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Pictures of BM 1726
 
Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BM 1726 (GP9)
Serial Number:23224Order No:7546
Frame Number:7546-27Built:12/1957
Other locos with this serial:  BM 1726(GP9) BM 1826(GP9) ST 52(GP9) MEC 52(GP9) RPCX 52(GP9) HVRX 5926(GP9) HVRX 5926(GP9)
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BM 1725
Title:  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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  1324   Comments: 3
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  817   Comments: 0
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  1154   Comments: 1
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  852   Comments: 1
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  889   Comments: 1
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  903   Comments: 1
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  1024   Comments: 1
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9) BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  833   Comments: 1
Lifting the 1726 (1)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (1)
Description:  The B&M's two "Big Hooks" begin the lift of GP-9 1726 from ther embankment. (cropped)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:02:54 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  692   Comments: 1
Lifting the 1726 (1A)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (1A)
Description:  The B&M's two "Big Hooks" begin the lift of GP-9 1726 from the embankment. (full frame)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:03:31 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (2)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (2)
Description:  Dragging the 1726 up off the embankment. Trucks in the foreground will go underneath her. (cropped)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:04:34 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (2A)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (2A)
Description:  Dragging the 1726 up off the embankment. Trucks in the foreground will go underneath her. (full frame)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:05:27 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (3)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (3)
Description:  After repositioning the lifting cables, the 1726 is rolled upright with some help from a "Cat" out of picture, at left, note the cable. (cropped)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:06:35 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (3A)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (3A)
Description:  After repositioning the lifting cables, the 1726 is rolled upright with some help from a "Cat", at left, note the cable. (full frame)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:07:28 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (4)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (4)
Description:  The 1726 sits upright for the first time in several days.
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:08:18 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  640   Comments: 1
Lifting the 1726 (5)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (5)
Description:  With the two hooks suspending the 1726 in the air, the first truck is rolled under her.
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:25:49 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (6)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (6)
Description:  Getting the rear truck positioned in the bolster bearing prior to installing the front truck.
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:26:39 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (7)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (7)
Description:  The 250T crane lifts the front end to permit the front truck to be rolled under. (cropped)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:27:44 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (7A)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (7A)
Description:  The 250T crane lifts the front end to permit the front truck to be rolled under. (full frame)
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:28:27 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
Lifting the 1726 (8)
Title:  Lifting the 1726 (8)
Description:  Dozer drags the 1726 out of the way so the two "Big Hooks" can go to work recovering GP-9 1725. Elsewhere in this album is a photo of the 1726 a couple of years later, rebuilt and renumbered as the 1826.
Photo Date:  8/7/1979  Upload Date: 3/29/2006 7:29:22 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1726(GP9)
Views:  734   Comments: 0

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