Locomotive #48, front view, diamond stack, Beacon Park Yard, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8559-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384164

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Locomotives
Locomotive #48, front view, diamond stack, Beacon Park Yard, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8559-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Locomotives

Description

The image shows a front view of Locomotive #48 featuring a diamond stack design at Beacon Park Yard in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The locomotive is situated on tracks in front of a roundhouse. Another locomotive is partially visible in the background inside the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
roundhouses
railroads
locomotives
trains (vehicle groupings)
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013199
B-Series negative 8559-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Reference Code

PC015.002.780.8559-B

Places

Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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