by Benjamin Maggi
I have seen several B&A postcards showing a "Potatoland Special" from 1980. Some postcards are dated 5/21/1980 and others are dated 6/01/1980 so either they ran several trips or some of the captions are wrong.
The train consists of a gray BL2 #557 pulling three red/maroon coaches (which might be lettered for the Conway Scenic Railroad?) and a red caboose. I am interested in putting together an O scale model train of this and was hoping for some more information on the consist.
There is also another post card dated 1981 showing BL2 #54 in the red/gray scheme pulling three all maroon coaches (perhaps the same ones as from 1980, but the paint scheme and lettering are completely different) and another red caboose.
Can someone give me more information about these trains? What was the history behind them. Where did the coaches and caboose come from? Is there any other information, perhaps in published books, about them?
Thanks.
The train consists of a gray BL2 #557 pulling three red/maroon coaches (which might be lettered for the Conway Scenic Railroad?) and a red caboose. I am interested in putting together an O scale model train of this and was hoping for some more information on the consist.
There is also another post card dated 1981 showing BL2 #54 in the red/gray scheme pulling three all maroon coaches (perhaps the same ones as from 1980, but the paint scheme and lettering are completely different) and another red caboose.
Can someone give me more information about these trains? What was the history behind them. Where did the coaches and caboose come from? Is there any other information, perhaps in published books, about them?
Thanks.
Benjamin L. Maggi
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