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SAUGUS STATION Pag.e four
. The ups~are? Station Ma~ters Quarters and Freight Room were enla:rged
in. 1920 while irndoor plumthing, and restrooms were installed. A hoxcar was
added to provide extr~ space for the Agent. r
· .. When the St. Francis Daa col.J.Lapsed on March 1.2,, l.928, waitresses-
at the Saugus Cafe drew water from the boil.er of a l.ocoIB.totive at the
statioru to make coffee for rescue workers,.
H.elen. Wood CoIDl.e
"Buffa1.o" Tomi Verlli.ODL derailed Engine No.25 on. ..,.ovember lO,, 1929,
robhimg its passen.g,ers of $300. "The Owl." had just pulled out of Saug_us

at 7:35 P.M., when the great 5000 series locomotive rolled over 011ll its
side hehind what. is mow cal1.ed The Saugus Speedway. Vermon rohhed another
train mear Cheyenne.Wllomd.n&, hefore hieing .caught in Otlahom.a.,He spent 35

years in jail for the deed.
"Three Barre1-s Of Stea.a"
A great n.tlD'liber of movies have been made at the Saugus Station- featuring,
such stars as ,Willian s. Biart.'F·o11i Mix. a!id J;oruJL· Waylllle •. Charlie Ch.aplill used
it in "The Pilgraa"(l.91.9) ,Frank Sinatra, ''Sudde1y" (l.954) ~;"Big, Busu and"Rich
Man,Poor Ma.BJ.tr durilllg the l.970a.L"(ecently it -has been used in. Dewrl.s WeaYer•a
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"Buck"-Jraaea1' · and "The Gritters" · with. A.:migelie.a ,,.,llu .• . -.ea.
Jerry Reymlol.ds

By 1979 passenger service had been.. di~c~:rn~.tinued. and Mr .• Gu.thrie, the
last Agen~, was inforlllled· ~hat S_augus woul.~ b_e closed.: The Historical.

Society raised over S6o.ooo,. 11.oy.:ing_ the st~tion froa Saugus _to Hart
Park in Nrewhal.1. during the Dliglmt of JiUD.e 24,.1-980 ...
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Cynthia ·••aL-Harriss