The Railroad That Came Out at Night: A Book of Railroading In and Around Boston (URMC-65-4)

Product No.: URMC-65-4

Title: The Railroad That Came Out at Night: A Book of Railroading In and Around Boston
Author(s): Kyper, Frank
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: Carstens Pub. Inc.
ISBN: 0911868658

Condition: New 

Binding: Softcover
Dust Jacket: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 1990

Features: 72 Pages with Black/White Photos.

Describes the first freight car received in the shipyard, from the New Haven RR: The first steam locomotive to burnish the Fore River Rails was an 0-4-0 saddlemaker with an oversized wooden cab, which made it look as though it would tip back on its side any second The Bethlehem Steel Corporation purchased the Fore River Shipyard and Railroad just before World War I.

During the war, shipyard workers built 36 destroyers and several "zero" class and "R" class submarines. In 1919, the Fore River Railroad was formally incorporated as separate holding from the Bethlehem Steel shipyard. During World War II, the Fore River Railroad Corporation's steam locomotives carried over 750,000 tons of construction materials for U.S. Navy cruisers, battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers, including the Lexington. General Dynamics Corp. purchased the shipyard and railroad in 1963. In 1987, MWRA acquired the shipyard and railroad.

From 1987-1992, MWRA used Fore River facilities as staging area and transportation system for the Boston Harbor Project. MWRA sold most of its shipyard property upon completion of the project. MWRA maintains the Fore River Railroad to transport its Bay State Fertilizer.