Coming slow along the curve past Kennebec Street heading toward Waterville.
CSX Y121 approaching the village of Shawmut along the calm bright colored Kennebec River.
An arial view of former PANAM job SAPPI-3 coming down along the Kennebec River in the morning light
Y121 crossing the Martin Stream bridge slowly chugging south with an original GP40 leader.
An increasingly rare Guilford painted GP40 sits at the west end of Waterville Yard ready for its next assignment. Other power at the west end of the yard was MEC 5963 - MEC 5976 and MEC 512 - MEC 310.
After a short while of sitting in the yard, DO-1 starts to drill the yard in town looking down from the new parking garage. @ 14:54 hrs
DO-1 is seen drilling the yard in town on a hazy afternoon, the new parking garage sits next to the tracks @ 15:21 hrs
After picking up the refer, DO-1 is back on the move headed toward the yard in Portsmouth climbing the grade visible from Eileen Dondero Foley Ave @ 13:30 hrs
DO-1 pulling a refer out of High Liner Foods USA along Borthwick Ave in the afternoon light @ 13:12 hrs
DO-1 passes through NH route 33, an unarmed 4-lane crossing with three rail cars coming back up the branch. @ 12:51 hrs
DO-1 approaches Shore Drive coming back from Rockingham passing through a bright spring tree tunnel. @ 12:40 hrs
The east end of CSX's Rigby Yard on a gloomy spring afternoon. MEC 315 - MEC 514 are visible on the pit, from PO-3. They had switched Dead River in Westbrook earlier. Y200 was working the west end with MEC 517 - MEC 515. M427 was getting ready to depart with CSXT 1712 - CSXT 261 - CSXT 471 - CSXT 418 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7523 - MEC 7542 - MEC 7622.
CSXT 464 - SXT 466 sit on the left while MEC 315 sits on the right at Rigby Yard. PO-4 with MEC 504 - MEC 319 was switching the west end of the yard; their power can be seen just above the center of the photo. WAPO's power would arrive momentarily and park in front of 315.
Another shot from the US highway one overpass of the Portland yard job shuffling cars with two Guilford GP units. @ 09:30 hrs
Portland yard on a chilly Sunday morning with two crews on duty looking off US highway 1. @ 09:00 hrs
RUPO with MEC 315 - MEC 512 - MEC 516 rolls west through Hacketts in Auburn, Maine.
RUPO with MEC 315 - MEC 512 - MEC 516 heads west through Auburn, Maine with about 45 cars.
RUPO with MEC 315 - MEC 512 - MEC 516 heads west through Auburn, Maine with about 45 cars.
PO-2 with MEC 315 heads west not too far behind POED with loads for Dover.
WAPO with MEC 315 - MEC 306 - MEC 505 - GMTX 3109 crosses Rt. 132 in Monmouth ME on a cold January morning. They would tie down just down the line at Pike for a few hours before getting a recrew in the early afternoon. They met POWA 615 when they got to Fairgrounds.
PORU with MEC 319 - MEC 315 - MEC 504 approaches Hackett Rd. in Auburn, formerly known as Rumford Junction East.
PO-1 with MEC 315 heads down to the west end of the interchange siding to grab four empties from CMQ (3x perlite, 1x steel) after leaving a perlite load on the east end of the siding and turning on the wye.
POED approaches the Leomister Shirley Rd bridge
Waterville Extra 315 with MBTA's Wash Train equipment approaches Longwoods Rd. in Cumberland ME.
WA-1 works the west end of Waterville Yard in Waterville Maine - with MEC 310 - MEC 315.
Passing MP 21.
PO-4 with MEC 315 - MEC 517 switches the west end of Rigby Yard. The C40-8 seen in the backgrould with the blue nose is MEC 7620. Behind it was MEC 7523.
5 miles from the connection to the main line at Leeds Jct., RUPO is running next to Route 106.
Despite having 5 GP40s for power, RUPO plods southward at 10 mph on its way to Leeds Jct.
With a fresh crew on board, RUPO is ready to leave for Leeds Jct. and eventually Rigby Yard in Portland.
EDWJs power rolls back across this through truss after dropping cars to the Vermont Railway.
EDWJ head out of Bellow Falls en route to White River Jct behind a pair of hand me downs.
Since I have a job, this is the only pic of the circus train I get.
PO-2 gets to work at Rigby. Going to switch a few cars around on the east end then off to Yards 6 and 8.
Brunswick Extra 315 heads up to the wye on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
DO-1 with MEC 315 heads up to turn on the wye with three ballast hoppers.
DJ-1's power rests at Danville.
DO-1 arrives in Brunswick.
DO-1 with MEC 315 crosses Stanwood Street in Brunswick ME on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
DO-1 with MEC 315 crosses Stanwood Street in Brunswick ME on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
DO-1 315 crosses Church Road in Brunswick Maine with 3 ballast hoppers.
DO-1 with MEC 315 moves cars around in Brunswick.
B&M 333, MEC 315, and MEC 344 are seen at Rigby Yard in South Portland Maine.
DO-1 w/ MEC 315 brought some Portsmouth cars down to Rockingham Jct., spotted them on the "woods" track then tied down on the lead to the Portsmouth Branch. Taken in Newfields NH.
SAPPI-4 with MEC 317- MEC 315 crosses Martin Stream in Fairfield ME at dusk with a train for the mill at Hinkley.
Resting in the yard
Resting in the yard