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)

The colors of Spring were well on their way in mid-May 2013, and Pan Am Railway's Bucksport Branch was alive and well while still shipping out paper like it had for over 80 years. May 19th's vers... (more)

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)