Twenty seven years can certainly change things when talking about the timeline of railroads! Many have come and gone in this amount of years, and the state of Maine has been no exception to this.... (more)

The benefits of bad weather......Thinking it could be my last chance in early 2020 to see a train in falling snow, I took a page from the recent Social Distancing manual and went out along Central... (more)

An unusually hot Labor Day 2018 provided no relief when following Central Maine & Quebec's #211 along their Searsport Branch. Rolling cautiously over Marsh Stream from Winterport into Frankfort, ... (more)

Hearing the sound of a wide open GP38 is a personal favorite of mine, so it was an automatic that I'd follow Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport job on it's return North July 16, 2017. With it's h... (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)

Making a rather quick turnaround with only Sprague and Irving being switched, Central Maine & Quebec's #210 was heading back home from Searsport to Bangor, Maine on April 16, 2016. The sun is onc... (more)

With its tail still rolling over West Hill Road during the late morning of March 12, 2016, Central Maine & Quebec's southbound #211 was making it's way onto the curved trestle over Loggin Road in ... (more)

Lease unit HATX GP40 is pushing plow BAR X51 through Frankfort on the Searsport Sub after a snow storm. Ironroad leased all its units and many from Helm Corporation