Spent many Septembers in and out of Maine, always very rewarding. Just about everything I saw is gone in 2025. No more so than this day when the Sappi Local, with two GP9 that were a staple on t... (more)

A pair of Pan Am GP40-2LW's, with the leader still in Guilford paint, depart from the Sappi North American paper mill in Hincklet, Maine and bring the SAPPI job south on the Hinckley Branch, cross... (more)

The engineer gives a friendly wave as he eases the Pan Am Railway's SAPPI job south over the Hinckley Branch at 10mph. Just south of Hinckley, Maine, the train is seen crossing over the Martin Str... (more)

SAPI3 is seen crossing the Martin Stream as it runs along the Kennebec River to Waterville.

Shortly after departing Sappi North America, MEC 380 leads SAPI3 across Hwy 201 just north of Hinckley, ME.

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)

Pan Am's GP9s had been taken off most assignments around Waterville, Maine by the time of Christmas 2011. Occasionally, one would work in Waterville yard, but not normally beyond the limits. Two... (more)

"Back In My Day:" My father has uttered it a million times while railfanning... 'back in my day this brush wasn't here... there were Alcos on this line... they still had operators... etc. But as I... (more)

A pair of vintage geeps cast a reflection, leading SAPI-3 down the Hinckley Branch toward Waterville, ME. It's an amazing site to see these units in mainline service in 2009.

A piece of track equipment guards the end of the line on the Hinckley Branch, just past the spur that leads up to the sappi plant.

Gorgeous GP9s' 51 and 72, both former B&M Geeps built in December and July of '57, respectively, lead 11 empties to sappi's Somerset mill to eventually be loaded with glossy magazine paper. It is... (more)

With the conductor scouting for trout, SAPI-4 crosses a stream feeding the Kennebec River at 1814. Gorgeous GP9s' 51 and 72, both former B&M Geeps built in December and July of '57, respectively,... (more)

The daily SAPPI Paper mill train, Guilford's SAPI-3, rolls past Gate 10 of the facility on its way towards Waterville, ME. The train normally rates a pair of elderly geeps and on Tuesday, February... (more)

A late start to Guilford's SAPI-3 train on Tuesday, February 24, put the train's aged geeps in perfect afternoon light over the Kennebec tributary south of Hinckley, ME. GP9 72 and GP7 12 roll 57 ... (more)

In a 'couldn't resist' image, Guilford GP9s 72 and 45 rumble into the US Route 201 with melting snow creating a small "G" reflecting pool off of the 72. The SAPI-3 is seen westbound to Waterville ... (more)