An interesting variety of locomotives, typical of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad in the 70s and 80s, was found at the railroad’s yard in Hermon, Maine. Several mid-60s-built 80-class GP38s are... (more)
On loan to Erie Lackawanna and then Conrail, a pair of Bangor & Aroostook GP7s, 75 and 68, lead a freight east out of Brier Hill yard in Youngstown, OH.
BAR units were regulars on the CPR. From the mid-1960's to the early-1970's CP was notoriously power short and leased just about anything that would move, including from the BAR, B&M, B&LE, CGW, D... (more)
The objective was to see my first BL-2 and the Bangor and Aroostook did not disappoint. There were three at Northern Maine Junction, including 53 which appears to have just come out of the paint ... (more)