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UNION FREIGHT RAILROAD

This Boston freight railroad ran between South Station and North Station serving customers along the streets and connecting the New Haven, Boston & Albany and Boston & Maine. It was unusual because shrouded "dummy" geared steam locomotives powered the railroad until dieselazation in 1950.

Union Freight Number 1 was built by Schenectady in 1873.

The UFRR owned seven of these geared engines, built as late as 1907 and 1914.

Union Freight Dummy Number 4 was built by Schenectady in 1873.

The last of the spur-geared engines was not scrapped until the early 1940's.

The arrangement of the gear drive.

Union Freight Railroad Climax Number 10 photographed June 15, 1933

under the Atlantic Avenue elevated railway. Four Climax engines were owned

UFRR Climax Number 10 is outside North Station. It was built in 1928.

UFRR Climax Number 8 built in 1923..

Climax type geared steam locomotive. The Climax locomotives were replaced with five diesels in 1946.

UFRR GE 44 Tonners Numbers 1 and 2 had multiple unit controls.

The five GE engines were sold in 1953 and replaced with leased New Haven ALCO S-2s.

FORE RIVER RAILROAD

The Fore River Railroad opened in 1903 to serve the Fore River shipyard in Quincy near Boston. It interchanged with the New Haven at East Braintree about 2 1/4 miles from the shipyard and over the years operated sixteen steam and diesel locomotives.

Number 3 was built by Baldwin in December 1907 and was scrapped in 1947.

Number 4 was New Haven 2373 built by Rhode Island in 1905.

It was acquired around 1941 and scrapped in 1947. East Braintree September 1946.

Number 10 was a GE 50 ton locomotive built in 1947.

It went to the American Electric Power Company in Beverly, Ohio around 1963.

Number 16 was a GE 70 ton locomotive built in 1941.

It was bought from the Steelton & Highspire Railroad in 1958.

GRAFTON & UPTON RAILROAD

This short line about 20 miles west of Boston was opened in 1874 as a narrow gauge line, converted to standard gauge in 1887, electrified in 1902 and dieselized in 1946. The line ran from a Boston & Albany connection at North Grafton to the New Haven at Milford 16 1/2 miles south.

Grafton & Upton Number 1 came from the Boston & Albany.

Grafton & Upton Number 3 was also from the Boston & Albany.

Grafton & Upton freight motors 7 and 8.

Grafton and Upton express freight motor 0213 was photographed at Hopedale September 7, 1937.

Grafton & Upton GE 44 ton locomotive was photographed at West Upton December 26, 1974.

Postcard from Mary Jane's Railroad Specialties.

Grafton & Upton GE 70 ton locomotive Number 12.

ALCO Switcher Number 1001

ALCO Switcher Number 1001.

ROCKPORT GRANITE CO.

Number 1, "Polyphemus" was built by Hinkley in 1879 for the Boston & Lowell.

Purchased in 1903 and used at the Cape Ann quarry until 1929.

EXIBITION AT SOUTH STATION

Although not a short line photo, below is an interesting miscelaneous category picture of the Burlington's ZEPHYR on a national tour after its high speed run between Chicago and Denver.