Bay Colony 1705 Makes a Comeback

Bay Colony 1705 has been brought back from the dead and put back into freight service on the BCLR Watuppa Line. 1705 started as GP9 704 on the Great Northern in 1956. When on the Burlington Northern roster, it's nose got chopped and was renumbered 1777. 1705 remained numbered as 1777 during it's time on the Great Western and Omnitrax until acquisition by Bay Colony. It's great to see this 60+ year-old locomotive being brought back to life on a rickety shortline in Massachusetts. 1705 is seen returning from the Mass Coastal interchange in New Bedford, heading westbound to it's resting place in Dartmouth.
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[@williammorse8330]

thank you for posting a GP9 in action, born the same year as me.... I rode these as a rail smitten kid in New London on the Central Vermont in '71 and '72..... my guess is that 1705 is on an empty scrap run going by those cars.... a bit ironic...

[@ssrailvideos]

Wow! I remember when that was in the millis line in like 05

[@MultiMusicianman]

Very nice.

[@tommyhunter1817]

The cars look as rough as the engine.

[@shanemyoutubeshit]

Nice RS5T

[@MrJMS814]

I've got some video of this thing revving up to notch 8 in reverse and scaring the shit out of a very young me in the early 2000s on the Cape... I will have to edit and upload it soon.