CALLING ALL B&O FANS.
CALLING ALL B&O FANS.
SPECIAL ALL POINTS BULLETIN.
Be on the lookout for Potomac Eagle F-7 No. 722, also known as Bessemer & Lake Erie 722. Potomac Eagle 722 is now known to be in disguise as Baltimore & Ohio 722, sighting confirmed by J3a-614. Be on the lookout for these features:
Last observed in blue and grey coat (of paint) with black and gold stripes, wearing black (brake) shoes (trucks, fuel tank). Last seen near grade crossing on US Route 50 in Vanderlip, W.Va., west of Romney, on May 5, 2010. No photo of current disguise available, but is known to be close or identical to original B&O coat (of paint) in use in 1949.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=264834&nseq=31
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=218684&nseq=71
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=275540&nseq=62
Anticipated to be in vicinity of Romney, Moorefield, and Petersburg, W.Va. June 25, 26, and 27, 2010 during West Virginia Rails Festival. Be on lookout.
http://www.wvrails2010.com/
That is all.
History repeats itself, -eh?
Baltimore and Ohio did buy some F-7s used from the Bessemer and Lake Erie. I do not recall their being numbered in that series, as it was after the 1957 re-numbering that B&O bought them. For a while, they were in their Bessemer paint with B&O lettering, though. I can not remember if it was after the 1959 paint scheme change that B&O bought them, though, or even after the 1964(?) change.
CALLING ALL B&O FANS!
CALLING ALL B&O FANS!
BULLETIN UPDATE.
Photo available, from Railway Preservation News.
http://server.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29395
That is all.
CALLING ALL B&O FANS.
CALLING ALL B&O FANS.
(I've been watching too many old episodes of "Dragnet" and "Racket Squad.")
BULLETIN UPDATE.
New night photos from Railway Preservation News:
http://server.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29444
That is all.