On a cold winter morning, the sun rises behind RUPO in Leeds.
Horses eat hay while as RUPO passes through Greene, Maine.
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.
RUPO crosses the Androscoggin with a former CSX GP40 leading.
381 breaks a snowbank on Spragues Mills Road in Greene with a gust of wind blowing its smoke to the right.
The badly faded orange stripe on 380 fits right in with the somewhat weak orange foliage on the trees behind it.
RUPO interrupts the peace and quiet at Leeds Junction on an unbeatable summer evening in Maine.
RUPO passes by a big patch of wild berries in Yarmouth.
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
Led by two blue GP40s, RUPO crosses the Presumpscot River on a beautiful summer afternoon.
RUPO is seen shoving its train back up the Rumford branch after picking up some cars. Once the train is east of Star, the crew will turn 321 on the wye before heading west.
RUPO soaks up the day's last rays of sun just west of Leeds Junction at a farm road/ATV trail crossing.
RUPO approaches Merrill Road, rolling by a field of cattails. The sun set behind the distant trees about five minutes after I got this shot.
With the sun quickly setting, 518 casts a reflection on a massive puddle in a small road of tire ruts in Greene.
