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MEC buggy
Title:  MEC buggy
Description:  MEC caboose sits at Northern Maine Jct on Memorial Day weekend 1988
Photo Date:  5/30/1988  Upload Date: 12/7/2012 1:48:14 AM
Location:  Northern Maine Jct, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  ST 12(GP7)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
Late afternoon at BD
Title:  Late afternoon at BD
Description:  MEBU with a mix of power only found on the D&H rolls 109 cars past BD as it makes its way into East Binghamton. The last two units, a pair of D&H GP39s, are the power for SU 2, which MEBU picked up at Afton.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:51:33 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BM 312(GP40-2) BM 1723(GP9) DH 650(U33C) ST 632(SD26) ST 18(GP7) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 7409(GP39-2)
Views:  1265   Comments: 0
Through the yard
Title:  Through the yard
Description:  MEBU rolls through Bevier St, making its way past a parked SLN 3 on the adjacent NYSW as it heads for the yard.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:53:50 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BM 312(GP40-2) BM 1723(GP9) DH 650(U33C) ST 632(SD26) ST 18(GP7) DH 7411(GP39-2) DH 7409(GP39-2) NYSW 6370(F45)
Views:  1443   Comments: 0
New paint
Title:  New paint
Description:  Guilford renumbered and repainted some of the oldest B&M units. I dont know that they got any mechanical upgrades, but they looked clean. This one was on MEEB at Binghamton.
Photo Date:  5/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/27/2015 3:55:20 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ST 18(GP7) DH 7411(GP39-2)
Views:  723   Comments: 0
North Star arrives
Title:  North Star arrives
Description:  The layoveq 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:  797   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,InCab,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BAR 70(GP7) BAR 76(GP9)
Views:  645   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:  674   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:  806   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:  615   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:  592   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:  679   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:  803   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:  611   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:  578   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:  929   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:  597   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:  922   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:  659   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:  640   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:  541   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:  645   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:  585   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:  594   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:  718   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:  660   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:  575   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:  665   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:  553   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:  508   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:  628   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:  672   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:  601   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:  1143   Comments: 2
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:  815   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:  533   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:  701   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:  566   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:  636   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:  789   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:  633   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:  630   Comments: 0
No its not Rigby
Title:  No its not Rigby
Description:  Guilford moved equipment all over the system, and it was not uncommon to find component roads power-and NS power-anywhere on the system. This "heritage" GP 7 was at Binghamton, along with a companion caboose.
Photo Date:  12/31/1986  Upload Date: 12/29/2014 3:07:38 AM
Location:  Conklin, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 572(GP7)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Going for a ride
Title:  Going for a ride
Description:  We went up to North Conway on the way to Mt Washington in July 2004. It was a convenient place to overnight, and we got to ride a few miles on the old Maine Central Mountain Division. Sadly, gone are the days of harvest gold GP 38s lugging real tonnage over the White Mountains to Vermont. The weather, as it always is for me, is dismal.
Photo Date:  7/5/2004  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:51:03 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 573(GP7) BM 4268(F7A)
Views:  676   Comments: 1
Interesting dead line
Title:  Interesting dead line
Description:  Theyre not all dead, some are waiting for shop time. Still, its quite a gallery, with everything from 40 year old GP 7s to six axle GEs. Only in Binghamton.
Photo Date:  3/5/1988  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 2:49:08 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  ST 638(SD26) MEC 576(GP7) BM 1718(GP9) DH 656(U33C) BM 190(U33B) NYSW 6366(SD45) PNER 1751(GP9)
Views:  1939   Comments: 3
Kiowa
Title:  Kiowa
Description:  In addition to numbering their power, Farmrail also named it after Native tribes, such as 617 seen here, named for the Kiowa. Farmrail runs a segment of the Rock Island Choctas route in western Oklahoma.
Photo Date:  10/3/1984  Upload Date: 7/10/2014 2:09:14 AM
Location:  Elk City, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  FMRC 617(GP7) FMRC 620(GP7)
Views:  900   Comments: 1
Farmrail power on the former Rock Island
Title:  Farmrail power on the former Rock Island
Description:  Parts of the Rock Island were pieced out to various operators where there were viable portions of it. One such place was on the Choctaw Route in western Oklahoma around Elk Cty, where these two geeps are seen.
Photo Date:  10/4/1984  Upload Date: 8/21/2011 9:47:15 PM
Location:  Elk City, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  FMRC 620(GP7) FMRC 617(GP7)
Views:  1246   Comments: 3
Backing in
Title:  Backing in
Description:  An Amtrak GP 7 pushes the Southwest Limited into Union Station as a BN dinky rolls out for Aurora. Amtrak had several GPs here, of various heritage. This one is ex Frisco. How about that puzzle switch just ahead of #3??
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 11/16/2016 4:47:06 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 761(GP7) AMTK 610(SDP40F) BN 9922(E9AM)
Views:  920   Comments: 2
Drifting back
Title:  Drifting back
Description:  Amtraks station switcher, and ex Frisco GP 7, rolls back into the darkness of Union Station as the Cal Zephyr heads for everywhere west. One thing this Cal Zephyr has that the original did not is the Santa Fe hi level cars, seen here right below me. They were a real treat to ride in, and had some of the best leg room of any coach I've ever spent any time in.
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 12/8/2016 5:07:08 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 761(GP7)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
Lucky 7s
Title:  Lucky 7s
Description:  Amtrak 777 leads a work train past Rahway. Ironic that this lowly, slow speed train is waht keeps the 120 MPH passenger trains rolling at speed.
Photo Date:  4/18/1983  Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:29:19 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 777(GP7)
Views:  611   Comments: 1
Unsung hero
Title:  Unsung hero
Description:  The high speed trains on the corridor get all the attention, but its the lowly Geeps that make it possible. Silhouetted agains the sky on Hell Gate Bridge is GP 7 778 with the wire train. No wires, no Metroliner!!
Photo Date:  10/23/1987  Upload Date: 6/10/2015 11:55:30 AM
Location:  Hell Gate Bridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 778(GP7)
Views:  327   Comments: 0

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