NB Southern Railway NBSR 9801

NBSR 9801 was built as GP35 #7777 for the Southern Pacific in November 1965. It was acquired as SP 6674 and rebuilt to GP38-3 specifications by CLN Industries.

Engine 9801 rolls through McAdam, New Brunswick, January 2005
Engine 9801 rolls through McAdam, New Brunswick, January 2005

For several years, 9801 and sisters NBSR 9802 and NBSR 9803 were the only GP38 locomotives on the railway.

NB Southern 9801 in Tracy, NB, August 2007
NB Southern 9801 in Tracy, NB, August 2007

In mid June 2011 it was relettered as Maine Northern Railway #9801 (MNR 9801).

Maine Northern lettering on NBSR 9803, April 2012
Maine Northern lettering on NBSR 9803, April 2012

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