A look back at the Blizzard of 1978

When dawn broke the next day, not only was highway travel almost impossible, but so was subway and rail. This is the snowbound then-Columbia MBTA station in Dorchester.
When dawn broke the next day, not only was highway travel almost impossible, but so was subway and rail. This is the snowbound then-Columbia MBTA station in Dorchester.
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)