Power off The Rumford Freight gets positioned on the turntable. Photographer ken Patton reports that it was still possible to roam around railroad property in the sixties with out being thrown out... (more)
After trying to catch up to RUPO all the way from Danville Jct. we finally catch him pulling into his destination, Rigby Yard in South Portland ME.
These may still be the newest thing that was ever on Guilford's roster.
Freshly repainted former KCS 6026 now working for Pan Am Railways as MEC 603 awaiting the next call to duty at Rigby Yard.
Westbound freight NMSE pulls in Rigby yard with HLCX 6450, MEC 602, MEC 608, MEC 605. Some recently purchased Helm units await the next call to duty MEC 619, MEC 614.
NMSE charges through Rigby Yard with a quartet of " New" Six Axle power SD40-2's 6318, 615 & 602 SD45-2 610.
Seen from the Veterans Memorial Bridge, RUPO crosses the Fore River. I found a shot on railpictures of a different RUPO train taken by Bill Wilder in 1987 at this same spot, (Railroad: Pan Am RailwaysLocomotive: EMD GP40Location: South Portland, Maine, USALocomotive #: MEC 307Train ID: RUPOPhoto Date: July 22, 2010
Pan Am GP40 350 with FRA Safety Car 2019.
I believe these were about the only blue skies on this entire trip.
A (typical) dog's breakfast of power waits out the long weekend at Rigby Yard. From L-R are an ex-CSX SD45-2 (rebuilt to SD40-2 specs), the only ex-NKP GP35, and an ex-N&W GP40.
Much as their predecessors did, locomotives bearing the reporting marks of the Boston & Maine and Maine Central mingle near the roundhouse at Rigby Yard.
Maroon Maine Central units hauling Rumford freight into Rigby Yard.
Portland Terminal; appears to be stored
