As our nation celebrates another Fourth of July, I thought I would continue the tradition (started on my other blog) of posting an image from my collection of a bicentennial engine.
Bangor & Aroostook GP7 #1776 (built as #573) is seen here on September 01, 1975. For those like myself who love Revolutionary War history, here is a fun nugget: the engine was named the "Jeremiah O'Brien," a Patriot born in Kittery, Maine in 1744 who later became a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. He was in command of the sloop "Unity" when he captured the British armed schooner HMS "Margaretta" in the Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the Revolutionary War.
If you want to see more interesting bicentennial engines, here are some I have previously featured on my blog: B&M GP38-2 #200 and D&H RS3m #1976 here; A&A ten-wheeler #14 here; Adirondack Scenic Railroad's 44-tonner (here); Conrail GG1 #4800 here; and Genesee & Wyoming's RS1 #30 and Alco S4 #36 here.