Having been a night job for nearly nine months, Central Maine & Quebec's #211 has returned to daylight at least for now. On one of the few nicer days this May of 2019, The return leg of #211 had ... (more)

Nearly six years have passed since I pursued this BKNM advancing through Bucksport, Maine with cars for Bangor and points beyond. An impressive snow storm the day before had proven to be a chore,... (more)

An unusually hot Labor Day 2018 provided no relief when following Central Maine & Quebec's #211 along their Searsport Branch. Rolling cautiously over Marsh Stream from Winterport into Frankfort, ... (more)

New England Central's #608 had spent a good part of the midday switching in Palmer, MA on July 31, 2018 before they could finally return home to Willimantic, Connecticut. A couple hours later tha... (more)

A chase of the Housatonic's NX-13 was quickly coming to an end on May 18, 2018. In what could have been my only chance to follow this job this year, slower speeds through the area had let me get ... (more)

A short visit to North central Connecticut on May, 18, 2018 yielded my second New England Central #608 in as many days. With the era of blue and gold GP38s counting down fast, I'd follow these ex... (more)

New England Central's #608 was still working Palmer, MA on May 18, 2018, as we arrived for a hopeful pursuit of it back toward Connecticut. A matched set of blue and gold GP38s had been working t... (more)

Of the stories this old EMD could probably tell, it likely never predicted such an outcome in its later years. Sitting for a moment between switch moves, LTEX 2558 was putting together a tank tra... (more)

For the first time in many weeks, January 20, 2018 was a beautiful sunny and mild day in Northern New England. One could be outside for more than five minutes without feeling like he or she was d... (more)

January 20, 2018 brought people from several different states up to Pan Am's Hinckley Branch near Waterville, Maine for one common purpose. That was to catch the road's two Heritage GP9s once aga... (more)

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)