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Starting in 1836 with the Andover & Wilmington Railroad (Massachusetts), the Boston & Maine Railroad put itself together and expanded over the decades until it was almost 2300 miles long and covered a lot of New England. Its fleet included over 130 Class B-15 “Mogul” 2-6-0 steam locomotives which operated from the turn of the century to the end of the steam era. The only survivor is B&M 1455 (ALCO Manchester Works, 1907), which made its last run in 1956 when it pulled a Boston-Clinton commuter train. It used to be displayed at the Edaville Railroad, and remained in Massachusetts when sold to a private owner in Cape Cod. Since 2000, it has been displayed with a short freight train at the Danbury Railway Museum in Connecticut.

(seen September 2023)

Sorry for the bad pic I was freaking out because this train was funny and couldn’t take a good pic

... and a couple other things going by :3

still don't own the rights to kuromi, those are with sanrio

MBTA Blue Line subway car 0559 (St. Louis Car Co., 1951) and Green Line articulated SLRV 3424 (Boeing Vertol, 1976) were two ex-Boston railcars parked outdoors and awaiting restoration when I visited the Seashore Trolley Museum (Maine) in 2024 for its 85th anniversary.

Since I’m an American railfan who particularly likes tramways and electric trains, I’m proud that the USA (now 250 years old!) is the country that created the PCC. Two that I saw at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum when I visited in July 2025 were Pittsburgh Railways streetcar 1138 (St. Louis Car Co., 1937) and SEPTA ex Philadelphia Suburban Transportation “Red Arrow Lines” PCC-bodied suburban car 24 (St. Louis Car Co., 1949).

Hankyū electric train 9403 crosses a street in Ibaraki City (Osaka Prefecture, Japan) before speeding through Minami-Ibaraki Station as a northbound limited express for Kyoto-Kawaramachi.

(Seen December 2024)

An East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Tōhoku Shinkansen Series E5 bullet train (Hayabusa?) and a Yamanote Line Series E235 commuter train meet near Nippori Station in Tokyo.
(seen December 2024)

TGV in france, yes there was dirt on the camera I know xD

Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde Deutsche Reichsbahn 58 1111-2 am Morgen des 18.4.2025 mit Sonderzug in Chemnitz vor dem Südbahnhof. Zur Zeit der EDV-Nummern-Einführung befand sich diese badische G 12 58 311 im Bw Karl-Marx-Stadt Betriebsteil Hilbersdorf. Ebenso die preußische G 12 58 1311; also gab es kurze Zeit 2x 58 1311, weshalb 311 zur 58 1111 wurde. Eine von beiden kam von der Aufarbeitung aus dem RAW, aber ich weiß nicht mehr, welche.