In Nanpio the mikados are amoung the dirtiest anywhere but they work them hard from morning till night. The crew does not have much time for rest. For us watching, this is not a bad thing.

Four Budds huddled together(one not seen) waiting out the winter. The right Budd has had the dignity of having a little graffiti removed by way of my computer program.

This tough old wooden plow has had an interior fire. Note black above the windows. See also interior shot.

A classic Vermont winters shot. This once closed bridge line to canada (via M,M & A) is seeing increased traffic since VTR commited to a 5-day-a-week train in each direction. A really nice line to... (more)

The line from White River Junction to Newport Vt is seeing increased traffic since they have made the run a daily. A typical size load heads north.

On the former Bangor and Aroostock I found this C30-7 sitting in the active yard. I have never heard of a Six axle unit on the B&A. The current owner MMA also has some funky FP40H units and X-Rio ... (more)

This former Canadian Pacific still plow still has much of its original paint and road number. CP can still be seen outlined below the CDAC letters. Tough Maine winters have scraped some of the bla... (more)

The daily (5 day-week) heads northbound along the Conn. River. This train will go to Newport Vt. and be handed over to the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic.

Westbound, mixed empty coal and loaded tank cars climbing steady.

Heading Eastbound around the village known as Happy Valley by the photographers. Diesels are sheduled to arrive in about a year so this winter '04-05' will be the last year on the Ji-Tong rwy.

QJ7163 is getting a large scoop of coal dropped in its tender by a steam crane. Another steam crane stands by a car loaded with cinders . Deban is the busiest steam engine sevice facility in the m... (more)

NBS bringing in its train from New Brunswick on the former Canadian Pacific line through Maine. Here it interchanges with Montreal, Maine & Atlantic to go on to Montreal on the same former CP line... (more)

Millinockett is waiting for its paper mill to open (June 2004). In the mean time there is only this local. The engine owned and rebuilt by GE Transportation Systems says it is a GP38M-4

In the newly opened museum sits this American made Baldwin. It shows a build No of 73263 and a Date of 1947.

Pulling hard out of city of Jeng Peng. The exhausts these two steam engines twist in opposit coils, as they catch the last sun of the day.