ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Like any work of its kind, this book is a collaboration between dozens—if not hundreds—of photographers, journalists, historians, and rail enthusiasts, many of whom are no longer with us and could not have foreseen their invaluable contributions to these pages. To all those who recorded the history of the Orange Line and its predecessor and complementary rail lines and their surroundings, we are deeply indebted.

For their patience, forbearance, and guidance, we thank our publisher, Rebekah Collinsworth, and editor, Caitrin Cunningham.

For their assistance in accessing high-quality historical images, we thank Marta Crill at the City of Boston Archives and Tom Blake and Aaron Schmidt at the Boston Public Library.

For their many contributions to this effort and their unflagging support, Andrew would like to thank Joanne Riley, Jessica Holden, Dale Freeman, Carolyn Goldstein, Daniel Ortiz, and all his colleagues in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston and Libby Bouvier, Neal Kane, and all his friends at The History Project. He would especially like to thank his family: Harris J. Elder, Jacob and Betsey Elder, Lucas Wesley Elder, and Jean and Paul Garvey.

For their wisdom, support, and patience while he was preoccupied with the effort to complete this manuscript, Jeremy would like to thank Roy Greene, David Dahl, David Jrolf, Janet Walsh, Dean Inouye, Steve Smith, David Filipov, Anica Butler, and all the journalists at the Boston Globe who have taught him so much. He would also like to thank June Carolyn Erlick, Angelia Herrin, Jenifer McKim, and Charles Sennott—all talented journalists who have generously shared their wisdom at the Harvard Extension School. And he would like to thank his family: Dale and Debbie Tully, Brandon Tully, and Kirsten Tully.

Very special thanks to Leo Sullivan and Frank Cheney, who patiently reviewed the manuscript.

For allowing us to use images from their personal collections and for answering questions we had along the way, we would like to thank the following people: David Akiba, Joe Boncek, Gene and Justyna Carlson, Frank Cheney, Tom Ericson, Ann Hershfang, Janet Hunkel, Wayne Jackson and FayFoto/Boston, Paul Locke, Andrew Lynch, Nathaniel Marsh, Steve Quinn, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Martha Stone, Otto M. Vondrak, and Andrew Zalewski.