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January 27

Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn locomotive number 6

• 1893 – Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox for steam locomotives, dies (b. 1820).
• 1940 – The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (pictured) ceases operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment.
• 1973 – MBTA purchases several rail lines in New England from Penn Central to form the basis of the new commuter system's network.
• 2003 – A head-on collision between an Italian and a French train in the Tende line's Biogna tunnel leaves two dead and four seriously injured.

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