Budd car Number 41 and FL9 Number 2053 in readiness at the Dover Street Engine Terminal for the afternoon rush in Boston. The FL9's are unique in that they are able to operate as self contained diesel-electric locomotive or operate as a straight electric locomotive using third rail pick up for operation to Grand Central in the former New York Central tunnels in Manhattan. October, 1968.
Item Type: Postcard - Printed, Chrome
Photographer: Jim Shaughnessy
Audio-Visual Designs Number: S-76909
Publisher: Audio-Visual Designs
Item, Published Location: Earlton, New York
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Date, Image Taken: October 1968
Postmark: Not postally used.
Subject, Railroad: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Item Owner: Matthew D. Cosgro
NCS Collection ID: 9304006535
Added: 7/9/2023