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Amtrak Rail-fan Pictures By Engine

Here's an idea search for your favorite Amtrak engine and see if it has been to Maine.

The Downeaster Engines

The engines that usually come up the line from Boston are the P-42s but others have visited us as well. Cabbags are refered to as engines because they have a control stand, but they do not provide any power.

Videos

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Amtrak engines 98 & 90213 fly 693 through Cumberland Center on November 7^th of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak engines 86 & 90214 fly 681 through Cumberland Center on December 31^st of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak engines 90224 & 88 fly 684 through Cumberland Center on December 31^st of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 86 and 90224 take Downeaster 681 through Hillside in Brunswick on January 15^thof 2021.
Video by John Erickson. This video is also on youtube.

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Proportional (Pro) Rate	A rate specifically published to be used only as a factor in making a combination through rate. A rate published from New York to Chicago to apply only on traffic destined to points beyond Chicago would be a proportional rate. This is usually used for setting out each railroads proportion of a combination rate for a joint service.

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