BM 805 SW-8 one of regularly assigned SW-8's in Manchester. Only 800 HP, but 125 tons, unit could pull, all be it slow. So they were ideal for the grades on the on the east side Portsmouth and M&L branches back in the day when there was a lot of local customers within the Manchester switching limits.

Photographed by Bruce Nelson, October 9, 1972.
Added to the photo archive by Bruce Nelson, October 23, 2018.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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