BM 1229 SW-9 parked on the north lead at Mechanicville Hump working the lower end switcher assignment. This unit was regularly assigned to the Ashuelot Branch up to the end of B&M operation, thus reason for a snow plow pilot on "B" end. Also, when the B&M ordered "SW" units for branch line operation, they were equipped with large number boards for easy ID in timetable/train order territory.

Photographed by Bruce Nelson, February, 1978.
Added to the photo archive by Bruce Nelson, February 24, 2019.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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