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Viewing Album:  MBTA Commuter Service
 
By:David Hutchinson
Dates:5/3/1975 - 3/4/2012
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Set for Interchange
Title:  Set for Interchange
Description:  MBTA GP-40mc's occupy the "B&A Eastbound", waiting to be picked up by CSX for shipment to Altoona for rebuilding.
Photo Date:  5/15/2010  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 5:41:42 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1130(GP40MC)
Views:  378   Comments: 1
Thawing Out
Title:  Thawing Out
Description:  An inbound road job thaws out inside the service building at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  12/27/2010  Upload Date: 1/1/2011 9:36:17 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1130(GP40MC)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
Standing by
Title:  Standing by
Description:  Genset switcher 3249 and former Conrail flanger await another call for duty at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  1/29/2011  Upload Date: 3/3/2011 9:31:54 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3249(3GS21B)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
Old and the New
Title:  Old and the New
Description:  Brand new MP-36 010 sits side by side in the layover yard at Boston Engine Terminal with F-40 1011.
Photo Date:  1/30/2011  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:18:34 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1011(F40PH) MBTA 10(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  949   Comments: 1
Plow Extra
Title:  Plow Extra
Description:  Snow wlow extra cruises along the old Fitchburg Division mainline adjacent to Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  1/31/2011  Upload Date: 1/31/2011 8:37:57 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  957   Comments: 2
Faces only a mother could love
Title:  Faces only a mother could love
Description:  Amtrak's "Downeaster" pulls out of Boston's North Station alongside one of MBTA's new MP-36's.
Photo Date:  3/19/2011  Upload Date: 3/22/2011 9:10:49 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 18(P42DC) MBTA 11(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
Never a dull moment
Title:  Never a dull moment
Description:  There's always something interesting to shoot at Boston Engine Terminal, the largest rolling Diesel Museum on the East Coast.
Photo Date:  4/9/2011  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 8:36:42 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MARC 61(GP40WH-2) MBTA 10(MP36PH-3C) MBTA 1129(GP40MC)
Views:  938   Comments: 2
Mid afternoon
Title:  Mid afternoon
Description:  MBCR #274 from Reading and Amtrak #684 "Downeaster" are bound for Boston's North Station as they pace each other at "Prison Point".
Photo Date:  4/11/2011  Upload Date: 4/11/2011 8:46:21 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 136(P42DC) MARC 61(GP40WH-2)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Sunrise at B.E.T.
Title:  Sunrise at B.E.T.
Description:  Sunrise finds quite a line-up at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  8/21/2011  Upload Date: 8/21/2011 7:49:26 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 11(MP36PH-3C) MARC 67(GP40WH-2) MARC 51(GP40WH-2)
Views:  612   Comments: 1
Ready for service
Title:  Ready for service
Description:  4:00am at Boston Engine Terminal finds an interesting lineup of power ready for the days work.
Photo Date:  9/11/2011  Upload Date: 9/30/2011 8:48:30 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3248(3GS21B) MARC 51(GP40WH-2) MBTA 1123(GP40MC)
Views:  543   Comments: 1
In the wee hours
Title:  In the wee hours
Description:  All is quiet at Boston Engine Terminal on a damp and rainy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  10/2/2011  Upload Date: 10/4/2011 7:54:07 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
Ready for service
Title:  Ready for service
Description:  Dawn breaks on a foggy morning at Boston Engine Terminal, 3248 is marked up for the 1st trick Diesel House Switcher.
Photo Date:  10/3/2011  Upload Date: 10/4/2011 8:39:04 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3248(3GS21B)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
A Break in the Weather
Title:  A Break in the Weather
Description:  After being pounded by torrential rain overnight and early morning, the sun finally breaks through the overcast at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  10/4/2011  Upload Date: 10/4/2011 8:24:17 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18) MARC 67(GP40WH-2)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Heading home
Title:  Heading home
Description:  Pan Am's Business Train backs down the "Valley" at Boston Engine Terminal, headed for the mainline to head back to its home terminal at Waterville,Maine.
Photo Date:  10/11/2011  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 6:49:53 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 902(GP9) PAR 1(FP9A)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Tied down for the night
Title:  Tied down for the night
Description:  MBCR welded rail train is tied down for the night at the new "Macaulay Interlocking".
Photo Date:  11/5/2011  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 8:43:36 PM
Location:  Andover, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
In the wee hours
Title:  In the wee hours
Description:  MBCR welded rail train idles in the early morning hours at the new "Macaulay Interlocking".
Photo Date:  11/6/2011  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 7:17:27 PM
Location:  Andover, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Separate entities
Title:  Separate entities
Description:  At one time we were one railroad, now they're differant as night and day. Pan Am local LA-1 idles at Third Avenue as the MBCR work train passes by.
Photo Date:  11/9/2011  Upload Date: 11/9/2011 5:48:29 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3) MEC 382(GP40)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
Wheel Machine
Title:  Wheel Machine
Description:  F-40 1063 spends the weekend at the wheel true machine at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  11/27/2011  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 8:31:33 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1063(F40PH-2C)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
To the rescue
Title:  To the rescue
Description:  MBTA light engine 3247 passes disabled Amtrak train #693.
Photo Date:  12/3/2011  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 6:39:22 PM
Location:  West Medford (subdiv, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90220(NPCU) MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
To the rescue
Title:  To the rescue
Description:  MBTA 3247 has tied-onto disabled Amtrak train #693 whose locomotive suffered a seized-up axle gear.
Photo Date:  12/3/2011  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 6:39:48 PM
Location:  West Medford (subdiv, MA
Author:  David Hutbhinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3) AMTK 16(P42DC)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Rolling meet
Title:  Rolling meet
Description:  MBCR train #422 meets Pan Am AYMO just east of Patterson Road.
Photo Date:  12/8/2011  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 6:26:36 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1075(F40PH-2C)
Views:  639   Comments: 1
Overhead Shot
Title:  Overhead Shot
Description:  904 is in the shop at Boston Engine Terminal for some routine repairs. Note to MBCR management - I took this photo on my lunchbreak.
Photo Date:  1/8/2012  Upload Date: 3/26/2012 8:22:43 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
Early in the morning
Title:  Early in the morning
Description:  Trainsets from last night, wait for their turn in the service pits at Boston Engine Terminal. Note to MBCR management - This photo was taken at 0500, I'm not on duty until 0600.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 2/19/2012 8:26:10 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1123(GP40MC) MARC 59(GP40WH-2)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Early in the morning
Title:  Early in the morning
Description:  The shop switcher idles in the cold morning air at Boston Engine Terminal. Note to MBCR management - this photo was taken at 0515, I don't go on duty until 0600.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 2/19/2012 8:27:28 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3248(3GS21B)
Views:  318   Comments: 2
The edge of night
Title:  The edge of night
Description:  The daylight is fading fast as night approaches at Boston Engine Terminal. - Note to MBCR management, this photo was taken after I went off duty at 1800.
Photo Date:  3/4/2012  Upload Date: 3/8/2012 5:28:01 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Sunrise on a Foggy Morning
Title:  Sunrise on a Foggy Morning
Description:  Sunrise finds Boston Engine Terminal shrouded in a thick fog.
Photo Date:  9/29/2013  Upload Date: 9/29/2013 7:57:48 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1015(F40PH)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Sunrise on a Foggy Morning
Title:  Sunrise on a Foggy Morning
Description:  Sunrise finds Boston Engine Terminal shrouded in a thick fog.
Photo Date:  9/29/2013  Upload Date: 9/29/2013 8:01:52 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1032(F40PH-2C)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
Latest arrivals
Title:  Latest arrivals
Description:  A piece of scaffolding provides a panoramic view of Hyundai-Rotem coaches awaiting acceptance tests at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  11/3/2013  Upload Date: 11/3/2013 6:42:36 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  255   Comments: 0
The edge of night
Title:  The edge of night
Description:  We're 3 hours into the second trick at Boston Engine Terminal as darkness begins to descend.
Photo Date:  11/13/2013  Upload Date: 11/18/2013 8:55:54 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 2001(MP40PH-3C) MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
Early Morning Lineup
Title:  Early Morning Lineup
Description:  An interesting array of motive power idles in the layover yard at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  12/7/2013  Upload Date: 12/7/2013 7:18:07 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1017(F40PH) MBTA 1128(GP40MC) MBTA 2001(MP40PH-3C)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
Westbound Local
Title:  Westbound Local
Description:  A westbound MBCR local passes a Pan Am light engine move at CPF-AS.
Photo Date:  4/21/2014  Upload Date: 4/27/2014 8:19:21 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1005(F40PH) HLCX 8145(SD40-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 1
Sunrise at B.E.T.
Title:  Sunrise at B.E.T.
Description:  Sunrise at Boston Engine Terminal finds two GP-40's and GP-18 904 on the ready track.
Photo Date:  5/6/2014  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 7:46:47 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1137(GP40MC)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
Old Veteren
Title:  Old Veteren
Description:  MBTA's oldest engine on the roster, GP-18 904 basks in the sun at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  5/7/2014  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 6:31:36 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
MBTA 3247
Title:  MBTA 3247
Description:  MBCR work train rumbles down the 4th Iron, passing alongside GATX lease engines that are set out for interchange.
Photo Date:  5/7/2014  Upload Date: 5/8/2014 5:44:07 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3) GMTX 2217(GP38-2)
Views:  811   Comments: 1
MARC 66
Title:  MARC 66
Description:  The work train holds the eastbound, while ex MARC GP-40's occupy the westbound out in front of Boston Engine Terminal, still waiting to be shipped back to their owner.
Photo Date:  7/11/2014  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 9:04:47 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MARC 66(GP40WH-2) MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Down for repairs
Title:  Down for repairs
Description:  Veteren GP-18 904 is in for multiple traction motor replacement at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  8/5/2014  Upload Date: 8/5/2014 6:45:04 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
Generations apart
Title:  Generations apart
Description:  Deadline units stand in stark comparison to brand new HSP-46 2005 at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  8/9/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 7:15:00 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 2005(MP40PH-3C) MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Going to a new home
Title:  Going to a new home
Description:  Having been stored unserviceable for over 6 years, GP-9 902 is stenciled "IRMX" and waits at Boston Engine Terminal to be made roadworthy for the trip to the Illinois Railway Museum.
Photo Date:  8/23/2014  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 6:31:08 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 902(GP9)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
Waiting for repairs
Title:  Waiting for repairs
Description:  Several F-40's await repairs at Boston Engine Terminal on a quiet Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 6:08:20 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1063(F40PH-2C) MBTA 1064(F40PH-2C)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Waiting for repairs
Title:  Waiting for repairs
Description:  Motive power old and new await repairs at Boston Engine Terminal on a quiet Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/27/2014  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 6:08:47 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 2010(UNKNOWN) MBTA 1069(F40PH-2C)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
Storm Victim
Title:  Storm Victim
Description:  Having run out of fuel during one of the recent blizzards, 1067 didn't dump her water and fell victim to a cracked engine block. Awaiting a new prime mover, she got shoved outside so another project could be tended to at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  3/16/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 5:53:26 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1067(F40PH-2C)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
End of the day
Title:  End of the day
Description:  The Keolis work train has put up on the old B&A Eastbound while SLC lease units, not yet in service,occupy the B&A Westbound out by Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  5/18/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 5:18:41 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3) SLC 302(F40PH)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
Late Afternoon
Title:  Late Afternoon
Description:  Brand new HSP-46 2031 keeps company with old and dirty F-40 1075 in the layover yard at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  6/21/2015  Upload Date: 6/29/2015 8:41:06 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1075(F40PH-2C) MBTA 2031(MP40PH-3C)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
Soon to be re-engined
Title:  Soon to be re-engined
Description:  F-40 1067, half dis-assembled since January, waits in the back shop at Boston Engine Terminal to receive her new prime mover.
Photo Date:  6/23/2015  Upload Date: 6/29/2015 8:41:39 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1067(F40PH-2C)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Fresh Paint
Title:  Fresh Paint
Description:  MBTA 1056 has been set-off at Lawrence, waiting for shipment to the Boston Engine Terminal where she'll undergo final repairs before going into Summer passenger service on Cape Cod.
Photo Date:  4/8/2016  Upload Date: 4/8/2016 4:11:52 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1056(F40PH-2C)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
Work Train
Title:  Work Train
Description:  MBTA work train is in the clear for a pair of Amtrak extras at the former Beacon Park yard.
Photo Date:  9/20/2016  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 2:57:36 PM
Location:  Allston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Work Train
Title:  Work Train
Description:  MBTA work train is in the clear waiting for the arrival of two Amtrak extras.
Photo Date:  9/20/2016  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 2:58:51 PM
Location:  Allston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Lease Unit
Title:  Lease Unit
Description:  On loan from P&W for work train duty, 4003 lumbers across Third Avenue to make up his train.
Photo Date:  11/16/2016  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 3:42:55 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  266   Comments: 2
Work Train
Title:  Work Train
Description:  MBTA work train loading scrap ties at "Butters Row".
Photo Date:  11/16/2016  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 3:44:05 PM
Location:  Wilmington, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  227   Comments: 1
To the rescue
Title:  To the rescue
Description:  The work train having been called out to rescue a disabled train at the new Wauchusett facility, waits in the clear for a scheduled train to put up before leaving for Boston.
Photo Date:  12/12/2016  Upload Date: 1/15/2017 3:39:06 PM
Location:  Westminster, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3) MBTA 1053(F40PH-2C)
Views:  432   Comments: 0

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