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Date: 08/02/22 22:36
Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: refarkas

This B&O winter image is from 1967-1969. At the time I mostly used a Mamiya C3 camera that took 2 and 1/4 inch square negatives and slides. As my dad had a darkroom, I developed the black and white negatives myself. This size slide film was very expensive, so I rarely took slides.
Westbound B&O 1447 with "The Diplomat" is at the Akron Union Station in Akron, Ohio. The train on the left is an eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight.
Bob

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Date: 08/02/22 22:48
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: jgilmore

Well-executed scene!

JG

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Date: 08/03/22 01:22
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: Railfan4Christ

Great look back!

Tom

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Date: 08/03/22 01:34
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: ClubCar

That is a great photo from the past Bob.  Thanks for sharing with all of us.  In looking at that E unit, it appears that the unit behind the E is a GP-9 passenger unit.  Do you have a photo of that or do you remember what it was?  Thanks.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

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Date: 08/03/22 04:38
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: RodneyZona

Willard, OH based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Garrett, IN.
 

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Date: 08/03/22 06:35
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: gcm

Great shot at Akron !
Gary

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Date: 08/03/22 06:59
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: thebluecomet

First Class image.  Thank you for sharing.

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Date: 08/03/22 09:03
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: refarkas

I'm sorry, but Idid not record the number of/take a photo of the torpedo-tube Geep.
Bob

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Date: 08/03/22 09:14
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: Notch7

That is a great picture - very sharp.  The 1447 intrigues me.  It has a jumper box installed in the nose door, and the outside door handle has been removed.  Never saw a retrofitted jumper box in a nose door before.  That pretty much seals off the nose door.  I worked on some B&O E8's in the Amtrak Florida pool, but they all had normal nose doors.

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Date: 08/03/22 23:11
Re: Fifty Or More Years Ago - B&O 1447
Author: krm152

That is a wonderful winter scene.  Thanks for you super photo posting.
ALLEN

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