMMON 2-8-2 TYPE.

N-1 2801 was built by Baldwin in 1913 and leased by the B&M during April and May 1942.

Photographed at the Westboro Roundhouse in West Lebanon, N.H.

TIMKEN 1111 - "Four Aces"

Timken 1111 was photographed at Rigby (Portland) in February 1931 by R.H.Perry.

The 4-8-4 Northern type was demonstrating Timken's roller bearings. 1111 became Northern Pacific 2626.

EAST SOMERVILLE ROUNDHOUSE - BOSTON

A few times in the mid 1950's I visited the large B&M engine terminal. It was a time when Pacifics and Moguls were still powering the locals out of North Station and a time when you could roam the roundhouse without a pass. The following photographs are some I took when the roundhouse still serviced many steam locomotives.