Wreck Extra 380

Pan Am Railways GP40 (high hood) 380 leads the combined wreck train past MP-100 at Burnham Jct, ME on 3/21/2020. The train was on the return trip from Northern Maine Junction after cleaning up several loaded LPG tank cars which derailed and rolled down an embankment in Etna, ME a week or two prior. The 380 was having a hard time on this day, which required a running start to make many of the hills. At the end of the train, SD40M-2 3405 was isolated. As for the 380, it was reactivated to handle detour traffic, as a result of the CN rail blockades in February of 2020. However, this would prove to be the last stand for the Pan Am high hoods. Upon reaching Waterville, the 380 was cutoff the train and had the water drained after being taken into the shop complex. The 380 would be cut up by LTEX crews at Waterville before the end of the year (despite a few interested parties) ending the high hood era on Pan Am.

 

Pan Am Railways

Train: Wreck Extra 380 West

Burnham Jct, ME

3/21/2020

Pan Am Railways, District 1

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