Maine Central (MEC) 283 - GE U23B

4/14/84 - Rotterdam Junction NY - Maine Central MEC 283 GE U23B Serial # 36806 Built 8/1968 in D&H colors

Near the old turntable

Jack Armstrong photo

Ex D&H 2304

A Mechanicville bound train takes the switch from the ex Erie at Jefferson Jct, and will roll down the connection to the D&H Penn Division, where it will reverse and head for Nineveh NY.

A D&H Belden Tunnel detour train approaches Jefferson Jct, now CP Lanesboro, as it makes its way around tunnel construction. We hit a double trifecta here, with three roads and three builders represented on one train.

MEC 283-B&M 317-323-364

ex D&H 304;2304

ex D&H 2304

PYRP with 225 doing an Alco thing!

A closer look at MEC U23-B 283.

LASE shoving a cut to set off in to the yard at East Deerfield West.

LASE arriving at East Deerfield yard. The 1742 will come off and be replaced with GP40-2 303.

LASE arrives in East Deerfield yard on the R-3 track. The single main is the track with the light colored ballast.

LASE heads west across the Green River at 19:15 on the Fitchburg Route on the west side of Greenfield. MEBA waits on the other track.