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Date: 11/26/20 19:21
Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: srman

I have never been to Maine so when I found Bangor & Aroostook  SW9 33 sitting at Latonia Ky on August 10,1991 I thought I'd better get a couple of shots of this. Didn't have a pole filter for the second shot. 


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Date: 11/27/20 04:20
Re: Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: gcm

Nice catch and photos.
Gary

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Date: 11/27/20 05:22
Re: Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: briancdn

That was a great catch! Looked a lot better in those colors than the drab black it wore when I saw it in 1976 at Northern Maine Jct! I always wondered why their switchers never recieved the classy dark blue of road units.
Brian N.

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Date: 11/27/20 12:45
Re: Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: MaineLines

At least one of the NW2s that preceded these units did receive the solid blue paint.

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Date: 11/29/20 17:26
Re: Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: refarkas

Great catch. We all forget our pole filters sometime.
Bob

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Date: 11/29/20 18:38
Re: Bangor & Aroostook SW 9
Author: Lackawanna484

BAR had a deal for a while where it swapped power to Pennsylvania Railroad during PRR's busy season, in return for help during the Maine potato season.  Back when Maine was a leader in US potato production, there was a constant flow of potato trains all over the US.

Even had State of Maine potato boxcars.

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