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Union Freight Railroad locomotive hauling an Illinois Central boxcar on Atlantic Avenue, ca. 1964

The Union Freight Railroad was a freight-only railroad connecting the railroads coming into the north and south sides of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Almost its entire length was along Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street. For most of its length, the Atlantic Avenue Elevated carried passengers above.

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