I've Never Seen A Genset Go This Fast!
After a trip out to Worcester to be displayed for several hours in the Keolis/MBTA Worcester layover yard as part of the New England Railroad Club's annual Railtech Conference: www.nerailroadclub.com/about-us/ the display equipment is now on the way back to BET.
Leading the way is MBTX 3248 a National Railway Equipment 3GS21B 'genset' locomotive blt. Mar. 2009. She is followed by
PAR1 a GMDD FP9A blt. Sep. 1954 as CN 6505. And bringing up the rear is MBTA 1074 an F40PH-3C recently rebuilt by Wabtec from an original Morrison-Knudsen F40PHM-2C blt. Apr. 1988.
They are seen here on Main 1 sailing over Main St. at about MP 24.2 at maximum authorized speed for light power....which is the fastest I've ever seen a genset go! It was a rather remarkable sight considering how notoriously unreliable the pair are and that they've largely been hanger queens at least for the four years I've been around them here.
At left is an Irish bar and restaurant known as Stone's Public House. The building dates from 1834, the same year the Boston and Worcester Railroad first opened for business as it was building the line westward between its namesake cities. To learn more about this historic structure check out the history on their website: www.stonespublichouse.com/about
Ashland, Massachusetts
Thursday March 31, 2022
I've Never Seen A Genset Go This Fast!
After a trip out to Worcester to be displayed for several hours in the Keolis/MBTA Worcester layover yard as part of the New England Railroad Club's annual Railtech Conference: www.nerailroadclub.com/about-us/ the display equipment is now on the way back to BET.
Leading the way is MBTX 3248 a National Railway Equipment 3GS21B 'genset' locomotive blt. Mar. 2009. She is followed by
PAR1 a GMDD FP9A blt. Sep. 1954 as CN 6505. And bringing up the rear is MBTA 1074 an F40PH-3C recently rebuilt by Wabtec from an original Morrison-Knudsen F40PHM-2C blt. Apr. 1988.
They are seen here on Main 1 sailing over Main St. at about MP 24.2 at maximum authorized speed for light power....which is the fastest I've ever seen a genset go! It was a rather remarkable sight considering how notoriously unreliable the pair are and that they've largely been hanger queens at least for the four years I've been around them here.
At left is an Irish bar and restaurant known as Stone's Public House. The building dates from 1834, the same year the Boston and Worcester Railroad first opened for business as it was building the line westward between its namesake cities. To learn more about this historic structure check out the history on their website: www.stonespublichouse.com/about
Ashland, Massachusetts
Thursday March 31, 2022