After passing by the Sheepscot campus on Friday morning (I heard Jason got a picture but nobody was able to hijack the truck), B&SR 7 was delivered back to Portland and on "home" rails as a complete locomotive for the first time since the boiler went north 10 years ago.
7 coming off the truck
(photo credit: David Fletcher)
#7 received some break-in runs on Friday and Saturday of this weekend. Some bugs were worked out and a few more were put on the punch list, but things are looking good for the steamfest unveiling on the 19th (see the post on that for more detail).
This pic is of the completed 7 sitting at the ocean gateway platform. We survived the S curve at the ocean gateway project, which was the only questionable corner on the railroad for us since it was built after 7 went out of service.
(photo credit: either Wes Heinz or David Fletcher)
7 running around the consist after pulling the annual meeting train out to the bridge
(photo credit: Sandy Piche)
Discussions at the platform following the first trip with a consist in almost 15 years.
(photo credit: Sandy Piche)
Lots of room in the cab for us folks who aren't from the 1920s
(photo credit: Sandy Piche)
Looks good with a string of cars, but all we have (at the moment) is with one car and the locomotive going away.
(photo credit: Sandy Piche)
The most important picture of all
(photo credit: Trevor Hartford)
Hansel was on hand and grabbed some video of the occasion as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ou7wTFulAE
