Sidelined At Seaview
In the prior photo I posted you may have noticed an old blue high nosed first generation geep lurking in the background beyond the main focus of that image. Well here is a closer look. This unit will need no introduction if you're from New England but if not here you go.
MBTA 904 is an EMD GP18 which was originally built for the Grand Trunk Western in Mar. 1960 as number 4952. Delivered in classic CN green and yellow maple leaf colors she powered commuter trains in Detroit for GTW and then SEMTA until that service ended in the 1983. She then moved on to Boston with four siblings who she long outlasted to become the last of her breed on the MBTA, relegated to switching and work train duties. Alas in 2019 she was retired from active service and stricken from the Keolis contract and shipped to the MBTA/MassDOT contract shop in Wareham where she has languished ever since awaiting a possible rebuild and return to service as a switcher that may or may not ever come to fruition.
At the time this was taken she was parked here behind the small Seaview Railroad shop for ACSES equipment upgrades.
To learn more about the Seaview, Rhode Island's own railroad check out the caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2ndaWTG
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Sunday June 10, 2018
Sidelined At Seaview
In the prior photo I posted you may have noticed an old blue high nosed first generation geep lurking in the background beyond the main focus of that image. Well here is a closer look. This unit will need no introduction if you're from New England but if not here you go.
MBTA 904 is an EMD GP18 which was originally built for the Grand Trunk Western in Mar. 1960 as number 4952. Delivered in classic CN green and yellow maple leaf colors she powered commuter trains in Detroit for GTW and then SEMTA until that service ended in the 1983. She then moved on to Boston with four siblings who she long outlasted to become the last of her breed on the MBTA, relegated to switching and work train duties. Alas in 2019 she was retired from active service and stricken from the Keolis contract and shipped to the MBTA/MassDOT contract shop in Wareham where she has languished ever since awaiting a possible rebuild and return to service as a switcher that may or may not ever come to fruition.
At the time this was taken she was parked here behind the small Seaview Railroad shop for ACSES equipment upgrades.
To learn more about the Seaview, Rhode Island's own railroad check out the caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2ndaWTG
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Sunday June 10, 2018