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Viewing Album:  Maine Railroading
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1983 - 1/1/2005
Album Info:Any photos of rail activity in Maine, including but not limited to Bangor & Aroostook, Maine Central, CP, and Guilford.
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North Star arrives
Title:  North Star arrives
Description:  The layover point for the North Star trip was Madawaska. We see the train arriving at the BAR station after doing its move out onto the bridge from Van Buren to St Leonard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 3:40:36 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  581   Comments: 1
Rolling down the valley
Title:  Rolling down the valley
Description:  The North Star trip rolls down the St John River valley in a brief thunderstorm, the only weather that marred an othewise stunning day. It will shortly tie up in Madawaska.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 4:05:41 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Drumhead
Title:  Drumhead
Description:  The drumhead for the 470 club trip on the BAR over Memorial Day weekend 1988 at the end of the line for Saturdays ride to Madawaska
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 9/9/2013 1:22:08 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  481   Comments: 1
On the international bridge
Title:  On the international bridge
Description:  The North Star trip got every inch of mileage it could on the trip to Madawaska. We see it here backing out onto the bridge over the St John River, which divides Maine from New Brunswick. Thats US 1, and beyond is the line that once went down to Easton.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:12:45 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  600   Comments: 1
Backing out
Title:  Backing out
Description:  The North Star trip backs out onto the line to the international bridge.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:15:38 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
Past the tower
Title:  Past the tower
Description:  The North Star trip passes the tower that once controlled the junction to the international bridge as it sets up to back up toward the bridge and the Canadian border.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:18:00 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  409   Comments: 1
Fields of gold
Title:  Fields of gold
Description:  The BAR North Star trip rolls past a field of dandelions as it makes its way back to Madawaska after running up the international bridge at St Leonard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:35:27 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
Old tower
Title:  Old tower
Description:  The 470 Club North Star trip rolls past the tower at Brownville Jct on the BAR.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:38:55 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  592   Comments: 2
Day is done
Title:  Day is done
Description:  The North Star trip, having completed its move on the bridge at Van Buren, now reaches the end of its day at Madawaska, which has a substantial office building in the yard.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:30:34 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
Off the bridge, headed for tie up
Title:  Off the bridge, headed for tie up
Description:  The North Star excursion is off the bridge at Van Buren and headed to Madawaska to tie up.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:38:56 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Meeting freight power
Title:  Meeting freight power
Description:  The North Star trip passes the yard at Squa Pan, passing a pair of GP 38s that will power the train based here after the holiday.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:40:15 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7) BAR 94(GP38) BAR 91(GP38)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
At the station
Title:  At the station
Description:  The BAR had a few good looking stations for a road that had not run a passenger train in years. The North Star trip pauses at one of them, in Fort Kent.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:42:00 AM
Location:  Fort Kent, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
On the lake
Title:  On the lake
Description:  The North Star trip roll along the Eagle Lake.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:46:04 AM
Location:  Eagle Lake, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  719   Comments: 0
Scenic ride
Title:  Scenic ride
Description:  The North Star trip rolls along in Maine scenery near Masardis.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:47:40 AM
Location:  Masardis, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
Loading up
Title:  Loading up
Description:  To save time and allow for a couple of photo stops, the North Star trip originated at Oakfield, about an hour north of Bangor. Here we see the train loading up, its riders getting off the bus that carried them from Bangor.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:49:32 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  414   Comments: 1
Over the river
Title:  Over the river
Description:  The North Star trip has just left Oakfield and crosses an unnamed river as it starts its long trip to Madawaska
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/13/2015 4:34:11 AM
Location:  Smyrna Mills, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Passing the office
Title:  Passing the office
Description:  The North Star trip passes the yard office at Squa Pan as it heads north. A local is based here on weekdays.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:50:44 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Snaking through the curve
Title:  Snaking through the curve
Description:  The North Star trip rolls through a reverse curve as it heads to Madawaska to tie up for the night.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 4:09:24 AM
Location:  Van Buren, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 76(GP9) BAR 70(GP7)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Holiday for trains
Title:  Holiday for trains
Description:  The Memorial Day holiday was a slow one for the BAR, with just about everything shut down. This freight would roll southbound on Tuesday morning behind a pair of GP 38s and GP 7s. Wish I could have heard that!!
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 3:46:12 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 87(GP38) BAR 84(GP38) BAR 65(GP7) BAR 60(GP7)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
Getting out
Title:  Getting out
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Turn was one of a very few trains to run on Memorial Day weekend, so I was lucky to catch it. Here it is, just getting underway at the MEC yard-now signed for Springfield Terminal, note the sign on the office at left-with a trio of interesting units.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:00:49 AM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B) BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
B&M on the Bucksport Turn
Title:  B&M on the Bucksport Turn
Description:  The Bucksport Turn ran Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, using a classic set of New England power. Here we see it with a blue B&M geep, and a pair of Harvest Gold MEC units, arriving at Bucksport.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:03:34 AM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  Now off the bridge from Bangor, the Turn gets moving toward Bucksport. Thats the railfan chase vehicle. It was a company car that I had on a 24/7 basis. They mostly didnt care where I took it, though I had to buy my own gas when on personal use. I lived ten miles from my job, and put 38,000 miles on it in a year.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:04:27 AM
Location:  Brewer, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
On the bridge
Title:  On the bridge
Description:  The Bucksport Turn crosses the Penobscot River just after leaving the Bangor yard.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:07:00 AM
Location:  Brewer, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
This is what I want in my back yard!!
Title:  This is what I want in my back yard!!
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Job rolls past a home en route from Bangor to Bucksport on a Memorial Day weekend.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 2/25/2013 1:24:29 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  437   Comments: 1
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  A pair of B&M geeps sits outisde the yard office at Bangor
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:09:27 AM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BM 1728(GP9) BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Returning south
Title:  Returning south
Description:  The North Star trip, now into its return to Bangor, rolls past St Froid Lake.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:19:47 AM
Location:  Quimby, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
Slow bridge
Title:  Slow bridge
Description:  The North Star trip crosses a bridge with a 15 MPH slow order. That helped the chase!!
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:23:02 AM
Location:  Ashland, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  Bangor & Aroostook didnt have many stations still standing, but the ones that were seemed to be in good shape. This one at Fort Kent looked pretty good for a road that had not had passenger service in several decades.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:24:43 AM
Location:  Fort Kent, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Ready for planting
Title:  Ready for planting
Description:  A potato field is plowed and ready for planting as the North Star trip gets rolling out of Madawaska.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:27:32 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  The 470 Club trip rolls past a flowery scene as it makes its way back to Northern Maine Jct
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:40:42 AM
Location:  Squa Pan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
Pine trees
Title:  Pine trees
Description:  What better photo prop in Maine than pine trees?? The train passes a row of them near Portage.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:32:32 AM
Location:  Portage, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
By the pond
Title:  By the pond
Description:  One of the first scenic locations coming out of Madawaska is Soldier Pond. Here we see the North Star on the bank.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:34:51 AM
Location:  Soldier Pond, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The 470 Club trip passes the BAR station at Oakfield
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:42:40 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  454   Comments: 1
Proud organizers
Title:  Proud organizers
Description:  A group from the 470 Club, who organized the North Star trip, poses in front of the train at Oakfield.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:46:05 AM
Location:  Oakfield, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Crossing the river
Title:  Crossing the river
Description:  The North Star trip crosses the Aroostook River at Sheridan on its southbound trip.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 1:49:58 AM
Location:  Sheridan, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Modern power
Title:  Modern power
Description:  BAR was known for having some of the last F 3s and BL 2s on the continent. Here are a couple of more modern units at Northern Maine Jct.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:11:54 AM
Location:  Hermon, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BAR 85(GP38) BAR 92(GP38)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
Road power
Title:  Road power
Description:  A pair of GP 38s sit out the Memorial Day Weekend at Northern Maine Jct.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:23:32 AM
Location:  Hermon, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BAR 94(GP38) BAR 91(GP38)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
Old snowplow
Title:  Old snowplow
Description:  Northern Maine Jct was full of all kinds of equipment, such as this snowplow.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:25:14 AM
Location:  Hermon, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  744   Comments: 1
Bucksport job
Title:  Bucksport job
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Job works south from Northern Maine Jct on Memorial Day weekend 1988 with a classic set of New England power.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 1:51:47 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
Bucksport Turn
Title:  Bucksport Turn
Description:  The MEC Bucksport Turn went to work on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend with a typically New England power set.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 1:25:54 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
One old, one not quite so old
Title:  One old, one not quite so old
Description:  Actually, the lead unit was a fairly recemt rebuild at the time. The trailing unit would soon be fodder for that program, updated an designate an RS 18u.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:28:07 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1803(RS18u) CP 8797(RS18)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Alco in the weeds
Title:  Alco in the weeds
Description:  CP parked this C424 off on a siding in the weeds at Brownville Jct. Who knows why??
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:32:41 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4229(C424)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
Big Alcos in Maine
Title:  Big Alcos in Maine
Description:  CPs line across Maine to St John NB was home to Alco powered trains as long as CP had it. An M636 is evidence, seen here atBrownvilld Jct.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:38:42 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4710(M636)
Views:  493   Comments: 2
Old style
Title:  Old style
Description:  An as built RS 18 sits in the Brownville Jct yard.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:40:06 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8797(RS18)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
CP RDC
Title:  CP RDC
Description:  This CP car was one of the more unusual items sitting around at Brownville that day.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:44:05 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  CP 90(RDC1)
Views:  917   Comments: 0
Hannah Weston
Title:  Hannah Weston
Description:  The Bucksport Turn arrives at the yard to work, seen going away to highlight the unusual power, one of MECs U18Bs
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:05:19 AM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 401(U18B) MEC 561(GP7) BM 1709(GP9)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
North to the woods
Title:  North to the woods
Description:  This northbound has just worked Danville Jct, trading cars with the St Lawrence & Atlantic, and is now headed north with 85 cars. I didnt chase, as I was not familiar with the roads, and was just able to get this grab shot.
Photo Date:  5/30/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 1:59:25 AM
Location:  Danville Jct., ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 368(GP39-2) DH 386(GP39-2) ST 645(SD26) BM 321(GP40)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
MMA on the bridge
Title:  MMA on the bridge
Description:  A pair of MMA units work Brownsville Jct yard.
Photo Date:  9/3/2005  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 4:02:04 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MMA 8560(B39-8E) MMA 100(GP7)
Views:  944   Comments: 2

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