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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/9/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Boston & Maine
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:BM 205 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:73636-5Order No:73636
Frame Number:73636-5Built:12/1973
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 4016(GP38-2) BM 205(GP38-2) KCS 2014(GP38-2)
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Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  B&M 201 has been added to the consist, and will soon lead a train east toward Deerfield. The third unit, 300, would join 301 to become the power for the road slug set.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:20:21 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 201(GP38-2) BM 309(GP40-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  1568   Comments: 0
Getting sanded
Title:  Getting sanded
Description:  A B&M GP 38-2 gets sanded at the Mechanicville engine facility
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:23:03 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  731   Comments: 2
In the yard
Title:  In the yard
Description:  The set of power that just arrived from the east drifts through the yard to the service tracks
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 5/13/2025 5:44:47 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 205(GP38-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 309(GP40-2) BM 201(GP38-2)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Ready power
Title:  Ready power
Description:  B&Ms last new power was 17 GP40-2s in 1978. They sported the road name spelled out on the long hoods, and looked good even a few years into their service. The second unit, 300, would in a few years become part of a road slug set along with 301.
Photo Date:  2/17/1981  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 3:24:58 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 309(GP40-2) BM 300(GP40-2) BM 205(GP38-2)
Views:  1672   Comments: 2


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