On a northbound Downeaster.

Happy 19th Birthday! The culmination of decades of work by local advocates came to fruition on December 15, 2001 with the inaugural run of Amtrak Downeaster service between Boston, Massachu... (more)

90214 leads Downeaster service 688 into Freeport, running on time in it's journey south to Boston.

Downeaster 696 prepares to head south out of Portland on a sunny but freezing winter day.

As golden hour sets in, clean looking NPCU #90214 leads Amtrak Downeaster train 696 which is making good time passing the East Kingston B&M passenger station.

Across the Border

Amtrak's northbound Downeaster, train number 693 (Boston MA to Portland ME) crosses from New Hampshire into Maine as it crosses the Salmon Falls River, which... (more)

Freshly repainted NPCU 90214 leads the southbound Downeaster through the little-used Mishawum station on sunny Sunday morning. In trail is the "Ocean View" full-length dome car, which is... (more)

Downeaster trainset sits idle next to the idle Maine Eastern consist. Sadly, Maine Eastern ended its 10-year lease on the Rockland Branch in 2015.

Amtrak 686 is in the late afternoon sunlight. On New Years Eve, this train passes CPF226, not far from making a station stop at the Wells Transportation Center. The wreath on the front shows the H... (more)

AMTK 90214 leads 688 through the Scarborough Marsh on a beautiful spring evening. Starting in Brunswick Maine, this train is headed for Boston. AMTK 108 was the power at the back.

The Downeaster passes the excellent Jen's Place on Stanwood Street, which serves breakfast from 5am to 2pm. The brick building behind the train still wears the title from its old machine work life... (more)

Right on time on a cold early January afternoon Amtrak's Downeaster Train 694 is led past CPF 199, the east end of Rigby Yard, with AMTK 90214 as "Cabbage" and AMTK 16 for power pushing on... (more)

The southbound Downeaster screams across the Salmon Falls River that straddles the border between Maine and New Hampshire. The fall foliage is 99% gone, but every year, a few delinquent oak trees... (more)

Amtrak train 686 rolls out of Portland with a friendly wave from the engineer.

Amtrak Downeaster train 698 heads westbound to Boston on a great August evening.