ATTLEBORO, Mass. — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has, in fairly subtle fashion, joined the list of commuter operators employing locomotives with heritage paint schemes.
Newly rebuilt GP40MC No. 1129 — handling a test train of Hyundai-Rotem bilevel cars — passes through Attleboro on Aug. 28, 2024, displaying a version of the “cranberry” paint scheme applied to some FP10s and at least one F40PH in the mid-1980s. The locomotive began life as Canadian National GP40-2W No. 9565 in 1975; it underwent a prior rebuild in 1997 by AMF in Montreal. The train is operating on Track 1 of Amtrak’s Boston-New Haven, Conn., “NHB” Line east of MP 197 — an oddity in that MBTA trains operate on tracks 3 or 4 to be able to access station platforms. Prominent in the background is the Second Congregational Church, built in 1904.
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