#Maine Central
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Maine Central-44 Years Ago.
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I exposed these three Kodachrome 64 slides on Maine Central’s Rockland Branch at Bath, Maine on June 1980 trip to visit my grandparents.
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Work Extra at Willey Siding
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For the railroad enthusiast this consist represents an unintentional pairing of former Baltimore & Ohio equipment.
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Covered Wagons—Crew and Photographers.
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A week ago Saturday (January 7, 2023), Kris and I participated and observed in Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts’s Covered Wagons in the Snow, a trip I helped plan and organize.
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By Goves—Take Two.
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Yesterday (September 13, 2022) I returned to Goves, where the old Maine Central Mountain Division ducks under Route 302 east of Bartlett, NH, to again photograph Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer on its westward run to Crawford Notch.
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Work Extra at Puddin’ Pond
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Yesterday, April 22, 2022, Conway Scenic Railroad operated a Work Extra on the Redstone Line to Pudding Pond to dump ballast.
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Extra 255 at Frankenstein
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On Monday, March 28, 2022, Conway Scenic began the process of clearing the former Maine Central over Crawford Notch.
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Crossing Tender Bangor, Maine
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During a week-long vacation to coastal Mainein July 1983 to visit my grand parents, I was given the keys to the family Ford for the day. On the recommendation of my friend Bob Buck, I visited a host of interesting railroad locations in Maine.
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Sun and Snow at Milepost 64
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The other day I was part of a crew that ran GP35 #216 light engine from Conway Scenic Railroad’s North Conway, NH yard to milepost 64 on the former Maine Central Mountain Division.
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NEW ENGLAND’s Railroad Brigadoon
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Near the western extremities of Conway Scenic’s former Maine Central Mountain Division route the a junction in the forest the line running northward via Beecher Falls, Vermont to the Province of Quebec deviated from the main stem to St Johnsbury.
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Two Angles on Willey Brook
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I used the same camera-lens combination for both photos: my Canon EOS7D digital camera with a Canon f2.0 100mm telephoto lens.
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Frosted Balls
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Fresh snow covered the famous ball signal that protected the old crossing of Maine Central and Boston & Maine tracks.
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Work Train Makes the Sun
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After the train left the yard, I walked from my office in the North Conway station a few blocks east to the North-South Road that runs parallel to the Redstone line to make a few photos of the train on the branch.
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470 Club Special in FIVE Black & White Photos.
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On October 17, 2020, Conway Scenic Railroad operated the annual 470 Club Special. This ran from North Conway to Mountain Junction, then made a side trip down the Redstone Branch to Pudding Pond, before proceeding west over Crawford Notch to Fabyan, New Hampshire.
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Frankenstein on Halloween!
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Where better to photograph a train on Halloween than Frankenstein trestle?
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Pan Am’s SAPPI-4—Guilford Painted GP40.
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A few weeks ago, when Kris Sabbatino and I went to chase Pan Am’s SAPPI locals on the old Maine Central Hinckley Branch, I was looking forward to catching Pan Am blue locomotives in Maine.
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Vintage EMD’s meet at the North Yard.
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For the last few days, Boston & Maine F7A 4266 has been parked in Conway Scenic’s North Yard at North Conway, New Hampshire. Last week I thought this might make for a classic juxtaposition with the returning Valley train from…
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Mountaineer at Fabyan
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I made these views of the train at Fabyan, NH on Friday September 18, 2020 using my Lumix LX7.
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Maine Central GP38 255—Bangor, Maine.
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At Maine Central’s Bangor Yard, I made this view of GP38 255 working an eastward freight.
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Conway Scenic Publicity Train
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On August 12, 2019—one year ago—I’d organized a special publicity run over Crawford Notch.
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Crawford by Starlight—night photo technique
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The other evening, Kris Sabbatino and I stopped at the old Maine Central station at Crawford, New Hampshire shortly after moonrise to make night photos of the station.
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Class Lamp Up Close—Maine Central 252
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Former Maine Central GP38 252 has been working Conway Scenic’s Valley Trains between North Conway and Conway, and to Bartlett for the last couple of weeks.
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View from the South Tower
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The other day, positioned in the South Tower of the North Conway, New Hampshire Station, I caught former Maine Central GP38 252 leading Conway Scenic Railroad’s Valley train on its return run from Conway.
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Mountaineer Climbs the Mountain!
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Maine Central 252 is the locomotive that hauled the last revenue road freight over the Mountain Division back in 1983, and had the honor of leading the first Mountaineer from North Conway to Crawford.
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On April 12, 2020, Kris Sabbatino and I visited St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where we made a variety of photos around the former Maine Central truss bridge, located at the far west end of the old Mountain Division. I worked primarily with 90mm and 50mm Nikon lenses. The light was dull April overcast, which I thought…
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Vestige of the Beechers Falls Branch
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The old Beechers Falls Branch was a vestige of Maine Central’s foray into Quebec . . .
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Wiscasset, Maine—August 1986.
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On the evening of August 22, 1986, I exposed this pair of Kodachrome 25 slides on the Maine Central’s Rockland Branch at Wiscasset, Maine.
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St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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All was quiet last Sunday when we passed through the once busy railroad hub at St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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One of my Missing Connecticut River Bridges—
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Over the years, I’d photographed most of the railroad bridges over the Connecticut River. And in most situations I’d pictured the bridges with a train (or at least an engine on them.)
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Maine Central 573 at Milepost 64—Two photos.
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Friday, January 17, 2020, I was traveling with the Conway Scenic crew on their frosty expedition west toward Bartlett to inspect the line and clear snow.
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Looking toward Mount Washington—three photos.
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Friday, January 17, 2020, I joined the Conway Scenic train crew of a light engine sent west on the old Mountain Division to inspect the line and clear snow and as far as Rogers Crossing east of Bartlett, New Hampshire.
