The MO-1 crew has brought this set of light power from East Deerfield and is heading for Rotterdam Junction where they will put together an RJED.
Someone had clipped the wings of the eagle on the front of all of the MEC U boats. Crews drew them back in with a magic marker. The transition from Maine Central to Guilford was riddled with probl... (more)
ST Train NBED (North Bennington, VT to East Deerfield, MA) heads along the Hoosic River in Pownal, VT with its unit train of limestone slurry which is destined for the paper mills of Maine.
Maine Central U18B 409 and GP38 255 working at Portlane, ME in 1977.
I believe these were about the only blue skies on this entire trip.
Wearing the old paint job from the days of affiliation with B&M, this old goat is by what looks like the sand house. In those days we didn't pay attention to such details, click, click, a friendl... (more)
Passing what used to be a busy junction, MEC 302 is passing mostly empty tracks and stored equipment in 1998.
Getting a pair of these rare birds was worth the trip to CAD at temperatures down to unconfortable levels for night pictures. RTEX 404 and 407 have been staying at CAd for a few years now with the... (more)
ST Local RJ-1 heads west on the VTR Hoosick Branch at the Vermont/New York State Line at 2:35 PM as it heads for Hoosick Junction.
Maroon Maine Central units hauling Rumford freight into Rigby Yard.
Crew relaxing between moves
IN 1966 the Maine Central was still running long freights (125 or so cars), trying to cover each destination with one train a day. On this particular day a second freight was dispached to Rumford ... (more)