Rusting in Place

A typical morning around the BAR service track at Northern Maine Jct. in the 1970's.

A quiet moment is a rarity for the engineer of a steam locomotive, but veteran engineer "Bullet Bob" Longo has the decades of experience to pick just the right time to light up. He's a great frien... (more)

For the first time in what feels like several months, it was warm enough in Central Maine to stand outside for more than a few minutes while waiting for a train. In filtered sun, Pan Am Railway's... (more)

Thanks to a late Winter blizzard the week before, Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport Branch still had some roadside piles of snow left for a chase during the morning of March 18, 2016. With only ... (more)

The CMQ's 211 job rolls south over the Prospect Trestle, from the rarely photographed east side. The lead B23-7, CMQ 2004, is still wearing its battered looking Santa Fe colors; unfortunately, the... (more)

Following a blizzard in mid-February 2017, Central Maine & Quebec dispatched plows system wide to clear nearly two feet of snow from it's lines in Central and Mid-coast Maine. Having already open... (more)

Southbound on Davis Grade. WW&F #9 hauls a 7-car mixed train southbound at Davis Grade, just a quarter mile north of the Sheepscot Yard, which is the southern terminus of the current WW&F M... (more)

Side by side at TOM: A study in contrasts. WW&F Locomotive #9 and Monson Locomotive #3 sit side by side with their trains at Top of the Mountain, just over 7 miles north of Wiscasset, Maine... (more)

Winter in the Maine Woods. WW&F Locomotive #9 charges south with an afternoon passenger train, high above the icy Humanson Brook, en route to its destination, the seacoast town of Wiscasset... (more)

2-Engine Mixed. When trains became too heavy for just one 0-4-4T Forney Locomotive, several of Maine's 2-Foot operations would add a helper locomotive to the consist. Rather than double h... (more)

2-Engine Mixed. When trains became too heavy for just one 0-4-4T Forney Locomotive, several of Maine's 2-Foot operations would add a helper locomotive to the consist. Rather than double h... (more)

Pusher service. A young WW&F Brakeman watches from his post near the back platform of the last coach as WW&F #9 provides pusher service for his heavy mixed train on the northbound run to Al... (more)

Flag Stop: Alna Center. Like a lot of rural railroads in early 20th Century America, Maine's 2-foot operations were dotted with small, rural stations at which passenger and freight traffic ... (more)

Passing trains at Alna Center. From on board a southbound WW&F Mixed Train in the hole at Alna Center, we watch as a northbound mixed observes the red flag and slows for a station stop. W... (more)