OCS Deadheading West
Pan Am's pretty little vest pocket streamliner is westbound at MP 434 (measured from Mattawamkeag, Maine) on the freight main with only 36 miles to go to reach their destination in Mechanicville where PAS meets the CP and NS. On Tuesday the train would start east destined all the way to the Bangor area allegedly carrying more prospective buyers interested in acquiring the long privately held regional.
PAR 1 and PAR 2 are ex Canadian National FP9s 6505 and 6516 built in 1954 and 1957 respectively by GMDD. They passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains 6505 & 6516 would become PAR 1 & 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216.
Pownal, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020
OCS Deadheading West
Pan Am's pretty little vest pocket streamliner is westbound at MP 434 (measured from Mattawamkeag, Maine) on the freight main with only 36 miles to go to reach their destination in Mechanicville where PAS meets the CP and NS. On Tuesday the train would start east destined all the way to the Bangor area allegedly carrying more prospective buyers interested in acquiring the long privately held regional.
PAR 1 and PAR 2 are ex Canadian National FP9s 6505 and 6516 built in 1954 and 1957 respectively by GMDD. They passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains 6505 & 6516 would become PAR 1 & 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216.
Pownal, Vermont
Sunday September 27, 2020