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NYC Pacemaker freight

By Angela Cotey | July 22, 2022

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


The Boston–Albany section of New York Central’s Pacemaker train for express freight service pauses at Worcester, Mass., to pick up cars in August 1949. The distinctive vermillion-and-gray boxcars were for on-line use only.
Philip R. Hastings photo

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