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BM 1725 |
| Description: |
This is what happens when you come upon a washout at 01:30. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:33:30 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
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1122 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Wider view of wreck scene, looking north on the B&M's Conn River Line. Overpass in back ground is I-91. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:34:23 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) |
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620 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Run-off from a severe thunderstorm around 23:00 washed out a segment of the roadbed. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:34:59 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
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608 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Crew miraculously survived, but swore they were "headed for a dip in the Connecticut river". |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:35:43 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
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941 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Just as miraculous was the ''survival" of both the 1725 and 1726, which were repaired/rebuilt and renumbered 1825 and 1826. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:36:19 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
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631 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
U fortunately, a CV Alco RS-11 that was part of the lash-up did not fare as well and was written off, with the B&M making good on the loss to the CV. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
| Views: |
703 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Note the center cylinder has been ripped off the crankcase of the air compressor, and the piston is just hanging out of it. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:37:42 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
| Views: |
699 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Fresh paint on the trucks suggests the locomotives saw the shop recently. That's the Connecticut River in the background, they didn't have far to go. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:38:21 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
| Views: |
801 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
BM 1725 |
| Description: |
Study of the underside. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1979 Upload Date: 10/6/2005 8:38:55 PM |
| Location: |
Chicopee, MA |
| Author: |
Carl Weber |
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| Locomotives: |
BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9) |
| Views: |
611 Comments: 1 |
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