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A large section of the Maine Central Mountain Division was shutdown for a number of years when Guilford Transportation decided not to service anything past the Sappi mill in Westbrook, but the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) chose it for the location of the Portland Amtrak Station, and there has been renewed interest in freight operations. Rehabilitation work was under way for a time with a proposal from the Golden Eagle Rail Corp. to run freight and passenger service to Fryburg and possibly beyond but that seems to have stalled now.
Then there is the section operated by Conway Scenic Railroad that goes up through Crawford Notch. They have been a steady passenger operator for many years.
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Leaving Bartlett on July 28th of 2008.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak 696 Eastbound at Mountain Junction (CPF 196) with AMTK 72 and 38 on September 28th of 2019.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak engine 95, & cabbag 90214 arriving in Portland at Mountain Junction on October 31st of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
Amtrak engines 86, & 89 bring a wash extra in to Portland Station at Mountain Junction on October 31st of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
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Maine Central RR engine 15 in North Conway NH in Sept of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Maine Central RR engine 573 in North Conway NH in September of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Fabyans on the 22nd of July in 2000.
Photo by John Erickson.
Portland Terminal 1055 at Conway Scenic on July 28th, 2008.
Photo by John Erickson.
Bartlett Station, Bartlett, NH July 28th 2008.
Photo by John Erickson.
Boston & Maine 326 arrives with PO-1 at the Sappi mill in Westbrook on the 11th of June 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Saint Johnsbury Vermont on July 23rd of 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Saint Johnsbury Vermont on July 23rd of 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
The last known active Ball Signal is in Whitefield New Hampshire. My picture was taken on July 23rd of 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Maine Central RR engine 573 in North Conway NH on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
On the ride up to Crawford's on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Frankenstein Trestle on the ride up to Crawford's on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Crawford's Station on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Hiram ME on the Mountain Division on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
This caboose was near the crossing in Hiram ME on the Mountain Division on the 24th of July 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
Along the Mountain Division in Portland on the 27th of November 2010.
Photo by John Erickson.
The former MEC Train Shed is now on Thompson's Point in Portland ME. On October 1st, 2015 it was set up to serve as an outdoor venue.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 307 switching as PO-3 on Terminal St. in Westbrook, ME in the afternoon of Jan. 9th, 2018.
Photo by John Erickson.
AMTK 30 and AMTK 691 at Mountain Jct on September 21st of 2019.
Photo by John Erickson.
AMTK 95 with Downeaster 693 at Mountain Junction on October 31st of 2020.
Photo by John Erickson.