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B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA *PIC*
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Author:  Stephen Hussar [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 7:49 am ]
Post subject:  B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA *PIC*
After sitting for many years on the rim of a granite quarry in Chelmsford, MA, B&M 0-6-0 #410 has been brought to Lowell, MA and cosmetically restored by members of the B&M Historical Society. The engine was replaced by a GE 70-tonner in the early 1950's, and sat rusting on a siding for over 30 years before being taken to Iron Horse Park in Billerica, MA (B&M shops), and eventually to Lowell NPS. The combine is ex-B&M as well, was modified for work train service, and saw service on the St.J & LC and also the Wolfeboro RR.

Gomaco reproductions run on the parallel track in the foreground.

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Author:  Bob Yarger [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA
I note on other boards that the H.E. Fletcher quarry from which the two 0-6-0s were rescued is working toward re-establishing a rail connection to the outside world. The internal railroad has always remained in operation to transport large granite blocks. I've heard that Nelson Blount attempted to acquire these locomotives in the 1960s, but was somehow unsuccessful. No. 444 (the one at Dunkirk, NY) was the Bellows Falls switcher at one time.

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Author:  Rob Davis [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Cabooses at the Quarry
If I remeber right, the quarry is also home to numerous wooden B&M cabooses bought cheap and used for sheds and offices.

Rob
Author:  Stephen Hussar [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA *PIC*
Having some server glitches, so here we go again. The photo was taken a few weeks ago.

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Author:  Richard [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA
Lovely little engine. Any chance she is restorable to service?

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Author:  Stephen Hussar [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 1:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: B&M 0-6-0 #410 in Lowell, MA
> Lovely little engine. Any chance she is
> restorable to service?

As we've heard many times before anything is restorable with enough money. Here's what she looked like sitting at the B&M's shops before the restoration in Lowell.


B&M #410 in 1980
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Author:  Stephen Hussar [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: the reverse angle *PIC*
Looking west, one of the reproduction trolley's waits to depart for the mill. Lowell MA has become quite a historic destination.

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Author:  Stephen Hussar [ Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cabooses at the Quarry
> If I remeber right, the quarry is also home
> to numerous wooden B&M cabooses bought
> cheap and used for sheds and offices.
> Rob

Rob,
I rode down into the pit with my dad a couple of times as a kid, in the centercab, but I don't remember the cabeese. I'll have to take a ride out there and see if they're still hanging around.


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