• Following the Last Smurf (MEC 511)

  • Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

Moderator: MEC407

  by KSmitty
 
511, 313 and 3 boxes, yes 3, were into Leeds Jct, and up the Rumford Branch around 19:30.
  by BM6569
 
Was leading PORU yesterday
  by bubbytrains
 
2nd unit on a 3-geep eastbound Waterville train about 4:15 pm Great Falls, Lewiston, about 45 minutes behind executive F Units.
  by conductorvern
 
2nd unit on both wanm and nmwa trains last weekend
  by hh660
 
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2:35 pm.
WAPO (?) heading west past Mountain Branch with Pan Am 337, 511, 335
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  by hh660
 
Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:37 pm.
PORU heading back east past Mountain Branch with Pan Am 337, 511, 335
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  by cvrr5809
 
Forgot to mention in here that 511 was the leader on this past Saturday's WANM. I'm guessing it's still on Waterville trains at this point, perhaps even WANM
  by MEC407
 
Video by MaineRailFanner:

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  by newpylong
 
I don't know how anyone can enjoy video at those speeds...
  by doublestack
 
newpylong wrote:I don't know how anyone can enjoy video at those speeds...
It's Maine. You can video slow trains, count cars if you ever attend grade school or hitchhike into Bangor to see the traffic lights working, Ayuh.
  by BM6569
 
newpylong wrote:I don't know how anyone can enjoy video at those speeds...
We need a fast forward button to speed it up some! IMO, even watching the OCS in person is not the same when it bopping along at 10 MPH
  by BostonUrbEx
 
BM6569 wrote:
newpylong wrote:I don't know how anyone can enjoy video at those speeds...
We need a fast forward button to speed it up some! IMO, even watching the OCS in person is not the same when it bopping along at 10 MPH
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe the OCS operates at 5mph over the posted freight speeds when no passenger speed is posted.
  by MEC407
 
That would be 15 MPH in 10 MPH territory, which puts you in harmonic rocking territory and would be pretty unpleasant for the passengers.
  by KSmitty
 
MEC407 wrote:That would be 15 MPH in 10 MPH territory, which puts you in harmonic rocking territory and would be pretty unpleasant for the passengers.
Lol. You shoulda seen em try ~25 through Burnham Junction back in 2013. Talk about unpleasant.
  by newpylong
 
Road Foremen take liberties but passenger trains must adhere to freight speeds in the absence of passenger speeds in the TT.
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