Lewiston Upper Yard

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Lewiston Upper Yard

Lewiston once had two yards with the upper one near the main station on the north side of Main Street, and the lower one running between Lincoln and Canal Streets. All the yard tracks may be gone in the upper yard, but it is still a good place to go because the eastbound grade is up hill on a heavy grade and engines will often be maxed out. I remember comming across a train one day that had almost stalled and took ten minutes to get the lead engine across Whipple street.

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It's a mixed bag of power on POWA today, MEC 518, NS 3470, MEC 321, & GMTX 3001 as they come across the Androscoggin River bridge into Lewiston on August 28^th of 2014.
Video By John Erickson.
PanAm MEC engines 7535, 7797, 7594, 5976, & 7541 bring WAPO through Lewiston on December 4^th of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.

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