Carl Purinton and B&M No 3240
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Carl Purinton, as you know, founded the Brotherhood of Live Steamers in 1932. In addition to building live steam models and railroads, Carl worked as a fireman on the Boston & Main Railroad. For a time he was assigned to fire B&M No 3240, a J-1a Atlantic built by Mancester Locomotive Works in 1908.
Fireman Carl Purinton (in the window) with engineer Elmer Dean. Danvers, MA. 1943. Photo provided by Bob Hornsby.
J-1a 3240 was built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1908 and converted to a J-1e by 1928. It was scrapped in 1946. Photographed at Worcester, Mass. August 12, 1939.
