Bangor and Aroostook
F3 number 46 and GP7 number 64 spend an afternoon at the Northern
Maine Junction engine terminal in the late 1970's. Number 46 has
been preserved and repainted as Central
of New Jersey number 56 by the Anthracite Historical Society
of Whippany, New Jersey.
BAR 11040 is a mechanical refrigerator car purchased from Pacific
Car and Foundary in the mid 1960s and was used primarily for the
shipment of frozen french fries from several plants in the
Presque Isle area. Although most of these cars were repainted in
a charcoal grey during the mid to late seventies a few such as
11040 received this orange variation of the scheme.
Train ON-44 prepares to depart Millinocket yard for Nothern Maine
Junction while a local prepares it's train for the Great Northen
Paper mill just across town.
Three of the BAR's original eight GP38s purchased in 1966-67
depart Millinocket southbound with train ON-28 with cars for the
Canadian Pacific at Brownville Junction and the Maine Central at
Northern Maine Junction. This train also usually returned the
empty fuel oil tank cars for the Searsport local.
BAR's eight F3s were purchased in 1947 as four ABA unit
combinations and arrived in a two-tone grey scheme based on that
of EMD's F3 demonstrator units. The B units were soon discovered
to be too inflexible in their use for the BAR and were sold to
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The F3As were repainted in the mid
1950s to the blue and light grey version of this as delivered
scheme then painted solid blue in the early to mid 1960s. Most of
these units like number 46 shown here in storage wore the solid
blue until retirement in about 1980.
On a very dark dreary summer afternoon in the late 1970's BL2
number 50 and F3 number 49 back into the Northern Maine Junction
engine terminal after bringing a train in from Searsport. The
boxy winterization hatches on the roof and bell on the nose of
number 50 are characteristic of the BAR's BL2s and were unique to
the BAR.
The power for Oakfield to Northen Maine Junction train ON-44
backs onto it's 140 plus cars in preparation for an early
afternoon departure from Oakfield yard.
Maintainance of way equipment rebuilt from Canadian Pacific
baggage cars by the BAR occupy a Millinocket yard track.
The power for late afternoon train NO-43 awaits it's assignment
at Northern Maine Junction in the summer of 1977
After dropping it's cars for pickup by the Maine Central, the
power of train ON-44 picks up it's ex troop sleeper buggy and
heads for the Northern Maine Junction engine terminal.
The Searsport Local departs for Northern Maine Junction after
finishing it's work at the port. Behind these first few cars of
mixed freight is a long string of tank cars loaded with Bunker C
fuel oil for the paper mills.
An impressive line of BAR's unique "buggies" occupy an
engine service track at Oakfield yard in1962. Just visible at the
end of the line is a troop sleeper in a short-lived jade green
livery. The unusual yard office is a converted coal tower.
