Things You'll Never See Again
Canadian National C40-8 #2110 and Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7283 lay over at the Worcester engine facility along side P&W B39-8E #3905 and a handful of other Providence and Worcester power. Oddly enough, these two locomotives were used later in the day to rescue a loaded limestone train that stalled in Northbridge.
During the short period of time where the Providence and Worcester had a run-through power agreement with Norfolk Southern on the unit ethanol trains, a ton of wild power made its way to New England and places you'd never in a million years expect to see it. Some trains ran all the way to Cumberland with foreign leaders before being capped by a P&W unit with Cabs and ACSES for the NEC, or being set out entirely. For some reason, this pair of 6 axles were set out in Worcester and waited for the empty train to return from Providence before being sent back to their respective owners. Sadly, all good things must come to an end and with the sale of the P&W to Genesee and Wyoming, the run-through power agreement and NS contract went in the trash.
August 2016
Worcester, MA.
Things You'll Never See Again
Canadian National C40-8 #2110 and Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7283 lay over at the Worcester engine facility along side P&W B39-8E #3905 and a handful of other Providence and Worcester power. Oddly enough, these two locomotives were used later in the day to rescue a loaded limestone train that stalled in Northbridge.
During the short period of time where the Providence and Worcester had a run-through power agreement with Norfolk Southern on the unit ethanol trains, a ton of wild power made its way to New England and places you'd never in a million years expect to see it. Some trains ran all the way to Cumberland with foreign leaders before being capped by a P&W unit with Cabs and ACSES for the NEC, or being set out entirely. For some reason, this pair of 6 axles were set out in Worcester and waited for the empty train to return from Providence before being sent back to their respective owners. Sadly, all good things must come to an end and with the sale of the P&W to Genesee and Wyoming, the run-through power agreement and NS contract went in the trash.
August 2016
Worcester, MA.