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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Providence and Worcester
Model:GE B40-8Built As:NYSW 4006 (B40-8)
Serial Number:45678Order No:1415N
Frame Number: Built:6/1988
Notes:Ex-NYSW
Other locos with this serial:  NYSW 4006(B40-8) PW 4003(B40-8)
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A Nice Surprise
Title:  A Nice Surprise
Description:  A nice surprise -- the 4003's first vist to Valley Falls. Seen at 6:45 Tuesday morning fresh from train WOPR from Worcester. The 4003 has been power washed - you can smell something like Mr Clean that was used to wash the 4003
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 3:50:39 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  910   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  The 4003's first vist to Valley Falls. Seen around 7:15 in the rain Tuesday Morning, the 4003's getting train PR3 ready
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 3:53:25 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  909   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Appeared in Railpace --- The 4003's first vist to Valley Falls. Its the trailing locomotive at the Valley Falls yard for train PR3 fresh from the Port of Providence with around 20 loads of coal
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 3:56:11 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  1288   Comments: 2
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  First day down in the Valley! Engineer doesn't like his photo taken and was about to close the windows when I motioned for him to pose. Well I got the posed photo and he got the only print that I had made
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 5/3/2006 4:51:38 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  1041   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  The 4003's first vist to Valley Falls. Done for the day the 4003's parked on the East Providence Branch. Looking real good, its been power washed
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 3:57:50 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  The 4003's first vist to Valley Falls. Done for the day the 4003's parked on the East Providence Branch. The other 2 locomotives from PR3 are coupled in preparation for the nightly train PRWO
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 3:59:51 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Nite shot of the 4003 Tuesday nite
Photo Date:  10/18/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 5:34:26 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Wednesday's power for train PR3 included the GP38-2 2009, the B30-7A 3004 and the B40-8 4003 - ex NYS&W 4006
Photo Date:  10/19/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 4:01:59 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 3004(B30-7AB) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  1069   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Having a good day, the 4003 how she looks today!
Photo Date:  10/19/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 4:04:23 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  659   Comments: 0
Not Having a good day
Title:  Not Having a good day
Description:  The 4003 - NYS&W 4006 not having a good day on this Tri-State, NHRS fan trip at Vernon, New Jersey! Still new, on a July 1988 fan trip, a dump truck decided it could beat the train. This unit got the nickname "Bash 8"
Photo Date:  10/19/2005  Upload Date: 10/19/2005 4:04:36 PM
Location:  Vernon, NJ
Author:  unknown
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) NYSW 4006(B40-8)
Views:  1672   Comments: 7
East Providence Branch and Pawtucket Highway
Title:  East Providence Branch and Pawtucket Highway
Description:  the 4003 crossing the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and also the state line back into Rhode Island. PR2's crossing Roosevelt Avenue and the start of the Pawtucket Highway part of the East Providence Branch
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 9:30:56 AM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Train PR2 at the Valley Falls office with a few loads of steel. Because the length of the I beams, there's idler flats between each load
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 9:26:07 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  ah my favorite spot for photos! Train PR2's at Chaces Lane on the way to Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor.
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 9:28:24 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Train PR2 on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor heading down probably to switch out the Providence Journal as the boy's are still unloading steel in back of me at Pawtucket Yards. The other track is out of service between Boston Switch and Lawn Tower because of the track construction at Pawtucket Depot
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 9:36:09 AM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
PW 3903
Title:  PW 3903
Description:  The 3903 and the "Bumble Bee" getting ready for train PR2 at the Valley engine house
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 12:53:12 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3903(B39-8E) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  1021   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Roof detail and a look at some of the steel in the Valley yard
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/23/2005 12:54:35 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3903(B39-8E) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  998   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Train PR2 with the 4003 approaching Martin Street in the Berkely section of Cumberland to service KIK Custom Products at reduced speed because the wash-out earlier in the week
Photo Date:  10/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/22/2005 5:51:38 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  661   Comments: 1
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  As its known by the crew - The Bumble Bee! The 4003's at the old Lonsdale Freight at Ann and Hope Way in the Lonsdale Section of Cumberland
Photo Date:  10/31/2005  Upload Date: 11/5/2005 5:46:51 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Train PR2 with the 4003 north of Mendon Road on the way to KIK Custom Products
Photo Date:  11/1/2005  Upload Date: 11/6/2005 11:49:10 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
Train PR3
Title:  Train PR3
Description:  Hard to tell who the 4003 belongs too, but it is indeed a Providence and Worcester loco. The paint has worn from the nose exposing its previous operator. Power for the June 30th train, PR3
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 7:59:38 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  804   Comments: 2
PW 2008
Title:  PW 2008
Description:  Last day of June with PR3 getting their train together in the Valley Falls yard
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 8:00:27 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  showing off its former owner's colors, the back side with spray painted PW
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 9:07:50 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Back from Davisville and the Port of Providence with around 5 cars, PR3's almost back home in Valley Falls, having crossed High Street in Central Falls
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 2:25:33 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  713   Comments: 1
PW 3007
Title:  PW 3007
Description:  2 of the locomotives from PR3 are switching over to the house track. The 4003 and 2008 will be slipped into the barn, while the 3007 will be left at the crossties
Photo Date:  6/30/2006  Upload Date: 6/30/2006 2:26:50 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PR2 at Ann and Hope Way in the Lonsdale section of Cumberland on the way to service Ralco in Woonsocket
Photo Date:  7/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2006 11:46:04 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  603   Comments: 1
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Woonsocket Yards and the Slatersville Branch --- PR2's doing their set and release before heading back to Valley Falls and the East Providence Branch
Photo Date:  7/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2006 11:47:41 AM
Location:  Woonsocket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
Train PRWO
Title:  Train PRWO
Description:  Providence and Wprcester power by the barn for tonights train PRWO, from Valley Falls to Worcester
Photo Date:  7/3/2006  Upload Date: 7/3/2006 6:04:20 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Boston Switch
Title:  Boston Switch
Description:  Mile post 5 --- 5 miles to Providence and 39 miles to Worcester. Providence and Worcester's train PR3, at Boston Switch and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  7/5/2006  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 9:16:57 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Second train of the day at Plainfield, is NR3 with the ex Susquehanna B40, tugging on their train at the Plainfield diamond - 4004 will be tucked on the rear of NR3
Photo Date:  7/6/2006  Upload Date: 7/8/2006 10:59:34 AM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 4004(B40-8)
Views:  851   Comments: 0
PW 4003
Title:  PW 4003
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train NR3 with the 4003 at the Plainfield diamond and block limit board and the Willimantic Branch
Photo Date:  7/6/2006  Upload Date: 7/7/2006 5:38:33 PM
Location:  Plainfield, CT
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Employee Santa Express
Title:  Employee Santa Express
Description:  Showing off its new paint, Providence and Worcester's Employee Santa Express running on the Gardner Branch heading for the Chair City
Photo Date:  12/9/2006  Upload Date: 12/9/2006 11:20:22 AM
Location:  Worcester, MA
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
Train PR3 at Chace's Lane
Title:  Train PR3 at Chace's Lane
Description:  Providence and Worcester's train PR3 approaching Chace's Lane, heading towards Valley Falls with 19 general freight and 20 loads of coal --- PR2's waiting on the house track down by Boston Switch
Photo Date:  1/10/2007  Upload Date: 1/10/2007 4:52:45 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
First Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2007
Title:  First Kiwanis Zoo Train for 2007
Description:  now the trailing locomotive, quietly slipping by at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Photo Date:  5/12/2007  Upload Date: 5/12/2007 4:36:37 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Coal Extra from Worcester
Title:  Coal Extra from Worcester
Description:  Early evening. empty coal extra from Worcester running thru the Valley Yard on the way to the Providence Port
Photo Date:  6/15/2007  Upload Date: 6/16/2007 8:15:59 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2215(B23-7R)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
A Tardy WOPR
Title:  A Tardy WOPR
Description:  at 0718 hours, a very tardy WOPR hurrying past the Ashton Mills in the Ashton section of Cumberland
Photo Date:  7/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/24/2007 4:42:24 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 2011(GP38) PW 3005(B30-7AB) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  627   Comments: 1
A Tardy WOPR
Title:  A Tardy WOPR
Description:  A late WOPR (Worcester/Providence) leaving their train at the Lonsdale Yard Limit board - their crossing busy Mendon Road
Photo Date:  7/25/2007  Upload Date: 7/25/2007 9:19:25 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3004(B30-7AB) PW 2011(GP38) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  617   Comments: 1
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Coming around the bend, crossing Mill Street by the old Peoples Coal, PR2's heading up the East Providence branch with a good size train today - later they'll be running on the East Junction with a car of steel for Metals USA
Photo Date:  7/25/2007  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 11:47:08 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  With a good cough of GE exhaust, power for today's PR2 getting ready over by the Valley Falls office
Photo Date:  7/26/2007  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 11:48:30 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Running on the East Providence, brakeman getting ready to flag the busy intersections of Broadway, Benefit Street and the Pawtucket Industrial Highway
Photo Date:  7/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/27/2007 12:11:16 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  Done servicing KIK Custom Products, PR2's running back to the yard at Valley Falls --- they're at the Lonsdale Yard Limit board
Photo Date:  7/30/2007  Upload Date: 7/30/2007 11:55:22 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Fall Circle Tour sponsored by the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
Title:  Fall Circle Tour sponsored by the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts
Description:  Stretched out in the (Cumberland, RI) Valley Falls yard - the Fall Circle Tour sponsored by the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts on the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Tour ran from Worcester down the Providence main, then Amtrak to Groton, CT with the final leg back to Worcester using the Norwich main thru Connecticut
Photo Date:  10/13/2007  Upload Date: 10/13/2007 10:47:00 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
Train PR-3 in the Lower Valley Yard
Title:  Train PR-3 in the Lower Valley Yard
Description:  PR-3's getting they're train together at the Valley Falls yard - 32 loaded autoracks with imported Volkswagens assembled in Mexico - the VW's are heading for the Seaview, kor unloading at NORAD in Davisville, Rhode Island
Photo Date:  10/24/2007  Upload Date: 10/24/2007 9:29:12 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
Train PR-3
Title:  Train PR-3
Description:  On a cloudy morning, PR3's runnvng past the historic Pawtucket Yards, along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor - they have 32 loaded autoracks with imported Vockswagens assembled in Mexico heading for the Seaview, for tnloading at NORAD in Davisville, Rhode Island
Photo Date:  10/24/2007  Upload Date: 10/24/2007 9:44:08 AM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  548   Comments: 1
Polar Express at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Polar Express at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  Northbound - first Polar Express for the day approaching Mendon Road and the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Photo Date:  11/4/2007  Upload Date: 11/4/2007 12:42:05 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
Train PR-2 at the Upper Valley Yard
Title:  Train PR-2 at the Upper Valley Yard
Description:  Brrrrrrrr ... bright sun ain't helping to warm things up, on a cold and crisp morning! PR2's working the Valley Yard getting their day's work together
Photo Date:  12/6/2007  Upload Date: 12/6/2007 10:41:11 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
Train PR-2 at the Upper Valley Yard
Title:  Train PR-2 at the Upper Valley Yard
Description:  the o'l Tugboat, the 2011 looking on, while the 4003's tugging on a cut of Pond View Gondolas by Saint Patrick's Church on a very cold morning
Photo Date:  12/6/2007  Upload Date: 12/6/2007 10:45:07 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
Valley Falls Yard
Title:  Valley Falls Yard
Description:  PR-3's running thru the northern end of the Valley yard - they came back with 31 loads of coal. Long string of empty ethanol tankers over on the Main
Photo Date:  12/12/2007  Upload Date: 12/12/2007 4:05:00 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2011(GP38)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Ethanol Extra
Title:  Ethanol Extra
Description:  Were at the bottom of Manville Hill Road - along the fenced bike/walking path, the ethanol extra from Worcester, Massachusetts, hurrying thru the sleepy village of Manville on a quiet Sunday Morning, on the way to Providence and Worcester's South Providence yard and Motiva Enterprises with 80 or so cars of ethanol
Photo Date:  4/27/2008  Upload Date: 5/26/2008 1:13:34 PM
Location:  Lincoln, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3907(B39-8E) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  758   Comments: 2
Ethanol Extra
Title:  Ethanol Extra
Description:  With permission to run thru Providence Union Station, ethanol extra from Worcester, Massachusetts, winding its way thru Amtrak's Orms Interlocking. They're heading for Providence and Worcester's South Providence yard and Motiva Enterprises with 80 or so cars of ethanol
Photo Date:  4/27/2008  Upload Date: 5/26/2008 1:14:54 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 3907(B39-8E) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 4002(B40-8)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
PR3 at Chaces Lane
Title:  PR3 at Chaces Lane
Description:  Running light engines - Osram Sylvania, heading towards the Amtrak Northeast Corridor at Boston Switch. They'll work coal at the Providence Port
Photo Date:  11/11/2008  Upload Date: 11/11/2008 8:31:46 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 4003(B40-8) PW 3005(B30-7AB)
Views:  364   Comments: 1


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