Just curious, but does anyone know the 3719's name, posted on the sign along the running board?
Like Fergie, I too thought the 3719 was a Mountain when I first saw the photo. That is one big Pacific and her tender also appears to be larger than most. I never had a chance to see steam power on the eastern roads but did spend the summer of 1975 at Williamstown, MA on the B&M's Hoosac Tunnel line. Of course it was all diesel by then but there were still lots of trains running, not like the Guilford of today. I spent many a free hour railfanning at North Adams and the east portal of the Hoosac and developed a real liking for the B&M and their blue GP's.
Mark
Here is the 3713 across the river in North Walpole, NH in 1962, when Steamtown was based there.
If I hadn't had counted the wheels I would have thought she was a Mountain or Northern Class. She's BIG!
Thanks for sharing
Fergie
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Very nice! You may get to see the one at SteamTown run in a few years or so.
Cheers
Shown below is a photo from the fifties of a Boston and Maine P-4 in Bellows Falls, VT. Enjoy!
The engine name is "Camel's Hump".
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