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Southbridge branch |
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Last operated by the Providence & Worcester Railroad, the former New Haven branch through Southbridge has since been abandoned. Rail service began here in 1866 with the Blackstone & Southbridge Railroad, the New Haven taking over in the early 20th century. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 9:47:17 PM |
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Southbridge, MA |
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New Haven Depot |
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The former New Haven depot still stands along the remains of the Southbridge branch, currently in use as an office for the department of motor vehicles. The station was constructed in 1910 with passenger service lasting until 1930. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 9:54:39 PM |
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Southbridge, MA |
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PW 3002 |
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The last train on the Southbridge branch is this old bay window caboose on display behind the old station. Originally owned by the Bessemer & Lake Erie as car number 1963, it came to New England by way of the Providence & Worcester Railroad in the 1970s. Constructed by the Greenville Steel Car Company in 1941. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 9:59:19 PM |
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Southbridge, MA |
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PW 3002 |
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A reminder of the caboose's heritage upon one of the journal boxes. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:09:21 PM |
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Southbridge, MA |
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Old Bedford Depot |
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Built in 1874 by the Middlesex Central Railroad, this station served this Massachusetts town for many decades. The last passenger train operated here in 1977 under the MBTA. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:13:11 PM |
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Bedford, MA |
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BM 6211 |
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A former B&M RDC on display next to the Bedford freight house along the old rail line, now a bike trail. This side of the car has been restored with the B&M classic Minuteman logo. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:19:27 PM |
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Bedford, MA |
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Paul Koprowski |
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BM 6211(RDC2) |
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| Title: |
BM 6211 |
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The other end of the car bears the McGinnis era lettering. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:24:34 PM |
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Bedford, MA |
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BM 6211(RDC2) |
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Old Caboose |
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Found this wooden caboose alongside US 1 on the grounds of the closed Johnson Hall Museum. Internet sources say that this is a former Bangor & Aroostook car however the number is currently unknown. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:32:05 PM |
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Wells, ME |
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New York City Transit Authority 9327 |
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A 1963 "Redbird" on display at entrance to the Seashore Trolley Museum, decals from Subway Series 2000 still intact on the sides. Unit ran in New York until 2005, at which point it was acquired by the Maine based trolley museum. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:44:16 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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NJT 5 |
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Under tarps outside of the restoration shop is this old PCC, a veteran of the Newark City Subway in New Jersey. Built by St. Louis Car Company in 1946, this car was originally part of the Twin City Rapid Transit fleet. It came to the Garden State by way of the Public Service Coordinated Transport in the 1950s. In 2001 it was retired by New Jersey Transit in favor of more modern light rail vehicles. After a few years of storage in northern New Jersey, it came to Maine in 2011. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:04:36 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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Paul Koprowski |
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NJT 5(PCC) |
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Connecticut Company 303 |
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A 1901 open bench car awaits passengers outside the museum visitor center. First operated by the Winchester Avenue Railway, this car also saw service on the Fair Haven & Westville and the Consolidated Railway before coming into Connecticut Company ownership. Last operated in 1948, this car was one of the regulars used in the service of carrying football fans to the Yale Bowl. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:51:48 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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Connecticut Company 838 |
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Another one of the museum's open bench cars from the Connecticut Company. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:11:26 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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LI 4137 |
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One of only four surviving Long Island Railroad MP54 MU cars, constructed in 1930 by the LIRR's then parent Pennsylvania Railroad. Unlike the PRR versions, the ones on Long Island were powered by third rail electricity. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:15:08 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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Paul Koprowski |
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LI 4137(Electric M.U.) |
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BAR C40 |
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A 1915 product of the American Car & Foundry Company, this former Bangor & Aroostook caboose awaits restoration by the museum. |
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7/22/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:01:14 PM |
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Kennebunkport, ME |
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DSRX 1055 |
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The Downeast Scenic's Alco S4 stands ready to lead another excursion down the scenic former MEC Calais branch. The unit was built in 1950 for the Portland Terminal Company, a subsidiary of the Maine Central and Boston & Maine. Spending most of its life switching the freight yards and industries around the Portland area, it later migrated to the White Mountains of New Hampshire as part of the Conway Scenic Railroad's fleet before coming back to its home state to work along the Mid Coast. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:19:48 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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Paul Koprowski |
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DSRX 1055(S4) |
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| Title: |
Runaround |
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Just west of the Ellsworth High School is the current end of serviceable track on the former MEC Calais branch. The crew would run the ex-PTM Alco around the consist here before heading east towards the wye at the Washington Junction yard. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:18:51 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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Paul Koprowski |
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DSRX 1055(S4) |
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| Title: |
DSRX 1055 |
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The second excursion of the day heads back to the station downtown, past the Ellsworth High School. The stone mile marker proclaims 165 miles from Portland. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:27:34 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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Paul Koprowski |
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DSRX 1055(S4) |
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DSRX 155 |
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One of the oldest cars in the Downeast Scenic Railroad's passenger fleet, named "McNeil Point", was built in 1910 by the Laconia Car Company of New Hampshire for the Maine Central Railroad. Now bafk in the home state of its original owner, the coach served for quite a few years on the Conway Scenic Railroad of North Conway, NH before coming to its current home on the Calais branch. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:22:15 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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| Title: |
DSRX 124 |
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The open air car on this excursion train was rebuilt from a Thrall log car built in 1964. Such cars were a common sight here in the Pine Tree State due to the logging and pulp and paper industries. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:27:03 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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DSRX 123 |
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Formerly serving commuters in and out of Hoboken Terminal on the DL&W electrified Morris & Essex Lines, now enjoys a quieter life hauling tourists in the Mid Coast region of Maine. Built by Pullman in 1920 as a locomotive hauled coach, it was converted into a trailer car in 1930 for use with the powered Lackawanna electric multiple units. Retired in 1984 by NJ Transit, it was picked up by a railroad in Michigan befoue acquisition by the Downeast Scenic in 2010. Original number was DL&W 663, renumbered as DL&W 2315 when converted for MU service. Note the Lackawanna Railroad logo next to the vestibule door. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:30:10 PM |
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Ellsworth, ME |
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| Title: |
DSRX 1055 |
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Heading along the south leg of the Washington Junction wye track. This was the location where the MEC linep split with the Calais branch heading northeast toward the line's namesake city and the branch heading towards the ferries to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:38:38 PM |
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Washington Junction, ME |
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| Title: |
DSRX 123 |
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Negotiating the eastern leg of the wye bejore heading back to Ellsworth. The track to the right is what the train will soon use to head back west while behind the camera the line that once ran to Calais only continues a short distance with the rest converted to a rail trail. |
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7/23/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:43:39 PM |
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Washington Junction, ME |
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BML 31 |
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A 1924 caboose of MEC heritage now works on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake. Seen at the yard of the City Point Central Railroad Museum. |
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7/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/13/2016 12:25:22 AM |
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City Point, ME |
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| Title: |
MEC 640 |
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Part of the City Point Central Railroad Museum collection. Built for the Maine Central by the International Car Company of Ohio as part of an order for two identical buggies. |
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7/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/13/2016 12:33:39 AM |
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City Point, ME |
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| Title: |
MEC 9862 |
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7/24/2016 Upload Date: 10/14/2016 2:17:00 PM |
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City Point, ME |
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