Those Faces!
The classic 'faces' of American passenger power look pretty good side by side momentarily in the MBTA's Worcester layover yard. The two units were part of a small four unit equipment display for about four hours as part of the New England Railroad Club's annual Railtech Conference held nearby at the DCU Center: www.nerailroadclub.com/about-us/
PAR1 is a GMDD FP9A blt. Sep. 1954 as CN 6505 and passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 along with sister unit 6515 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains the pair would become PAR 1 and 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216.
1074 is an F40PH-3C recently rebuilt by Wabtec from an original Morrison-Knudsen F40PHM-2C blt. Apr. 1988 and based on EMD's highly successful F40PH design that ushered Amtrak, VIA and many commuter roads into the modern era as they transitioned away from the hand me down equipment inherited from the prior freight operators.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Thursday March 31, 2022
Those Faces!
The classic 'faces' of American passenger power look pretty good side by side momentarily in the MBTA's Worcester layover yard. The two units were part of a small four unit equipment display for about four hours as part of the New England Railroad Club's annual Railtech Conference held nearby at the DCU Center: www.nerailroadclub.com/about-us/
PAR1 is a GMDD FP9A blt. Sep. 1954 as CN 6505 and passed from CN to VIA Rail in 1978 before being picked up by the Conway Scenic in 1995 along with sister unit 6515 when they expanded into Crawford Notch. After 15 years spent hauling tourists in the White Mountains the pair would become PAR 1 and 2 when traded to Pan Am Railways in March 2010 for GP38 252 and GP35 216.
1074 is an F40PH-3C recently rebuilt by Wabtec from an original Morrison-Knudsen F40PHM-2C blt. Apr. 1988 and based on EMD's highly successful F40PH design that ushered Amtrak, VIA and many commuter roads into the modern era as they transitioned away from the hand me down equipment inherited from the prior freight operators.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Thursday March 31, 2022