Scanned from an Ektachrome slide....In an era before internet and social media had totally taken over the railfanning world, a morning of waiting was about to be rewarded on July 6, 2002 along Gui... (more)

With showers building fast to the North, Canadian Pacific's F13 was staying a step ahead on October 18, 2021. Making its twice-weekly run out of Hermon, Maine, the train had reached MP14 and the ... (more)

Following a hot and humid work day that had reached the 90s in Northern New England, why not be insane and hike up a mountain for a photo of a train soon after? Knowing Canadian Pacific job F13 w... (more)

A perfect New England Spring day was quickly turning into evening rather quickly on May 17, 2021. Thanks to a somewhat steady sea breeze, Canadian Pacific's Searsport Job could be heard in the di... (more)

Well into it's first Winter of operation over the Searsport Branch, Canadian Pacific has left schedules pretty much what they were during Central Maine & Quebec days. Perhaps a bit later on the r... (more)

On my way to a work related service call in upper Ellsworth, Maine, I came upon the crossing of Nicolin Road and the former MEC Calais Branch during the morning of December 4, 2020. A sign had be... (more)

As the last days of May 2020 approached, so did the end of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway as we knew it. Having just made six years of operation, they would be bought by another railroad that... (more)

Frankfort, Maine isn't exactly a well-known town unless you're into Revolutionary War history. Like many places along Maine's tidal rivers, it once was a hub for boat builders and lumbers traders... (more)

Twenty seven years can certainly change things when talking about the timeline of railroads! Many have come and gone in this amount of years, and the state of Maine has been no exception to this.... (more)

The benefits of bad weather......Thinking it could be my last chance in early 2020 to see a train in falling snow, I took a page from the recent Social Distancing manual and went out along Central... (more)

It's always a bonus when you can get out of work early and chase a train for good measure, but a third element of special comes when the weather brightens up and cooperates with you in time! Grab... (more)

On a beautiful March 9th, 2020, Central Maine & Quebec's Searsport turn was seen returning from a day of switching along the Maine shoreline. The "CIT" GP38s had things well in hand as they appro... (more)

While not the biggest snowstorm in recent memory by any means, a scheduled Monday off happened to work out as the Central Maine & Quebec hadn't run down the Searsport Branch since the previous wee... (more)

Having been in the area of Northern Maine Junction for most of the morning expecting just about any other train but this job, an engineer out of Brownville Junction would eventually drive himself ... (more)

Scanned from a damaged slide.....September 11th was very fresh in the minds of Americans and the rest of the world that following Saturday on what would be a newly insecure visit to Guilford's wes... (more)