B1685         
US Army / Pennsylvania and Southern Railway GE 80 ton switcher B1685 moves cars at sunset at the Cumberland Valley Business Park which used to be a part of the Letterkenny Army Depot.
Date: 12/5/2012 Location: Chambersburg, PA Views: 519 Collection Of:   Jim Stanton
Locomotives: USAX 1685(80Tonner)    Author:  Jim Stanton
B1685
Picture Categories: Yard,Action This picture is part of album:  Pennsylvania and Southern Railway
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Tim Moriarty General During a visit in September 1996 the local rail crew said they added the B to the number because they thought all locomotives were supposed to have a B prefix on the number. Previously they had two MRS1s (the ones donated to the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum and later scrapped on site) which were numbered B2044 and B2052. The B indicated the locomotive was equipped with a boiler for providing steam heat to passenger cars. The crew was unaware of this and they continue to slap a B onto locomotives that arrive at the depot. 2/7/2013 1:52:52 PM

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