After making a good run down District 1, the NMED is nearing a crew change and some reblocking at Rigby as it rounds the curve at CPF 197 onto the Fore River Bridge at 1632.

ex-ATSF GP38u 2336, nee-ATSF GP38 3536 with BNSF GP39E 2923 (ex-BN GP39E 2923, exx-BN GP35 2524, nee-SLSF GP35 704). Switching setout from the M BARALT.

BNSF 7713 West climbs up Main 1 at Hesperia at 1154.

Brownwood limestone drifts through Sealy behind BNSF SD45-2 6488 and four other SDs. Only the 4th 45-2 built for the AT&SF, the 6488 was completed in May of '72 as ATSF 5628, Serial # 7391-4. Sh... (more)

CSX power and Tropicana reefers head out are standard on this train. Taking the hole for an eastbound. Crew change is 5 miles away.

One of the best lashups of the day was H1 1087, NREX 254 (ex-Quebec, North Shore, & Labrador 254, built 4/73), and SD40-2 8035 (ex-BN, Serial 786216-5, built 8/79). They're leading a mixed-bag ov... (more)

BNSF 9872 and 9448 drag 128 CEFX loads up and over the plateau between the Wanderers Creek and Pease River Valleys. Eastbound under US 287 at 0955.

Looking somewhat ghastly while reflecting some grain bins in her cab windows, SD45-2 6511 leads four other real locomotives and Brownwood limestone loads through Bellville towards T&NO Jct. in Hou... (more)

P train. Never got the symbol. Time - 1750

The NMED crosses from Lewiston to Auburn behind GP40-2W 516 and GP35 216 (ex, NS, N&W 1328, built 3/65) at 1315.

ex-IC Paducah rebuild. Resting for the weekend.

After arriving from Mattawamkeag but before switching out her train to continue west and south as the NMED, GP40 350 (built as EMDX 17 in Spring '69, ex-CR, PC 3266) poses for a roster in front of... (more)

"Autumn Railfanning in Maine" about says it all. An old log country store and one of the infamous New England Four-Wheeler/Snow Machine trails frame the "Enemy" as it heads west from Leeds Jct. a... (more)

The highlight of the day was the two GP9s of the yard switcher shoving a Mt. Tom coal train up out of the yard onto the Conn. River Line. They sounded good and cut off on the fly, not bad for 200... (more)

The three (soon to be two) remaining operable motors accelerate the WASE out of a slow order east of Orange. GP40 330 (ex-CR, nee-PC 3247, built 12/68), although shut down, proudly displays the w... (more)