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    #561 sits on the turntable in Waterville

    18 Sep 1965

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    #562-568 on WF-2 at Rices Rips outside Waterville on the Back Road.

    25 Jan 1965

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    #562-580-568, power for RBX, in Waterville

    30 Jan 1967

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    O.D. Frizzell, Engineer, stands on the front platform of #563, trailed by 672B-568.

    This was Train B-11 on 16 Oct 1965.

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    #564 with #256 in the background at Rigby Yard.

    Portland, ME

    21 Aug 1967

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    #564 sits in Rigby Yard.

    Portland, ME

    24 Oct 1967

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    With Mount Washington as a backdrop, RY-2's helpers, 564-563, pass through Intervale on their way back to Rigby Yard.

    1 Sep 1967

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    #566-577 lead B-11 into Waterville

    10 Jan 1966

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    RB-3, hauled by #566-567, approaches Tower A on a bright winter's day.

    29 Jan 1966

     

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    A short time later, B-11, with #568-569 as power at he same spot.

    29 Jan 1966

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    #569, with RS-11 802, waits to rejoin B-11 in Waterville.

    16 Mar 1966

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    #569, in the simplified paint scheme of the 70's, idles at Bartlett NH

    18 Jul 1978

     

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    #571 has just crossed the Kennebec River into Waterville, bringing home KW-1 from Brunswick.

    15 Oct 1964

     

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    15 years later finds #571, in the simplified green scheme, loitering at Tower A in Waterville.

    19 Aug 1979

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    #572 leads WF-2 out of Waterville on the Back Road, headed for Farmington.

    2 Dec 1965

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    Advance B-12 passes south past Tower A in Waterville, powered by #572-573.

    29 Jan 1966

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    It's a foggy morning in Waterville as we find #573 idling at Tower A.

    5 Oct 1964

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    Light is fading fast as #574 leads KW-1 back into Waterville, approaching Tower A.

    21 Oct 1964

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    #574 prepares to lead WF-2 out of Waterville to Farmington.

    18 Nov 1965

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    #574 hauls WF-2 out of Waterville, bound for Farmington.

    18 Nov 1965

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    #575 at Tower A in Waterville.

    14 Nov 1964

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    #575-681 on BR-2 at Newport Jct ME

    30 May 1966

     

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    #576 is just leaving Tower A with WF-2.

    4 Nov 1965

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    We're looking out the window of Tower A as #577 on WF-2 pulls past.

    31 Oct 1964

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    On a misty fall morning, #577 heads down the Back Road over the bridge at Rice's Rips, on the back side of Mayflower Hill.

    5 Oct 1965

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    #578 leads KW-1 back into Waterville.

    22 Apr 1966

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    #579-581 at Tower A, Waterville.

    18 Jun 1966

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    #580 with KW-1 passing the home signal at Tower A on a gloomy afternoon.

    22 Nov 1965

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    WF-2, powered with #581-579, heads out of Waterville past the Ladd Paper Company.

    12 Feb 1966

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    #581-575 leads WF-2 through Oakland.

    12 Feb 1966

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    A little further down the Back Road we find #581-575 with WF-2 at North Belgrade.

    12 Feb 1966

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    BR-2 with #581-571 at west end of Waterville Yard.

    27 May 1967