RailPictures.Net Photo: PC 7530 Penn Central EMD GP9 at Mansfield, Massachusetts by Donald Haskel

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» Penn Central (more..)
» EMD GP9 (more..)

» Highway bridge
» Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA (more..)
» November 07, 1971

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» Unknown

» Donald Haskel (more..)
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High speed mainline varnish with GP9s, they said it could not be done. When Penn Central took over New Haven operations the passenger power (FL9s0 were sent to third rail country leaving the shoreline short of power. All of a sudden the commuter rail Geeps had a new job. In this picture the geeps are hauling an Amtrak Southbound

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Once treated like a backwater with decrepit locomotives, cars and track, Massachusetts has become a star in the Amtrak constellation with electrification to Boston, service to Maine and an upgraded Connecticut Valley line.

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