Boston, MA: North and South Stations

North: (Satellite)

South: (Satellite, 870 photos)

safe_image for Remembering Boston & Maine and Maine Central passenger trains

The railroad bridges in the background of the aerial photo still exist. 

1956 Boston North & South Quads @ 1:24,000

One advantage of depots in the big cities is that at least some of them survive as commuter stations. And part of a railyard survives as the MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility.

Satellite

When I noticed the expressway on the 1956 topo map instead of the drawbridge I see in the aerial photo, I checked out the earlier available topo maps. Comparing this topo to a satellite image, it appears the dam has moved downriver, but I'll have to investigate that some other day.

1943 Boston North & 1944 Boston South Quads @ 1:24,000

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South Station

Raymond Storey posted
BOSTON SOUTH STATION

Randy Becker: Looks like the Worcester local leaving (with #27 in the background, leaving a little later for Chicago) [But which railroad?]

Niel Fenn Davis posted
Boston's South Station what a very busy place it most have been,  the Boston and Albany and the NYNH&H Railroad used this Station.

Hal Curette: Was there ever any connection to North Station? Made no sense back when?

Niel Fenn Davis: Hal Curette no connection between North and South Stations , North Station belonged to the B&M , both the NYNHH and the B&A interchanged at other places with the B&M.