RailPictures.Net Photo: PC 4263 Penn Central EMD E8(A) at Canton Junction, Massachusetts by Tom Nelligan

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

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» Canton Junction, Massachusetts, USA (more..)
» August, 1969

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» PC 4263 (more..)
» #170, the Colonial (more..)

» Tom Nelligan (more..)
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A pair of Penn Central E8s, the first still in PRR paint, speed the Washington-Boston Colonial through Canton Junction, MA. Following the PC takeover of the New Haven, ex-PRR E8s quickly took over passenger assignments between Boston and New Haven.

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