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Date: 03/04/15 13:58
BAR GP7 at LIRR Jamaica Hall Tower, 1977
Author: MartyBernard

Did you know that Bangor and Aroostook RR's GP7s were leased to the Long Island RR when Aroostook County potato season ended? The tower in the pictures is Hall Tower at the LIRR's Jamaica Station. That's BAR GP7 74 on January 30, 1977.


Enjoy,
Marty Bernard


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Date: 03/04/15 14:17
Re: BAR GP7 at LIRR Jamaica Hall Tower, 1977
Author: CPR_4000

A batch of BAR GP9's were jointly purchased with the PRR with the stipulation that they'd see ore service around Cleveland in the summer and haul 'taters Down East during the winter. Your photo was taken long after the PRR sold its interest in the LIRR to the state, though.

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Date: 03/04/15 19:05
Re: BAR GP7 at LIRR Jamaica Hall Tower, 1977
Author: wabash2800

We saw them in Indiana on the PRR.

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Date: 03/05/15 06:43
Re: BAR GP7 at LIRR Jamaica Hall Tower, 1977
Author: bluesboyst

Wonder what that freight was doing in the background? Would that have come from Long Island City?

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Date: 03/05/15 10:20
Re: BAR GP7 at LIRR Jamaica Hall Tower, 1977
Author: mcfflyer

And I remember seeing them in Calgary on the CP in 1971!

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