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Viewing Album:  Mainely Oil
 
By:David Larrabee
Dates:7/18/2012 - 8/22/2012
Album Info:Maine is seeing a lot of new railroad traffic this summer. Word in the media indicates as many as 4 load oil moves are coming east from the Dakotas and Saskatchewan destined for the large Irving refinery in New Brunswick. This traffic is divided between Pan Am Railways, The MMA and The Eastern Maine. Two trains run through Portland, Waterville, & Bangor along the old MEC main line where it is interchanged with the Mane Eastern - operated by New Brunswick Southern (NBSR) - at Mattawamkeag. Two additional trains enter on the MMA main via Jackman (former CP) and are interchanged at Brownville Junction with the Eastern Maine RR. The Eastern Maine continues along the former CP main via Mattawamkeag - where it joins the PAR traffic - to run another 20 miles or so east through Vanceboro and on into Canada. All the railroads involved are showing the strain of the increased traffic. PAR is doing track upgrades all along the orgional MEC main line, MMA is obtaining more power and training additonal crew, and EM (NBSR) is short of power as well. There are lots of run through power moves. The hundred plus car trains that enter the state are often broken up into segements added mixed into other traffic. Word is that Irving is building a terminal able to unload 100 tank cars a day at it's refinery. It looks like Maine is going to see quite an improvement in it's rail system as a result of this traffic. /DL
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Looking east
Title:  Looking east
Description:  Taken from Depot St. The switch in this frame is the EM/PAR connection. I wounder how many Killowatts that stack of old timber will make in the PAR tie burner....? /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:21:07 PM
Location:  Mattawamkeag, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
New Ties
Title:  New Ties
Description:  New ties and a ballast hopper in the yard... /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:21:19 PM
Location:  Mattawamkeag, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  161   Comments: 0
Unloading old ties
Title:  Unloading old ties
Description:  Unloading old ties for processing at PAR's tie disposal center. /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:21:29 PM
Location:  Mattawamkeag, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Old Ties
Title:  Old Ties
Description:  Taken from Depot St. Old ties picked up along the PAR system are being unloaded for the old tie processing facility behind the trees. Piles fo new ties are to the left. /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:21:44 PM
Location:  Mattawamkeag, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
Switching the next train for NBSR
Title:  Switching the next train for NBSR
Description:  At Brownville new crew were being trained on this date and additional trains have been added. MMA is now running daily freights east and west, six days a week across the former CP line double their train density a year ago. Train 1 leaves early in the day westbound and train 2 arrives eastbound around 5 or 6 pm. The crews swap trains near the US/Canadian boarder. Here a train is being made up on the MMA/Eastern Maine (NBSR) interchange track. /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:24:54 PM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Station,Action
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Train 2 just arrived as sunset approached
Title:  Train 2 just arrived as sunset approached
Description:  At Brownville new crew were being trained on this date and additional trains have been added. MMA is now running daily freights east and west, six days a week across the former CP line double their train density a year ago. Train 1 leaves early in the day westbound and train 2 arrives eastbound around 5 or 6 pm. The crews swap trains near the US/Canadian boarder. CP Station is left of center frame. The passenger waiting room was the glassed in room, with the overhang. /DL
Photo Date:  7/27/2012  Upload Date: 8/11/2012 12:25:07 PM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5926(SD40-2)
Views:  385   Comments: 1

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