Hugging trees while running LHF, MMA 2005 is coming back from Bedford and heading to the Farnham yard. This track is not used much. It has 80 lbs rails and joints the whole lenght.
Montreal Maine & Atlantic crude oil train #2 awaits for a relief crew before heading east to Sherbrooke.
This is the same type of crude oil train that derailed and exploded at Lac-Megantic in July 2013. How long before these tired workhorses are withdrawn from service. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the smo... (more)
Montreal Maine & Atlantic #1 heels into a super-elevated curve at sunset.
Montreal Maine & Atlantic crude oil train #2 heads east over the roller-coaster landscape of the Eastern Townships on a fine March morning
Bound for Saint John N.B, Montreal Maine & Atlantic oil train #2 leans into a curve as it departs Farnham on a mild March afternoon.
February 27th brought a mixture of snow and sleet as Montreal Maine & Atlantic #2 with three Canadian Pacific leased locomotives awaits for a re-crew before departure.
Only on the MMA you'll find SOO, DME and ex-BN pulling together. Bonus points for the RC caboose! MMA #2 is waiting for a crew for it's voyage to Maine.
Gotta love MMA's rainbow colors!. Switching the Farnham yard. To my dismay, a few minutes afterwards, SOO engine failed and had to be put aside... Notice the snow flying on the left, from compress... (more)
CABOOSE IS GONE! On the right was standing a yellow CP caboose; it was torched last fall as it was litarally destroyed by vandalism... I was informed by the city that they had no plans to do so wi... (more)
5018 being hooked up for the run back to Maine.
Destined for the Irving refinery at Saint John N.B, a Montreal Maine & Atlantic crude oil train idles at Farnham. A new crew will take over for the next 140 miles run to Megantic
By a cloudy and crispy day, the employees are working on a minor derailment in Farnham yard due to the snow accumulation in the switch.
Montreal Maine & Atlantic crude oil #606 crawls through the Farnham cautionary limits on a pleasant fall morning.
Montreal Maine & Atlantic train #2 is assembled and awaits on the long siding before departure