PC 1333 Editors Pick!        
Penn Central's Framingham Branch Local switches the yard at Clinton where there is interchange with the B&M.
Date: 11/14/1969 Location: Clinton, MA   Map Show Clinton on a rail map Views: 2162 Collection Of:   Christopher Palmieri
Locomotives: PC 1333(FA1)    Author:  Henry Frick
PC 1333
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  Henry Frick Slide Collection
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Name Type Comments Date
Mark Redmond General What is with the bars in front of the windshield? 10/12/2010 10:15:16 AM
Christopher Palmieri General The bars are to protect the crew and windows from objects thrown at the train or suspended from bridges by vandals. 10/12/2010 10:33:00 AM
Gregg Bartley General I was trying to figure out what is up with the NH logo on the nose. It wasn't registering with me. Then I realized that the outside bits of both letters are faded so you can't see them very well. Until I realized that,it was like I was looking at some mathmatical symbols or something. That certainly is an interesting mix of power, not something I would have ever imagined together. 10/12/2010 4:25:54 PM
Jonelle DeFelice General They were once known in a less PC era (no pun intended) as ghetto-bars... 10/13/2010 7:02:49 PM
Kirk Henderson General While at first glance they do look like an odd couple they are both ALCO freight locomotives and are identical under the hood. Both have 12 cylinder 244 engines that produce 1600 hp. (Or 1500 hp. in early models.) The bars on the windows were common on locomotives operating in the Boston area and are still used (as far as I know) on MBTA trains. 10/14/2010 2:28:33 PM
Bernie Feltman General Why must vandals try to break the windshield? Very nice photo 10/16/2010 1:04:30 PM
Randy Kotuby General A real classic lashup. Thanks for sharing. 10/16/2010 2:44:00 PM
Bob Beaumont General Very Nice! Is this FA still around and what was its NH number? 5/22/2018 12:25:48 AM

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