SAPI3 comes around the corner and into the connection with the main at Fairfield. From here its just a couple miles down to the yard at Waterville.

For the first time in many weeks, January 20, 2018 was a beautiful sunny and mild day in Northern New England. One could be outside for more than five minutes without feeling like he or she was d... (more)

Sappi 3 rounds the corner and enters the Freight Main Line off of the Hinckley Branch with Pan Am heritage GP9's 77 & 52 leading the way.

BM 334 leads the MAWA by the pot signal at Lawrence Ave in Fairfield as they approach the yard at Waterville.

The Mattawamkeag - Waterville road freight crosses the Kennebec River bridge shortly before arriving at Waterville.

Inbound road train from Mattawamkeag passes the dual set of search lights (the second set being OOS) at River Rd on the east side of Fairfield.

The Mattawamkeag - Waterville road freight crosses the Kennebec River bridge shortly before arriving at Waterville.

Like so many Hinckley Branch chases in the past, the one from January 14, 2017 ended within sight of the home signals into Waterville Yard. Stepping off the bridge over Route 201/Upper Main Stree... (more)

SAPPI 3 with B&M Heritage 77 enters the freight main at CPF110.

In a rare occurrence of Pan Am's GP9s leading a road freight, GP9 52, decorated in Maine Central heritage paint, leads NMWA (Northern Maine Junction - Waterville) over the Kennebec River, from Ben... (more)

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)