A classic. Keeping in thought that the "Jersey Central F3's" once at Jim Thorpe, PA and now at Steamtown (being painted into Delaware Lackawwan livery in 2010) were actually Bangor & Aroostook units, and having seen a few BAR F's posted recently running in Derby, Maine, I got to wondering what the history of the line was and if it in fact was still a viable line. Sadly, it's not. From Wiki: In 1995, the BAR was acquired by Iron Road Railways. In 2002, the company was declared bankrupt, and in 2003 its lines were sold to Rail World, Inc., which incorporated them into the newly-formed Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Thanks for sharing, Don!
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GP9 #64 seemed to be one of BAR's "favorite leasers." I can recall 64 spending some time on the Long Island RR, in both freight and passenger servies. On at least one weekend it was teamed with a LIRR RS-2 on one of the Sunday night Montauk - Jamaica expresses. A rather amusing incident occurred one day at Jamiaca station when a somewhat confused elderly lady asked me if the train that had just come in (BAR 64 pulling several former Kansas City Southern coaches, still in KCS paint) was REALLY the train to Montauk ? It was EASY to be confused if you were not familiar with the "mish-mash" of equipment LIRR was running in that era. Those were the days . . .
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Classic Road-Switcher assignment pulling a friction bearing freight car owned by a railroad half a country away. Great photo, Donald
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This photo brings back memories, I remember #64 as a leased unit on the LIRR. It was the first GP9 I have ever seen.
What a dramatic change it was from the LIRR's all ALCO fleet, as a young railfan a was able to score a cab ride in her, (remember this was the 70's) railfanning was alot more casual back then.
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