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By:David Hutchinson
Dates:1/14/1973 - 10/9/2011
Album Info:I've worked for 40 years on the railroad, starting out with the Botton & Maine in 1974. In that 40 years, I worked a LOT OF NIGHTS, I've come to enjoy night photography almost as much as a beautiful sunny day.
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Sunday evening local
Title:  Sunday evening local
Description:  Train #2825, a single car Buddliner, makes a station stop on a cold winter night.
Photo Date:  1/14/1973  Upload Date: 5/3/2010 9:25:57 PM
Location:  Reading, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
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Locomotives:  BM 6123(RDC1)
Views:  850   Comments: 0
Heavy fog
Title:  Heavy fog
Description:  UJ-2 has arrived from Berlin in a heavy fog.
Photo Date:  6/26/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 8:14:05 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1536(RS3)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
Between Shifts
Title:  Between Shifts
Description:  Its 1030pm, B&M 1200 is parked out in back of the station awaiting the start of the 3rd trick
Photo Date:  6/26/1973  Upload Date: 6/10/2010 11:11:29 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1200(NW2)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
Laying over
Title:  Laying over
Description:  Power from SJ-1 idles out behind the station at White River Jct.
Photo Date:  6/27/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 8:45:59 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BM 1513(RS3)
Views:  3063   Comments: 9
Laying over
Title:  Laying over
Description:  Power from SJ-1 idles out behind the station.
Photo Date:  8/26/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 7:56:54 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1571(GP7)
Views:  693   Comments: 0
Diesel Shop
Title:  Diesel Shop
Description:  The sun has set , as night begins, road power gets the once-over at the Diesel Shop at East Deerfield.
Photo Date:  9/3/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 7:57:53 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1572(GP7)
Views:  916   Comments: 1
Engine Terminal
Title:  Engine Terminal
Description:  Operations formerly done at Westboro,N.H. have now been transferred out in back of the station at White River Jct.
Photo Date:  9/9/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 9:50:00 PM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1575(GP7)
Views:  1127   Comments: 6
Arrival from the north
Title:  Arrival from the north
Description:  Second class train #8904 from Wells River has arrived at White River Jct.
Photo Date:  9/25/1973  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:15:19 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BM 1181(S3) BM 4266A(F7A)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
Between Shifts
Title:  Between Shifts
Description:  The second trick crew has put up and the third trick crew hasn't finished their coffee, veteren Alco switcher 1187 idles in the cool evening air.
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 8:55:26 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1187(S3)
Views:  503   Comments: 1
Late in the evening
Title:  Late in the evening
Description:  UJ-2 has just arrived from Berlin with freshly painted GP-7 1558 on the point.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 7:56:02 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1558(GP7)
Views:  461   Comments: 1
Late in the evening
Title:  Late in the evening
Description:  UJ-2 has just arrived from Berlin as Amtrak #733 "Montrealer" picks up passengers in the background.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 7:56:21 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1558(GP7)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Waiting for the paperwork
Title:  Waiting for the paperwork
Description:  Power for JS-4 sits out behind the station at White River Jct., while the crew waits in the yard office for their paperwork on a typical foggy night.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:21:29 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BM 4266A(F7A)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
Waiting for the paperwork
Title:  Waiting for the paperwork
Description:  Power for JS-4 sits out behind the station at White River Jct., while the crew waits in the yard office for their paperwork on a typical foggy night.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:23:53 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BM 4266A(F7A)
Views:  1276   Comments: 14
Waiting for the paperwork
Title:  Waiting for the paperwork
Description:  Power for JS-4 sits out behind the station at White River Jct., as fog starts to roll in.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 9:49:26 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BM 4266A(F7A)
Views:  799   Comments: 3
Crew change
Title:  Crew change
Description:  A heavy fog settles in as the car knocker passes by making his inspection of Amtrak train #733. The Central Vermont crew has taken over from their Boston & Maine counterparts, and the train will soon be underway.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 7/13/2010 7:01:06 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Crew change
Title:  Crew change
Description:  A heavy fog settles in as Amtrak train #733 "Montrealer" gets serviced, loads passengers, and the Central Vermont crew takes over from its Boston & Maine counterpart.
Photo Date:  10/2/1973  Upload Date: 7/13/2010 6:51:51 PM
Location:  White River Jct., VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 263(E8A)
Views:  675   Comments: 5
Christmas Day
Title:  Christmas Day
Description:  Yesterday and today are holidays, and there is no train for PB-99, the power ties onto the buggy on Track 1 in the North Station and prepares to head west to Ayer to pick-up his train.
Photo Date:  12/25/1973  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 9:50:52 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1730(GP9)
Views:  668   Comments: 1
Third Trick
Title:  Third Trick
Description:  The last train has gone, all is quiet in the small town of Reading.
Photo Date:  1/3/1974  Upload Date: 6/10/2010 10:36:34 PM
Location:  Reading, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  317   Comments: 2
Laying over
Title:  Laying over
Description:  The last train of the evening has arrived at "Reading Middle" to put up.
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/3/2010 7:59:20 PM
Location:  Reading, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  656   Comments: 1
Winter storm
Title:  Winter storm
Description:  630am, a winter storm has just blown itself out as the power from EDSA comes around the wye to put-up.
Photo Date:  12/17/1980  Upload Date: 5/3/2010 9:00:16 PM
Location:  Salem, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  846   Comments: 1
New Arrival
Title:  New Arrival
Description:  Green Mountain's newest aquisition, ex BN 1849, works the yard at Chester,Vt.
Photo Date:  6/30/1984  Upload Date: 7/29/2010 9:11:01 PM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMRC 1849(GP9) GMRC 405(RS1)
Views:  1068   Comments: 0
End of the day
Title:  End of the day
Description:  Green Mountain RX-2 has dropped his train and now goes about putting the locomotive away for the night.
Photo Date:  5/30/1985  Upload Date: 7/29/2010 9:05:50 PM
Location:  North Walpole, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMRC 1849(GP9)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
In the still of the night
Title:  In the still of the night
Description:  On a quiet evening at Boston Engine Terminal, the only sound you can hear is the the idling prime mover and the banging of the compressor on F-40 1005.
Photo Date:  2/28/2008  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 7:37:18 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1005(F40PH)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Laying over
Title:  Laying over
Description:  Power from local freight BO-1 idles in the wari Spring air at Third Avenue crossing.
Photo Date:  4/10/2008  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 8:59:30 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
At the break of dawn
Title:  At the break of dawn
Description:  Its 530am, yard switcher 904 idles out in front of the Diesel House at Boston Engine Terminal awaiting the start of the 1st trick.
Photo Date:  5/31/2009  Upload Date: 4/23/2010 7:38:07 AM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  743   Comments: 1
On loan
Title:  On loan
Description:  Short of power, MBTA's Commuter Rail Division has leased units from the Providence & Worcester.
Photo Date:  11/9/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2010 10:12:55 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2216(B23-7R)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
Very early in the morning
Title:  Very early in the morning
Description:  A lineup of motive power waiting for repairs sits outside the Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  3/7/2010  Upload Date: 5/3/2010 8:48:25 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  557   Comments: 1
Sisters
Title:  Sisters
Description:  Genset switchers 3248 and 3249 idle in the early morning at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  4/11/2010  Upload Date: 4/22/2010 10:01:40 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3249(3GS21B) MBTA 3248(3GS21B)
Views:  892   Comments: 1
Early evening
Title:  Early evening
Description:  The long shadows of night begin to fall around this outlawed westbound at Wigginville(Lowell)Mass.
Photo Date:  4/14/2010  Upload Date: 5/3/2010 8:53:06 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 310(GP40)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
Just before dawn
Title:  Just before dawn
Description:  Power from LA-2, canned the night before, idles in the early morning hours.
Photo Date:  4/17/2010  Upload Date: 4/22/2010 10:02:35 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 307(GP40)
Views:  331   Comments: 1
Road pouer at dawn
Title:  Road pouer at dawn
Description:  Power from POSE of the previous day idles out in front of the old tower.
Photo Date:  5/29/2010  Upload Date: 5/29/2010 8:50:07 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6765(SD60M) HLCX 6200(SD40-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Just before dawn
Title:  Just before dawn
Description:  NA-1, canned since Friday, waiss for a re-crew at the Third Avenue crossing.
Photo Date:  7/18/2010  Upload Date: 7/18/2010 6:11:07 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  Its 465am, SEWA sits idling on the running track, waiting for a re-crew on a foggy morning.
Photo Date:  7/24/2010  Upload Date: 7/24/2010 5:23:48 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 605(SD40-2) MEC 607(SD40-2) MEC 609(SD40-2)
Views:  819   Comments: 1
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  SEWA waits for a re-crew at dawn.
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 7/31/2010 6:55:25 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 568(AC44CW) CSX 563(AC44CW)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Sunset in southern New Hampshire
Title:  Sunset in southern New Hampshire
Description:  The sun has set at CPF-273, as Amtrak #697 passes EDNM canned on the #1 track.
Photo Date:  8/14/2010  Upload Date: 8/14/2010 9:10:25 PM
Location:  Plaistow, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HLCX 7182(SD40-2) AMTK 80(P42DC)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  An eastbound road freight waits for a re-crew in the pre-dawn hours.
Photo Date:  9/6/2010  Upload Date: 9/6/2010 6:03:54 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 348(GP40) BM 340(GP40) ST 212(GP35)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
In the early morning
Title:  In the early morning
Description:  LA-1's power, from the night before, waits out the early morning hours at Third Avenue.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 8:34:28 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 506(GP40-2LW)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Waiting for a re-crew
Title:  Waiting for a re-crew
Description:  SEWA waits for a re-crew at CPF-273 Plaistow,N.H.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/15/2010 8:46:33 PM
Location:  Plaistow, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 615(SD40M-2)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
In the wee hours
Title:  In the wee hours
Description:  Maine Central SD-40-2's idle in the still morning air, they'll head west on NMED later in the day.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 9:36:51 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 615(SD40M-2) MEC 616(SD40M-2) MEC 617(SD40M-2)
Views:  806   Comments: 0
Just before dawn
Title:  Just before dawn
Description:  MBTA work train is parked overnight on the old "B&A Westbound", out in front of Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  10/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/30/2010 9:11:03 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  330   Comments: 1
Just before dawn
Title:  Just before dawn
Description:  The second trick switcher from last night, sits out the early morning at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  10/30/2010  Upload Date: 10/30/2010 9:24:23 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Spare job
Title:  Spare job
Description:  GP-18 904 prepares to get underway at Boston Engine Terminal$with a very early morning ballast train.
Photo Date:  11/21/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 8:25:41 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
Break Time
Title:  Break Time
Description:  A light snow begins to fall, as the crew of the 2nd trick switcher at Boston Engine Terminal breaks for supper.
Photo Date:  12/22/2010  Upload Date: 12/22/2010 7:28:10 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 904(GP18)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
Lull in the storm
Title:  Lull in the storm
Description:  There's a lull in the first real storm of the winter here at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  12/27/2010  Upload Date: 1/1/2011 9:01:02 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 3247(GP40-3)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
Howling Blizzard
Title:  Howling Blizzard
Description:  High winds and blowing snow combine to make simple picture taking an almost impossible task here at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  12/27/2010  Upload Date: 12/30/2010 8:32:14 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1137(GP40MC)
Views:  522   Comments: 1
Canned at the State Line
Title:  Canned at the State Line
Description:  NMED waits for a re-crew at the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line.
Photo Date:  1/11/2011  Upload Date: 1/11/2011 9:02:03 PM
Location:  Atkinson, NH
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 608(SD40-2)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
In the wee hours
Title:  In the wee hours
Description:  All is quiet at Boston Engine Terminal in the pre-dawn hour.
Photo Date:  1/30/2011  Upload Date: 1/30/2011 9:48:38 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 10(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  712   Comments: 1
In the wee hours
Title:  In the wee hours
Description:  A crescent moon hangs over the city sky in the pre-dawn hour at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  1/30/2011  Upload Date: 1/30/2011 10:02:02 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 1005(F40PH) MBTA 1129(GP40MC)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
Last Nights Lineup
Title:  Last Nights Lineup
Description:  Trainsets from last night are plugged in at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  2/19/2011  Upload Date: 2/19/2011 7:34:21 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 11(MP36PH-3C) MBTA 1125(GP40MC)
Views:  753   Comments: 3
Last Nights Lineup
Title:  Last Nights Lineup
Description:  Trainsets from last night are plugged in at Boston Engine Terminal.
Photo Date:  2/19/2011  Upload Date: 2/19/2011 7:34:53 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 11(MP36PH-3C) MBTA 1125(GP40MC) MBTA 1056(F40PH-2C)
Views:  911   Comments: 3


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