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A blue Bangor and Aroostook locomotive #56 and an orange and black Wisconsin & Calumet locomotive #52 are parked on parallel tracks in a grassy railroad yard under an overcast sky. — Download original ↓

c. 1970 to 1980

Two diesel locomotives, Bangor and Aroostook #56 and Wisconsin & Calumet #52, sit idle in a weed-choked railroad yard.

Date: c. 1970 to 1980Estimated from the photograph; no date was written on the print.
Vehicle: Diesel locomotive
Operator: Bangor and Aroostook, Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad
Equipment: Alco RS-1, EMD SW1200
Fleet numbers: Bangor and Aroostook 56, Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad 52

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1970s 1980s Summer

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