On a typically quiet August day in Whitefield, the local Guilford crew has safely stashed their power in the goldenrods until it is again needed.
MD-1 enters Oakland at the Oak Street crossing at 1425. GP9 51 will run around its cars at CPF 119 and then head to Waterville.
It is difficult to find a scene in 2007 that looks more "branchliney" than fifty-year old GP9 51 SLOWLY bringing today's loads from Madison paper through picturesque Norridgewock, ME.
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)
A pair of Ex-B&M GP-9s power the Sappi Local out of Waterville up to the Sappi Paper Mill in Skowhegan. Here the train crosses a small tributary to the Kennebec River.
51 and GP-35 #216 pass through Shawmut Village on their way to Waterville.
ST GP9's 51 and 45 power 57 cars south