Usually a sea of GP20 ECOs, a welcomed visitor operated along CP's Bangor Sub for a short spell in October 2024. A month into Autumn along the Searsport Branch, GP38-2 #3035 led local G15 through... (more)

CP local F13 is seen rounding the curve at School Street in Stockton Springs. The scene is very much a typical one of Coastal Maine with the afternoon fog and the Salt Marsh inlet on the Gulf of M... (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)

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)

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)

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)

During the first true sunny morning in nearly a week, Central Maine & Quebec ended up operating a Sunday #210 to Searsport, Maine. The wind had died down just enough as the train approached the ... (more)

Having only one unit wasn't about to stop the crew of Central Maine & Quebec's #211 on April 9, 2016. Seen from Cape Jellison, GP38 3803 was seen rolling along one of many shelves next to Stockto... (more)

Weather conditions have recently been about as perfect as could be expected for early to mid March in Downeast Maine. Running southbound a bit earlier than normal, Central Maine & Quebec's job #2... (more)

Central Maine & Quebec's southbound #211 had found some rays by the time it reached the lower end of the Searsport Branch on January 30, 2016. When the trip first began out of Hermon over an hour... (more)

Heading back for Bangor, Maine, Central Maine & Quebec's #211 had finished its work in Searsport on October 10, 2015. Now, it was time to coast back through Stockton Springs, Maine along one of t... (more)

Leaning into the curves just west of Station Street, Central Maine & Quebec's Saturday #211 has all GACs behind the power as the short train had it's eyes set on School Street in Stockton Springs,... (more)

2011 had already proven to be a great year to be a fan of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's Searsport Branch. Additional Saturday morning runs of #211 from Hermon gave normally working folks a chance ... (more)

Leaning into the curves just East of School Street, two ex-Santa Fe GEs led Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's job #211 through Stockton Springs, Maine on February 20, 2014. Fresh snow drifts from the ... (more)