using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = sc.ReadInt();
        var S = new string[2];
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
        {
            S[i] = sc.ReadStr();
        }
        var tateyoko = new List<int>();
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            if (S[0][i] == S[1][i])
            {
                // 縦向きに並べられている
                tateyoko.Add(1);
            }
            else
            {
                // 横向きに2つ並べられている
                tateyoko.Add(2);
                i++;
            }
        }

        ModInt ans = 0;
        if (tateyoko[0] == 1) ans = 3;
        else ans = 6;
        for (int i = 1; i < tateyoko.Count; i++)
        {
            var cur = tateyoko[i];
            var prev = tateyoko[i - 1];
            if (cur == 1)
            {
                if (prev == 1)
                {
                    // 縦縦
                    ans *= 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    // 横縦
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (prev == 1)
                {
                    // 縦横
                    ans *= 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    // 横横
                    ans *= 3;
                }
            }
            prev = cur;
        }
        Console.WriteLine(ans);
    }

    public struct ModInt
    {
        public const long Mod = (int)1e9 + 7;
        public long num;
        public ModInt(long n) { num = n; }
        public override string ToString() { return num.ToString(); }
        public static ModInt operator +(ModInt l, ModInt r) { l.num += r.num; if (l.num >= Mod) l.num -= Mod; return l; }
        public static ModInt operator -(ModInt l, ModInt r) { l.num -= r.num; if (l.num < 0) l.num += Mod; return l; }
        public static ModInt operator *(ModInt l, ModInt r) { return new ModInt(l.num * r.num % Mod); }
        public static ModInt operator /(ModInt l, ModInt r) { return l * Inverse(r); }
        public static implicit operator ModInt(long n) { n %= Mod; if (n < 0) n += Mod; return new ModInt(n); }
        public static ModInt Pow(ModInt v, long k) { return Pow(v.num, k); }
        public static ModInt Pow(long v, long k)
        {
            long ret = 1;
            for (k %= Mod - 1; k > 0; k >>= 1, v = v * v % Mod)
                if ((k & 1) == 1) ret = ret * v % Mod;
            return new ModInt(ret);
        }
        public static ModInt Inverse(ModInt v) { return Pow(v, Mod - 2); }
        private static List<ModInt> Facs = new List<ModInt> { 1 };
        public static ModInt Fac(int n)
        {
            for (int i = Facs.Count; i <= n; i++)
            {
                Facs.Add(i * Facs[i - 1]);
            }
            return Facs[n];
        }
        public static ModInt nCr(int n, int r)
        {
            if (n < r) return 0;
            if (n == r) return 1;
            //var b = new BinomialCoefficient(n);
            //return b[n, r];
            return Fac(n) / (Fac(r) * Fac(n - r));
        }
    }
    public class BinomialCoefficient
    {
        public ModInt[] fact, ifact;
        public BinomialCoefficient(int n)
        {
            fact = new ModInt[n + 1];
            ifact = new ModInt[n + 1];
            fact[0] = 1;
            for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
                fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
            ifact[n] = ModInt.Inverse(fact[n]);
            for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                ifact[i] = ifact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
            ifact[0] = ifact[1];
        }
        public ModInt this[int n, int r]
        {
            get
            {
                if (n < 0 || n >= fact.Length || r < 0 || r > n) return 0;
                return fact[n] * ifact[n - r] * ifact[r];
            }
        }
        public ModInt RepeatedCombination(int n, int k)
        {
            if (k == 0) return 1;
            return this[n + k - 1, k];
        }
    }
    static Scanner sc = new Scanner();
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] S = new string[0];
    int Index = 0;
    char[] Separators = new char[] { ' ' };

    public string Next()
    {
        if (this.Index < this.S.Length) return this.S[this.Index++];
        var line = "";
        while (line == "") line = Console.ReadLine();
        this.S = line.Split(this.Separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (this.S.Length == 0) return this.Next();
        this.Index = 0;
        return this.S[this.Index++];
    }
    public string ReadStr()
    {
        return this.Next();
    }
    public char ReadChar()
    {
        return this.Next()[0];
    }
    public int ReadInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public uint ReadUInt()
    {
        return uint.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public long ReadLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public double ReadDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int> ReadTup(int add = 0)
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add);
    }
    public Tuple<long, long> ReadTupLong(int add = 0)
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadLong() + add, this.ReadLong() + add);
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int> ReadTup3(int add = 0)
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add);
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int> ReadTup4(int add = 0)
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add, this.ReadInt() + add);
    }
    public int[] ReadIntArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadInt();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public long[] ReadLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public double[] ReadDoubleArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new double[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadDouble();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public char[] ReadCharArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new char[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadChar();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public string[] ReadStrArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new string[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadStr();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<long, long>[] ReadTupLongArray(int n, int add = 0)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<long, long>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTupLong(add);
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int>[] ReadTupArray(int n, int add = 0)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup(add);
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int>[] ReadTup3Array(int n, int add = 0)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup3(add);
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int>[] ReadTup4Array(int n, int add = 0)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup4(add);
        }
        return array;
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 13268