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Plow Extra - Bartlett
MEC Plow Extra 565 precedes RY-2 from Bartlett NH
It's a bright but chilly morning as Plow Extra 565 prepares to leave Bartlett. The plow is #81 and GP-7 #565 is trailed by buggy # 631. Not much time to waste, as RY-2 isn't too far behind.
3 Feb 1967
The snow is fresh as the plow breaks through the plowed drifts of US Route 302 just north of the village.
The blowing snow practically obscures the locomotive and caboose as the Plow Extra heads north toward Crawford Notch.
New England winter railroading at its best.
Close on the heels of the Plow Extra is RY-2, bound from Rigby Yard in South Portland to St Johnsbury. Up front are GP-38's #256-254-261.
Tacked on behind buggy 655 are GP-7 helpers #571-572.