The first full weekend of January 2018 had much of the Northeast in a Winter deep freeze not seen in many years. With daytime highs in the single digits and wind chills 20-30 below zero, outside ... (more)

The morning of November 18, 2017 began cold but sunny with the season's lower sun making conditions ripe for another pursuit of Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport job. What began as an earlier-th... (more)

Nearing the end of its journey and workday on July 16, 2017, Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport turn #211 had less than two miles to go before tying down for the evening back in Hermon, Maine. Su... (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)

One benefit of where I work is it's location to Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport Branch. Calls sometimes put me close to the line several times per week, and June 15, 2017 proved to be one such... (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)

Striking out with local freight action in the Bangor, Maine area during the first Sunday of June 2017, a visit to the nearby Downeast Scenic in Ellsworth helped salvage the day. Waiting on their ... (more)

Everyone has a particular favorite, no-fail photo spot where he or she can photograph a train in any kind of weather during any season and usually come away with a shot they like. For me, one suc... (more)

During the first true sunny morning in nearly a week, Central Maine & Quebec ended up operating a Sunday #210 to Searsport, Maine. The wind had died down just enough as the train approached the ... (more)

For the first time in what feels like several months, it was warm enough in Central Maine to stand outside for more than a few minutes while waiting for a train. In filtered sun, Pan Am Railway's... (more)

Thanks to a late Winter blizzard the week before, Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport Branch still had some roadside piles of snow left for a chase during the morning of March 18, 2016. With only ... (more)

Following a blizzard in mid-February 2017, Central Maine & Quebec dispatched plows system wide to clear nearly two feet of snow from it's lines in Central and Mid-coast Maine. Having already open... (more)

Having been taxied out from Northern Maine Junction to Old Town, Maine to forward a previous Westbound, Pan Am Railway's MAWA was nearing the end of it's extra mileage on February 18, 2017. Neari... (more)

Like so many Hinckley Branch chases in the past, the one from January 14, 2017 ended within sight of the home signals into Waterville Yard. Stepping off the bridge over Route 201/Upper Main Stree... (more)

With it's normally assigned slug set out of service or somewhere else on the system, Pan Am Railway's SAPPI-3 was under the control of a familiar face on January 14, 2017. Approaching a crossing ... (more)