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

[atsf sp]

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

[moth]

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

[NHV 669]

West through Winthrop at 1304

[MECFAN]

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

[Rockingham Racer]

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

[BandA]

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

[moth]

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

[S1f3432]

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.

[newpylong]

They ran the clown train east of Waterville yesterday.

[jaymac]

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.

[johnpbarlow]

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!

[newpylong]

See my post on the PAS Sale thread regarding occupants.

[jaymac]

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.

[Safetee]

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

[NHV 669]

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