All ahead...slow! The sold-out 1:30 Santa Special steams up and is about to get underway Northbound with a fresh 4" coat of snow just deposited - Christmas at its best.

Steaming through Hadlyme as the Santa Express just after a 4" snowstorm rolled through.

Drone Shot - DJI P4 - Overview of Framingham Yard on a quiet, windy and frigid Friday with several Geep's waiting assignment in the waning late fall light.

Downeaster trainset sits idle next to the idle Maine Eastern consist. Sadly, Maine Eastern ended its 10-year lease on the Rockland Branch in 2015.

The Maine Eastern standard summer excursion consist sits shut down on the siding at the Brunswick Wye. Lack of ridership means that this year, service has been substantially cutback, with excursio... (more)

The Mid-Coast Limited just finished unloading a few passengers at its newest station-stop en-route to Rockland from Brunswick. This stop debuted this year. 489 and 488 flank the train - rare, ex-A... (more)

The Mid-Coast Limited draws off the platform bound for Rockland as the Downeaster 691 from Portland idles down the track.

A special two-car train for the Lobster Fest in Rockland highballs through Damariscotta Mills after stopping in town. This year is the first year that the MERR officially stops in Newcastle/Damari... (more)

The iconic EMD F-unit in one of my favorite schemes. Here, 489 leads three passenger cars and the sister ex-Amtrak 488 in trail to position onto the station track to load the 12:50 Mid-Coast Limit... (more)

Sleek head unit as this southbound makes a quick pass through Penn.

The new 3025 runs around the six-car consist, preparing for the 3:30 PM train.