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Narrow Gauge to Boston
A Nostalgic Window on the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
by Frank Kyper
THERE WAS LITTLE the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad in eastern Massachusetts had in common with most of its three-foot narrow-gauge cousins across the United States. Its fleet of diminutive Bogie-type steam locomotives did not struggle up steep mountain grades with short mixed freight and passenger trains. They instead scooted over an eight-mile sea level double-track main line from East Boston to Lynn. Only one leading commodity was ever carried, passengers. On the eve of the Great Depression the BRB&L undertook a costly conversion from steam to electric power, only to meet its demise in 1940. Here then is the unique and fascinating story of traveling by narrow gauge to Boston!
10¼" x 9½" paperback, 112 pages, 152 vintage photos and illustrations,$24.95
ISBN 978-0-942035-87-2
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