That Was Then
Just a testament to how quickly things can change. Here is another shot from this last time I shot the Pan Am OCS running behind the Fs. Thanks to the cutover of ACSES and ATC on the MBTA's northside routes they would no longer be able to lead come 2021 and by early 2022 the signals here at FG would be replaced as time marched inevitably on. So for those reasons this catch was extra precious and I'm still astonished I was the only one here to see this.
Pan Am Railways little four car business train races east thru CPF FG beneath classic Boston and Maine era searchlight signals at MP 48 (measured from Boston North Station via the old Fitchburg Route mainline) and also MP 328 (measured from Mattawamkeag, ME on Pan Am's freight mainline).
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.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Thursday November 19, 2020
That Was Then
Just a testament to how quickly things can change. Here is another shot from this last time I shot the Pan Am OCS running behind the Fs. Thanks to the cutover of ACSES and ATC on the MBTA's northside routes they would no longer be able to lead come 2021 and by early 2022 the signals here at FG would be replaced as time marched inevitably on. So for those reasons this catch was extra precious and I'm still astonished I was the only one here to see this.
Pan Am Railways little four car business train races east thru CPF FG beneath classic Boston and Maine era searchlight signals at MP 48 (measured from Boston North Station via the old Fitchburg Route mainline) and also MP 328 (measured from Mattawamkeag, ME on Pan Am's freight mainline).
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.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Thursday November 19, 2020