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Viewing Album:  Pan Am Railways' Office Car Special
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:8/20/2016 - 8/20/2016
Album Info:A 3-state chase of Pan Am's Office Car special on Saturday, August 20, from Zoar, MA through Pownal, Vermont and on to Valley Falls, NY. The OCS had run this same route two days earlier with the Pan Am Board of Directors. This Saturday run was a private excursion that came about from a charity auction between railroad Presidents. David Fink Jr., Pan Am's president escorted some guests from the FEC who were the winning bidders in the auction. Northeast foamers had four days of the OCS running the scenic ex-Boston and Maine RR.
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Pan Am Railway's OCS crossing the Hoosick River westbound at North Adams, MA
Title:  Pan Am Railway's OCS crossing the Hoosick River westbound at North Adams, MA
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:19:19 PM
Location:  North Adams, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A)
Views:  300   Comments: 1
Pan Am's OCS crosses the Hoosick River just below Valley Falls, NY
Title:  Pan Am's OCS crosses the Hoosick River just below Valley Falls, NY
Description:  The dome car, ST 102, behind the F9's is ex-Wabash.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:12:51 PM
Location:  Valley Falls, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A)
Views:  2835   Comments: 4
PAR 1 is about to pass over the dragging equipment detector in the upper Deerfield River gorge at Zoar
Title:  PAR 1 is about to pass over the dragging equipment detector in the upper Deerfield River gorge at Zoar
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:27:50 PM
Location:  Zoar, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
Approaching the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel the OCS passes by Bow coal empties
Title:  Approaching the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel the OCS passes by Bow coal empties
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:23:01 PM
Location:  Hoosac Tunnel Station, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A) NS 8974(C44-9W)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
PAR 1 leads the OCS westbound along NY Route 346
Title:  PAR 1 leads the OCS westbound along NY Route 346
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:14:45 PM
Location:  North Petersburg, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A)
Views:  171   Comments: 1
The OCS rolls westbound through Pownal
Title:  The OCS rolls westbound through Pownal
Description:  That mountain looming in the background over the dome car is Mount Fitch / part of the Greylock Range in Massachusetts.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:34:59 PM
Location:  Pownal, VT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
Seeing nothin' but Green...
Title:  Seeing nothin' but Green...
Description:  Pan Am's district 3 dispatcher lined the whole single-tracked western main line so that the westbound OCS would see nothing but clear signal aspects all the way to Mechanicville.
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:30:40 PM
Location:  Zoar, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  163   Comments: 0
A close-up view of PAR 1
Title:  A close-up view of PAR 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 12:38:39 PM
Location:  North Petersburg, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  PAR 1(FP9A) PAR 2(FP9A)
Views:  182   Comments: 1

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