Boston & Maine (BM) 1229 - EMD SW9

Boston & Maine Railroad SW9 1229 at South Portland, Maine on May 7, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.

West End switcher

B&M 201, on the ready tracks, overlooks an SW and a derelict RS 3 at the Mechanicville engine house

B&M 201 takes a spin on the Mechanicville turntable. All of the facilities seen in this photo are now gone.

C-616R on Switcher 25

Rigby engine terminal

on Commercial Street

on a PTM Local on Commercial Street

at thr Rigby engine terminal

SW-9s at thr Rigby engine terminal

and MEC 400

1741;1229;LAME,POSE

with the big hook"

on Commercial Street

1229 and C-78R

SW-9; GP-7

1229(SW-9)

1229(SW-9)

B&M 1229

B&M 1229 C-616R

Deering Jct. Switcher

West End Switcher

I was surprised to find qucte a few units around in maroon paint still!

The west end switcher pulls a cut of ballast hoppers out of the "crusher", a quarry located next to the loop track in East Deerfield.

West end switcher shuffling some buggies around.