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BY GEORGE H. DRURY PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR
PENN CENTRAL DIDN'T INTRODUCE solid black diesels in 1968. The New York Central had had black hood units for several years prior, and the Pennsylvania’s Brunswick green diesels were black to anyone but true purists. Even the New Haven's diesels had been mostly black for more than a decade. Yet it was Penn Central who got the reputation for spreading darkness and ugliness around (maybe it was that terrible shade of green they applied to some of their passenger cars). But PC could provide enjoy- able train-watching too, as was observed on October 15, 1974, at Canton Junction, Mass., 15 miles from Boston on the former New Haven main line to Providence.
Penn Central train No. 515, a noontime Boston-to-Providence local, departs Canton Junction behind former New Haven GP7 No. 7547. A few leaves swirl in the wake of its ex-Pennsylvania P70 coaches as the train scurries off down the main line towards Rhode Island.
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