by whatelyrailfan
When I was a kid growing up in the 1970s-early 1980s my parents took my sister and I to Old Orchard Beach every other year, and I remember lots of long B&M freights with as many as six locomotives, but no passenger trains. And the frequency of the trains could be as many as 6-10 some days. My question: When did the B&M discontinue passenger service Boston-Portland, and where was the OOB station, and when was it torn down. We used to stay at the Waverly Motel, which is just south of the Pier and the crossing at Old Orchard Street where my sister and I used to walk up and watch not just the long trains, but the pissed-off drivers who had to wait (Boo Hoo, poor babies). It was double track back then, and almost always the power for the trains was B&M blue with the locomotives varying from the newer GP-40s, to Alcos & SDs, and older GPs. The last year we vacationed there was 1984 when I'd just gotten my license and Guilford had just taken over the B&M, but I don't remember seeing anything painted in Guilford colors, although I may have seen a few MEC units.
Peace,
Jonathan
Peace,
Jonathan