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DJ-1 is the Danville switcher. Danville is a small section on the outskirts of Auburn, Maine. This is where PanAm connects with the Saint Lawrence & Atlantic. DJ-1 also handles Allied(International Paper) and Maine Metal(Schnitzer Northeast) from here, and may travel as far west as Rigby Yard or as far east as Leeds Junction.
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MEC 349 DJ-1 canned at Danville Junction on July 14th 2005.
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MEC 314 has the work at Danville as DJ-1 on July 12th of 2005.
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MEC 349 DJ-1 canned at Danville Junction on July 14th 2005.
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MEC 508 is DJ-1 today and is at Danville on September 2nd of 2005.
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ST 71 has DJ-1 at Danville Junction on June 17th of 2006.
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MEC 352 DJ-1 canned at Danville Junction on June 10th, 2010.
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DJ-1 handles the switching at Allied in Danville on August 27th of 2010.
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B&M 330 at Hackets with DJ-1 on the 5th of February 2013.
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MEC 376 works the DJ-1 job at Danville on July 24th of 2014.
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MEC 376 works the DJ-1 job at Danville on July 24th of 2014.
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Norfolk Southern (NS) 3489 works DJ-1 at Danville on July 25th of 2014.
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BM 330 works DJ-1 at Danville in Auburn on June 23rd of 2015.
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BM 330 works DJ-1 at Danville in Auburn on June 27th of 2015.
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MEC 316 with DJ-1 at Danville Junction on July 25th of 2015.
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Ex Marinette, Tomahawk, & Western car now AGR 8157 on DJ-1 at Danville Junction on July 25th of 2015.
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Ex Marinette, Tomahawk, & Western car now AGR 8157 on DJ-1 at Danville Junction on July 25th of 2015.
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MEC 506 working DJ-1 at Allied in Auburn on December 16th of 2015.
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MEC 319 works DJ-1 at Danville Junction on October 13th of 2016.
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MEC 615 runs DJ-1 at Danville on December 23rd of 2016.
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MEC 611 works DJ-1 at Danville Junction on December 27th of 2016.
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MEC 611 works DJ-1 at Danville Junction on December 27th of 2016.
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LTEX 8955 works as DJ-1 at Allied in Auburn on March 3rd of 2017.
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LTEX 8955 works as DJ-1 at Allied in Auburn on March 3rd of 2017.
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MEC 606 works as DJ-1 at Danville on May 19th of 2017.
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MEC 606 works as DJ-1 at Danville on May 19th of 2017.
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MEC 3403 takes the duties of DJ-1 at Danville in Auburn on July 19th of 2017.
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MEC engine 3404 as DJ-1 at Danville on January 17th of 2018.
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MEC 3404 takes the duties of DJ-1 at Danville in Auburn on January 17th of 2018.
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B&M 330 works the DJ-1 job on January 20th of 2018 at Danville East in Auburn.
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MEC 619 works the DJ-1 job on April 24th of 2018 at Danville in Auburn.
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MEC 606 works the DJ-1 job on June 27th of 2018 at Danville in Auburn.
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MEC 3401 waits for the next DJ-1 crew at Danville in Auburn on April 27th of 2019.
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DJ-1 with MEC engine 351 in Lewiston on June 4th of 2020.
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MEC 7534 waiting for a new DJ-1 crew at Danville Junction in Auburn on July 3rd of 2020.
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MEC 600 with DJ-1 at Deering Junction on September 24th of 2020.
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MEC 600 with DJ-1 at East Gray on September 24th of 2020.
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MEC 7489 runs the DJ-1 job at Danville Junction in Auburn on October 15th of 2020.
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MEC 600 working DJ-1 at Danville Junction on December 31st of 2020.
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MEC 600 working DJ-1 at Danville Junction on December 31st of 2020.
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MEC 600 doing the DJ-1 switching at Danville in Auburn on January 7th of 2021.
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MEC 600 doing the DJ-1 switching at Danville in Auburn on January 7th of 2021.
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MEC 600 with DJ-1 at Blake in New Gloucester on January 7th of 2021.
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MEC 7561 works DJ-1 at Danville in Auburn on Febuary 28th of 2022.
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MEC 345 & 5972 Working as DJ-1 at Danville on September 9th of 2022.
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MEC 351 with DJ-1 at Libby in Lewiston on June 4th of 2020.
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MEC 7575 with DJ-1 at Allied in Auburn on July 9th of 2020.
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MEC engine 600 takes DJ-1 through Deering Junction in Portland on December 31st of 2020.
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MEC 3404 westbound with DJ-1 and 15 cars at Deering Jct on May 26th of 2021.
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MEC 7561 at Danville Junction on Febuary 28th of 2022.
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MEC 345 & 5972 doing the switching as DJ-1 at Allied in Auburn on September 9th of 2022.
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PanAm used a four character symbol to refer to each train that could tell you where the train started from and where it ended up. Long distance trains got four letters, the first two for the origin, and the last two for the destination. Switchers got two letters a dash and a number. The nicknames used could confuse this though (Sappi-3 was actually SP-3, I believe). The OCS (Officer and Crew Special) was a passenger train used to reward employees for good service and give dispatchers, company officers, and prospective customers a look at the lines. It usually consisted of three former parlor service cars pulled by two FP9 locomotives built in 1954. And the Oil Extra was a train that ran as a stop-gap measure during the Lac-Mégantic accident and Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway bankruptcy and sale to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway.
I will list the symbols I know with their end point city or town.
Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place | Symbol | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AY | Ayer, MA | BA | Bangor, ME | BF | Bellows Falls, VT | BK | Bucksport, ME |
BO | Boston, MA | DJ | Danville Jct., Auburn, ME | DO | Dover, NH | ED | East Deerfield, MA |
LO | Lowell, MA | MA | Mattawamkeag, ME | NA | Nashua, NH | NM | Northern Maine Jct., Bangor, ME |
PL | Plainville, CT | PH | Portsmouth, NH | PO | Rigby, S. Portland, ME | RI | Riley's, Jay, ME |
RJ | Rotterdam Junction, Rotterdam, NY | RU | Rumford, ME | SE | Selkirk, NY | SJ | Saint John, NB |
SP | SAPPI Mill, Hinkley, ME | WA | Waterville, ME | WJ | White River Jct, VT |
Symbol | Discription | Symbol | Discription |
22K | Intermodal from Chicago (47 Street Yard) to Ayer | 23K | Intermodal from Ayer to Chicago (47 Street Yard) |
16R | Manifest from Binghamton to East Deerfield | 11R | Manifest from East Deerfield to Binghamton |