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Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BM 1725 (GP9)
Serial Number:23223Order No:7546
Frame Number:7546-26Built:12/1957
Other locos with this serial:  BM 1825(GP9) ST 51(GP9) BM 1725(GP9)
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Lots to see
Title:  Lots to see
Description:  BM NW2 no. 1203 rests with its hood removed, as does GP9 no. 1725, which appears to be in the middile of a repaint. The hood of GP9 no. 1747 can be seen next to it, and finally an RDC can be spotted in the background behind two of the tour group. Ralph L. Phillips photo, from the Ralph L. Phillips collection of the Bay State Model Railroad Museum.
Photo Date:  3/25/1972  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 8:36:44 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ralph L. Phillips
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1203(NW2) BM 1725(GP9) BM 1747(GP9)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
B&M NE-84
Title:  B&M NE-84
Description:  1725-1751-1734-1559
Photo Date:  7/30/1972  Upload Date: 7/30/2011 2:31:31 PM
Location:  Rockingham, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
B&M 1725(GP-9)
Title:  B&M 1725(GP-9)
Description:  on AR-X
Photo Date:  8/13/1972  Upload Date: 7/31/2011 2:56:18 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
B&M WR-2
Title:  B&M WR-2
Description:  1558-1515-1725
Photo Date:  9/16/1972  Upload Date: 7/31/2011 5:49:25 PM
Location:  Rockingham, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
BM GP 9 #1703, #1708 & #1725 - Boston & Maine
Title:  BM GP 9 #1703, #1708 & #1725 - Boston & Maine
Description:  A trio of Boston & Maine GP9's sit lashed together in the Mechanicville, NY, yard. The photo is by Paul Kuehner, former owner of Rails N' Shafts.
Photo Date:  5/12/1973  Upload Date: 9/22/2020 6:17:56 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 1703(GP9) BM 1708(GP9) BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
B&M BR-1
Title:  B&M BR-1
Description:  1725(GP-9) at PT Tower 2 Rigby Yard
Photo Date:  1/19/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 3:31:18 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
B&M 1725(GP-9)
Title:  B&M 1725(GP-9)
Description:  on BR-1 entering Rigby Yard
Photo Date:  1/19/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 3:31:59 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
B&M NY-20
Title:  B&M NY-20
Description:  1749-1748-1725
Photo Date:  3/10/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 3:41:34 PM
Location:  Dover, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
BM GP9 1725
Title:  BM GP9 1725
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/22/2009 7:22:42 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  340   Comments: 1
Boston and Maine Railroad EMD GP9 No. 1725
Title:  Boston and Maine Railroad EMD GP9 No. 1725
Description:  Central Vermont Railway Yard
Photo Date:  7/9/1979  Upload Date: 7/12/2007 7:57:33 AM
Location:  Saint Albans, VT
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  424   Comments: 1
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:  1121   Comments: 3
BM 1725
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
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:  603   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:  939   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:  630   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:  703   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:  693   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:  798   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:  610   Comments: 1
B&M 1725-1726 at wreck scene
Title:  B&M 1725-1726 at wreck scene
Description:  1725-1726 at scene of wreck in Chicopee MA.
Photo Date:  8/8/1979  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 4:43:52 PM
Location:  Chicopee, MA
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Damaged Boston and Maine Railroad EMD GP9 No. 1725
Title:  Damaged Boston and Maine Railroad EMD GP9 No. 1725
Description:  EMD GP9 No. 1725 was damaged in a wreck at Chicopee, MA.
Photo Date:  8/21/1979  Upload Date: 8/15/2007 7:53:08 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Wreck
Locomotives:  BM 1725(GP9)
Views:  531   Comments: 0


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