BOSTON & MAINE: 1945-1975

Join one of New England’s most prolific photographers (and retired B&M Dispatcher) for a rare glimpse of railroading on the B&M as it was from the postwar period through the mid-1970s.

 

TRACKSIDE AROUND BOSTON 1942-1962

Throughout the 1940s Lawson Hill lived in Waban, a section of Newton, Massachusetts. A long time rail fan, in 1942 took his camera and skills trackside to record the changing scene on the local roads – Boston & Maine, New Haven and Boston & Albany. 128 page all-color book. $54.95 ea. Postage paid (USA). Canadian and Foreign orders require an additional $8.00 per book.

 
B&M Trackside with Arthur E. Mitchell

By Carl Byron

All color images in this book between 1952 and 1956.After a 15-year absence, as the old B&M collapsed in place, he then returned trackside in the 1970s to record B&M striving to regain its financial health and find a niche in a changed New England. Covers the end of the steam-early diesel days of the mid-50s. Special side subjects on topics like B&M E-units and Alco RS road switchers. $54.95 includes P&H (USA deliveries only) Canada and overseas are an additional $8.00 P&H