PAR Business Train (ST 100, 101, 102 & 103; PAR 1 & 2)

CN FP9 were geared for passenger operations. Do remember Conway received the sisters from VIA Rail.

Business Train southbound past Rocky Shore Lane in Oakland at 12:18 PM. Probably left Waterville a bit before noon.

West through Winthrop at 1304

From the Facebook page sounds like its laying over in Rigby tonight.

Probably going to give a tour of the B&M to a prospective buyer.

Unless Mellon keeps it for himself, they'll have to repaint the business train soon. And it looks good in blue dip.

Back north past Rocky Shore Lane at 12:52. Should be in Waterville just a bit after 1 pm.

CN roster in Extra 2000 South Issue 49 list FP9's as having 58:19 gear ratios which is 89 mph.
By comparison the FPA4's were 62:21 which was good for 92 mph.

They ran the clown train east of Waterville yesterday.

Dark and west-facing OCS seen sitting on Dead Track 0355/09-16-2020. Gardner seems a strange place to overnight unless mebbe there'll be a later meeting there or the crew was on short time.

A post on Pan Am Railfans FB page says people were seen in a meeting on board as train passed through Shirley so it doesn't sound like a dead head move. Also a video posted on that same FB page shows that this OCS is a 2 car consist with PAR 1 leading Syd Culliford and ST100.

Lastly, a poster did an imaginative, realistic looking rendering of PAR 1 in a combined CN, CP, CMQ (proxy for Fortress), NS, G&W, and GRS paint scheme as the pocket-sized OCS passed through East Kingston . Pretty funny stuff!

See my post on the PAS Sale thread regarding occupants.

I shoulda checked first, but Austin Logan's http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=259867 of 09-15 shows the shortened OCS WB at Lawrence.

2 car pas tag sale special going west through buckland at 08:45

3403 led Monday's trip, which went to Old Town.