BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has released its heritage locomotive honoring the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. It is the second in a planned series of three locomotives honoring predecessor operators of commuter rail service in the MBTA service area.
The orange, black, and white locomotive — displaying the New Haven “McGinnis” scheme introduced in 1955 — made its first revenue runs on Thursday, Feb. 5.
The locomotive is a recently overhauled F40PH-3C, part of the group of 37 that first entered service between 1987 and 1991. The overhauled units have been upgraded to include remote monitoring and diagnostics, forward-facing and in-cab cameras, and modern brake and control systems…