What can be better than getting an unexpected day off from work on a Monday? That would be chasing a train in the middle of a snowstorm on a Monday! Even with near white-out conditions on Januar... (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)

As anyone from New England knows, 48 hours can make a huge difference when it comes to weather. This morning of December 18, 2016, temperatures along the Maine shoreline were pushing 50 degrees w... (more)

Just 45 minutes prior and near the base of Mount Waldo following a morning hike, the distant sound of a Nathan P3 told me exactly where I would I'd end up in the near future. Back in the present ... (more)

Following a good block of hours spent along the shoreline in Searsport, Maine, Central Maine & Quebec's #210 was returning home on October 15, 2016. With maples in their peak, CMQ's three best lo... (more)

Having received a text just minutes after leaving work on September 29, 2016, a fellow train chaser from our area informed me that Central Maine & Quebec's first repainted GP38 in the new company ... (more)

Far from their western territory, an ex-BNSF GP35 and B23-7 were once again in charge of Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport job on June 18, 2016. Their road numbers have been changed over time, ... (more)

Nervously expecting fast approaching clouds to filter out the sun behind us at any second, Central Maine & Quebec's #211 rolled into some nice golden light of Winter on January 30, 2016. Quickly ... (more)

A late August morning began a bit quicker than expected once it was known that Central Maine & Quebec would run a Sunday Searsport job with their recently acquired GP38s from CEFX. The ex-Patriot... (more)

Even though Autumn was just over a couple of weeks away, Summer was holding on tight and the air was still quite humid on September 3, 2011 along Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's Searsport Branch. A ... (more)

With it's work already done a while before, it was now kick-back time for Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's #211 on December 3, 2011. The sun was dropping fast behind Mosquito Mountain in Prospect, Ma... (more)

The beginning move of the NH transformer train with the Emmert International cars started with MMA extra out of Searsport, Maine where the 2 transformers came into the port by ship from China.

MMA painted B39-8E 8569 leads original Bangor & Aroostook GP7u 23 southbound on the Searsport Subdivision with Job 410 for Searsport yard on the coast. Train is seen parallel to Route 1A on the d... (more)

Plow Extra heading back to Derby after plowing the Searsport Sub.

The MMA OCS continues on its southward trip to Searsport with the railroad execs aboard (heading for lobster dinner on the coast!) and is seen crossing the Prospect Trestle.