The Sappi local is seen just a half mile north of the main line connection at Fairfield. They'll make a setout and pickup at Waterville, then head back up the branch to Sappi.
The very last rays of evening sun bring out the colors of this trio of GP40s leading WANM over the Fairfield-Benton Kennebec River bridge. If the train had been five minutes later, there would hav... (more)
Madison local, MD-1, with a GP9 and GP40 crosses Horn Hill Road in Fairfield in September 2010. ST 77 has worn Boston & Maine maroon in a heritage scheme since August 2012.
Until just a couple years prior, GP9s were not uncommon on local jobs in and around Waterville, Maine. Pan Am liked to keep them close to the "home" yard, and most had been sidelined or stored by... (more)
With widecab 500 series GP40s holding down a lot of the recent jobs East of Waterville, Maine lately, a high-hood cousin was worth some extra miles of drive time on a somewhat sunny March 8, 2014.... (more)