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Pan Am keeps a special trainset, that has engines PAR 1, and PAR 2, and at least two vintage business cars, that they use for visiting dignitaries, inspectors, and to reward crews for good service. They may also lease them out to other railroads for events. ST 100 was DH 100. D&H purchased it from Norfolk & Western in 1976. Its original number was NW 102. ST 101 was ST 43, and before that was DH 43. D&H purchased it from Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1967. Its original number was DRGW 1290. Previous name was Champlain, and before that, Castle Gate. The 102 is an ex Wabash dome car but I have no Wabash number. Details on the engines can be found on their respective pages. The OCS information is from railroad.net/forums.
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MEC 517 & MEC 516, head east with the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at Cumberland Center in Falmouth on November 19th of 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 517 & MEC 516, head east with the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at Cumberland Center in Falmouth on November 19th of 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 517 & MEC 516, head east with the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at Cumberland Center in Falmouth on November 19th of 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
Pan Am Officer and Crew Special (OCS) train with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train in Freeport on August 13th of 2011.
Photo by John Erickson.
Pan Am Officer and Crew Special (OCS) train with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train in Freeport on August 13th of 2011.
Photo by John Erickson.
Pan Am Officer and Crew Special (OCS) train with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train in Freeport on August 13th of 2011.
Photo by John Erickson.
Pan Am Officer and Crew Special (OCS) train with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train in Freeport on August 13th of 2011.
Photo by John Erickson.
Pan Am Officer and Crew Special (OCS) train with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train in Freeport on August 13th of 2011.
Photo by John Erickson.
Par 1 & MEC 518 and the OCS train in Green on May 20th, 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1 & 2 with the OCS Passenger Extra at Leeds Junction on November 14th of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1 & 2 with the OCS Passenger Extra at Leeds Junction on November 14th of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1 & 2 with the OCS Passenger Extra at Leeds Junction on November 14th of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1 & 2 with the OCS Passenger Extra at Leeds Junction on November 14th of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
GMTX 3005 with one OCS passenger car at Packard in Readfield on June 24th of 2014.
Photo by John Erickson.
GMTX 3005 with one OCS passenger car at Packard in Readfield on June 24th of 2014.
Photo by John Erickson.
The PAR OCS train meets Amtrak 90214 at Mountain Junction in Portland on August 16th of 2016.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1 & 2 running light at Leeds Jct on April 19th of 2017.
Photo by John Erickson.
CSXT Mississippi and the rest of the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at yard 8 on November 17th of 2018.
Photo by John Erickson.
PAR 1, & 2 and the rest of the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at yard 8 on November 17th of 2018.
Photo by John Erickson.
ST 102 (Bluebird) and the rest of the Officer and Crew Special (OCS) at yard 8 on November 17th of 2018.
Photo by John Erickson.
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MEC 517, & 516 taking the OCS back to Waterville at Cumberland Ctr. on Nov. 19, 2009.
Video by John Erickson.
PAR 1, & PAR 2 return an Amtrak coach July 31st of 2012.
Video by John Erickson.
PAR 1 with the OCS (Officer and Crew Special) in Green on May 20th of 2013.
Video by John Erickson.
PAR 1 with the OCS (Officer and Crew Special) in Green on May 20th of 2013.
Video by John Erickson.
Par 1 & 2 depart westbound with the Officer and Crew Special at Strawberry Ave on September 20th of 2016.
Video by John Erickson.
PanAm used a four character symbol to refer to each train that could tell you where the train started from and where it ended up. Long distance trains got four letters, the first two for the origin, and the last two for the destination. Switchers got two letters a dash and a number. The nicknames used could confuse this though (Sappi-3 was actually SP-3, I believe). The OCS (Officer and Crew Special) was a passenger train used to reward employees for good service and give dispatchers, company officers, and prospective customers a look at the lines. It usually consisted of three former parlor service cars pulled by two FP9 locomotives built in 1954. And the Oil Extra was a train that ran as a stop-gap measure during the Lac-Mégantic accident and Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway bankruptcy and sale to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway.
I will list the symbols I know with their end point city or town.
Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place |
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AY | Ayer, MA | BA | Bangor, ME | BF | Bellows Falls, VT | BK | Bucksport, ME |
BO | Boston, MA | DJ | Danville Jct., Auburn, ME | DO | Dover, NH | ED | East Deerfield, MA |
LO | Lowell, MA | MA | Mattawamkeag, ME | NA | Nashua, NH | NM | Northern Maine Jct., Bangor, ME |
PL | Plainville, CT | PH | Portsmouth, NH | PO | Rigby, S. Portland, ME | RI | Riley's, Jay, ME |
RJ | Rotterdam Junction, Rotterdam, NY | RU | Rumford, ME | SE | Selkirk, NY | SJ | Saint John, NB |
SP | SAPPI Mill, Hinkley, ME | WA | Waterville, ME | WJ | White River Jct, VT |
Symbol | Discription | Symbol | Discription |
22K | Intermodal from Chicago (47 Street Yard) to Ayer | 23K | Intermodal from Ayer to Chicago (47 Street Yard) |
16R | Manifest from Binghamton to East Deerfield | 11R | Manifest from East Deerfield to Binghamton |