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This train ran from East Deerfield, Mass to Rumford, Maine. This was mostly an attempt to bypass Rigby Yard and save money reclassifying the train, however, the trains became too disjointed and required more switching in route.
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MEC 509 & MEC 381 take EDRU east at Congress Street on March 27th of 2007.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 516, & ST 214 at Woodville Road with EDRU in tow on May 2nd of 2007.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 313 and ST 209 have EDRU at Royal Junction on May 29, 2007.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 313 and ST 209 wait with EDRU at Congress St while the crew gets lunch on May 29th 2007.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 510, EDRU at Royal Junction on May 30th, 2007.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 347 MECg EDRU Leeds Jct 7-17-2008.
Photo by John Erickson.
503 and 320 and a light EDRU on October 29, 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
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 |
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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 |