While on vacation in Maine with family, i got out on this thursday with a good friend of mine to railfan Pan Am, our first catch was Train POWA from Portland.

A leased GP40 in pre-G&W St. Lawrence & Atlantic yellow leads Pan Am's POWA across Route 17 and past the now out of business Maranacook Market in Readfield.

514 is illuminated by the evening's last rays of sun at Leeds Jct.

POWA w/ NS 3476 - MEC 606 - MEC 314 - MEC 509 runs alongside a still frozen Lake Maranacook in Winthrop Maine. It was actually close to 50° out when I took this and people were still walking on t... (more)

POWA begins its journey along Maranacook lake on a hazy late summer afternoon. 511 is the only unit remaining in the light blue Pan Am scheme.

An 81 car POWA w/ HLCX 7842 - MEC 508 - MEC 313 - MEC 512 heads very slowly across the Androscoggin River, from Auburn into Lewiston Maine on a freezing January afternoon.

In thick morning fog, POWA 514 slowly approaches Rumford Jct. for a meet.

POWA w/ HLCX 8147 - MEC 381 - MEC 613 - MEC 512 - MEC 517 heads east across Hackett Road in Auburn Maine during a snow squall, with a good sized train.

POWA accelerates up the grade through Deering Junction.

511, the only remaining unit in the Pan Am light blue scheme, leads POWA across a bridge slightly east of Bartlett Road in Belgrade.

Awaiting a recrew this eastbound has an interesting mix of power MEC 617, MEC 601, HLCX 6400

POWA at the entrance to the County Jail off Congress Street in Portland. Some of the city's buildings can seen in the background; the one on the left is part of the Maine Medical Center hospital. ... (more)

POWA passes Bruno's Resturant and Tavern at Allen Ave. It will pick up two hot cars from the "Falmouth" siding east of the crossing and then proceed east.

MP 187. This is an unusual milepost, as almost all of them around here are stone slabs, which I find much more interesting.

After a crew change at Upper Annabessacook Road, POWA is seen rolling through Winthrop on a hot spring evening. There is no doubt that this is one of the most stunning spots to catch trains in th... (more)