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12/27/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/1/1930 - 12/1/1943
Album Info:These are fairly nice original or older reprints of Boston & Maine 0-6-0 yard switchers.
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BM 0-6-0 #427 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #427 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Fairly nice original photo of an Alco-Manchester 0-6-0 yard switcher built in April 1913 as BM #427. G-11a class, 52" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 19x26" cylinders, engine weight of 147,700 lb, The G-11a class were all retired by June of 1953. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  4/1/1934  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:43 AM
Location:  Northampton, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 427(0-6-0)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
BM 0-6-0 #407 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #407 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Fairly dark original photo of Boston & Maine 0-6-0 #407 built by Alco-Manchester in 1911. Specs - G-11a class, 52" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 19x26" cylinders, engine weight of 147,700 lb, The G-11a class were all retired by June of 1953. Unknown photographer and date
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:40 AM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 407(0-6-0)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
BM 0-6-0 #438 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #438 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Poor quality action shot of the engineer backing his loco up in Waltham, MA. The loco was built by Alco-Brooks in 1916. Specs - 52" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 150,000 lb. The G-11b class were all retired by July of 1955. Photo by B. Bowden
Photo Date:  6/1/1942  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:46 AM
Location:  Waltham, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 438(0-6-0)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
BM 0-6-0 #240 Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #240 Boston & Maine
Description:  Sitting in what appears to be a storage/scrap line is this Alco-Manchester 0-6-0 yard switcher #240 built sometime between 1903-1910. Specs - G-10 class, 52" drivers, modest 160 psi boiler pressure, 19x24" cylinders, engine weight of 127,800 lb, The G-10 class was retired by December of 1948 although some were sold to M&WR. B&C and others. No exact month or day was given for the photo but it was taken by L.P. Cimwall (?).
Photo Date:  6/1/1943  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:35 AM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 240(0-6-0)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
BM 0-6-0 #438 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #438 - Boston & Maine
Description:  Running with just a caboose and boxcar, BM 0-6-0 #438 are running at an unidentified location. Built by Alco-Brooks in 1916, the last of the the yard switchers in this class G-11b were gone by July of 1955. Not bad for 39 years of service. Specs - 52" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 150,000 lb. Unknown location or exact day in 1943. Photo by B. Bowden
Photo Date:  6/1/1943  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:50 AM
Location:  Unknown, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 438(0-6-0)
Views:  240   Comments: 1
BM 0-6-0 #290 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM 0-6-0 #290 - Boston & Maine
Description:  With the whistle blowing and the fireman checking the water supply, this Alco-Manchester 0-6-0 yard switcher seems almost ready to start working the yard. Specs - G-10 class, 52" drivers, modest 160 psi boiler pressure, 19x24" cylinders, engine weight of 127,800 lb, The G-10 class was retired by December of 1948 although some were sold to M&WR. No location or exact day in 1943 was given for the photo but it was taken by B. Bowden in 1943.
Photo Date:  9/1/1943  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:20:37 AM
Location:  Unknown, MA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 290(0-6-0)
Views:  255   Comments: 0


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