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On Friday, May 20, 2022, the 470 Club in cooperation with Conway Scenic Railroad, assembled a three unit consist of former Maine Central GP7 573 bracketed by former Boston & Maine F7As 4266 and 4268. B&M 4268 was restored to service last month using the guts of former North Coast GP9 number 1757.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


This is the first time all three vintage EMD diesels have worked together on Conway Scenic. All are painted in the 1940s-era EMD designed maroon and gold livery that mimics the hues of autumn foliage in New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The locomotives were operated in multiple as a test to see if all were performing satisfactorily and run up and down \u2018The Hill\u2019 within North Conway Yard Limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I traveled on one of the test runs, as well as making photographs for the railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, May 22, 2022, these three locomotives  will be the intended consist for the Railfan\u2019s Mountaineer, <\/em>a specialthat will run from North Conway over the Mountain Division to Crawford Notch and return for the benefit of photographers and locomotive enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These images were made with my Nikon Z6 and 24-70mm Nikkor Z-series zoom lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking the Light is Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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