After building their train in the Central Maine & Quebec's Brownville Yard, a loaded ballast train heads out and onto the mainline behind former BNSF B-boat power.

With the first pair of Pan Am Railway leasers on point, the Sappi Mill local has made it's run down from Hinckley to Waterville. Now they are in the process of switching cars around Waterville Ya... (more)

Just a short distance away from Pan Am's Waterville Yard, the crew slows their train down as they prepare to enter downtown Waterville. Leading the charge, a rare "snoot nose" SD40-2, formerly a ... (more)

The Waterville Yard crew has their high hooded GP-9 blowing smoke as it moves various cuts of cars around the yard.

One benefit of where I work is it's location to Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport Branch. Calls sometimes put me close to the line several times per week, and June 15, 2017 proved to be one such... (more)

Having followed the southbound side of Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport job earlier in the day, I figured my exposure to it was done for the day with an afternoon birthday party planned for when... (more)

Striking out with local freight action in the Bangor, Maine area during the first Sunday of June 2017, a visit to the nearby Downeast Scenic in Ellsworth helped salvage the day. Waiting on their ... (more)

WW&F number 9 rests between trains during a busy Memorial Day weekend.

Everyone has a particular favorite, no-fail photo spot where he or she can photograph a train in any kind of weather during any season and usually come away with a shot they like. For me, one suc... (more)

CMQ Job 1 going over the Onawa Trestle heading to Jackman ME to switch the logs and pick up loads of lumber at the reload center owned by Pleasant River and Moose River Lumber. Once all the switch... (more)

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

During the first true sunny morning in nearly a week, Central Maine & Quebec ended up operating a Sunday #210 to Searsport, Maine. The wind had died down just enough as the train approached the ... (more)

Portland Terminal S1 1006 and a pair of Maine Central GP7s pass the night at the Rigby Yard engine terminal in South Portland, ME, which was also shared with the Boston & Maine. The PT's fleet of ... (more)

Boston & Maine train POME (Portland, ME, to Mechanicville, NY) departs Rigby Yard in South Portland, ME, for the D&H interchange at Mechanicville behind a pair of then fairly new GP40-2s.