Boston & Maine No. 410

Boston & Maine No. 410 is Class G-11-a 0-6-0 type steam locomotive built by the Manchester Locomotive Works at Manchester, N.H., in June 1911 for the Boston & Maine Railroad.
This locomotive did switching duties at Lowell and other locations on the B&M during her active days on the railroad. A switching locomotive is designed to deliver cars of raw materials from the railroad yard to local industries, to pick up loaded and empty cars, and to make up and break down intercity trains that will be moved to distant destinations by larger, more powerful "road engines."
Like all steam-powered engines No. 410 was rendered obsolete by diesel engines that required far less maintenance. Sold to the H. E. Fletcher Granite Company in Westford, Massachusetts on June 28, 1950, No. 410 worked in a quarry until her flue time expired and she was replaced by another retired B&M steam switcher in April 1952.  Later, No. 410 was acquired by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for preservation at the Museum of Transportation in Boston and was moved to the B&M Shops at North Billerica, Massachusetts.
It is now placed on display at the Lowell Historic Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.
==Gallery==
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File:Boston & Maine No 410.jpeg
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