Eastbound loaded Bow coal train coming down "the hill" passing Fitchburg Paper power house with BM 1741, 1742 GP-9's, NYC 2035 GP-40, NYC 2888 U28B, PC 30?? GP-40, BM 4266B F-7. No dynamic brake in use here. That's sand and brake shoe smoke visible back in the train. Engineers would work power to "drag" the train down the hill. The BM GP-9's most likely added at Mechanicville. The 4266 in pool service all the way from West Virginia. Typical coal train engine consist.

Photographed by Bruce Nelson, October, 1969.
Added to the photo archive by Bruce Nelson, September 28, 2016.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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