RailPictures.Net Photo: PC 4264 Penn Central EMD E8(A) at Mansfield, Massachusetts by Tom Nelligan

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» Penn Central (more..)
» EMD E8(A) (more..)

» tower
» Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA (more..)
» June, 1974

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A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Penn Central for the MBTA passes the old wooden tower at Mansfield, MA, as it slows for a station stop. The engineer's window of ex-PRR E8 4264 shows evidence of a recent projectile strike, a big problem in the Northeast in the 1970s.

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