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Heart stopping MBTA rescue video from Boston. The incident happened about 10:30PM on Friday November 6th. Police say the woman had just left a Celtics game and was on her way home.
Video courtesy MBTA, NECN and the Boston Globe. [Blog updated at 4.05 PM GMT]
Heart stopping MBTA rescue video from Boston. The incident happened about 10:30PM on Friday November 6th. Police say the woman had just left a Celtics game and was on her way home.
Video courtesy MBTA, NECN and the Boston Globe. [Blog updated at 4.05 PM GMT]
GN 276B, Interbay Yard Seattle, January 9, 1960. My buddy Elwin and I are making the rounds, which included Interbay Yard sandwiched in between the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the north and Elliott Bay to the south. 
GN 276A and B have just parked their consist, having just arrived from Portland. I wonder if anyone else other than GN numbered an "A" unit with a "B" number? "C" and "D" seem logical, but "B?"
While there is no discussion that the "bulldog" nose of the Electro Motive Division’s cab units combine beauty with function, there is something very “beefy” about the Ray Patten inspired "flat nose" ALCo cab.
Which do you prefer? Cast your vote for the most photogenic nose in the Official Nose Survey found in the right hand margin. (You won't find top drawer stuff like this on the worlds most popular picture posting site!)
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I've always loved that brutish alco nose. Thanks Robert!
-Leland
As we call it in Canada, the MLW (Montreal Locomotive Works) nose.
I was comparing some similar B&W shots of CN F and FPA noses for an upcoming VIA consist blog post, and the MLW FPA4 nose definitely is more distinctive and arguably has more character. IMHO,
Eric
I would have to concur, Eric. To tell you the truth, it wasn't until this post that I'd given it much thought. I was stymied as to what unique story to tell of the shot when it occurred to me to do the nose job! I have an earlier post in color taken in Vancouver of the FA. The "Empire Builder" paint scheme was MADE for the FA/PA nose!
The Alco snoz was the best to be seen! Forget the Bulldog, it's over rated.
As for the numbering, I believe the Milwaukee road also used B suffix on many of it's A-units.
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