Rail-fan Pictures at Hackets

Hackets is the east end of a passing siding and got the name from Hackets Agway which used to be located there. It's at 63 Hackett Rd Auburn, ME 04210 44.053713, -70.251065 mp 164.85.

Pictures

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MEC 307 at Rumford Junction in June of 2001.
Photo by John Erickson.
Hackets, June 1^st 2002.
Photo by John Erickson.
A meet at Hacket's in Auburn on August 1^st of 2002.
Photo by John Erickson.
A meet at Hacket's in Auburn on August 1^st of 2002.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 347 at Rumford Junction on March 3rd 2003.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 347 at Rumford Junction on March 3rd 2003.
Photo by John Erickson.
CP 5942 at Rumford Jct on July 23^rd of 2005 headed to Waterville.
Photo by John Erickson.
CP 5942 at Rumford Jct on July 23^rd of 2005 headed to Waterville.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 378 EDWA at Hacketts or Rumford Junction East in Auburn on the 29th of March in 2008.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 321 & ST 214 at Rumford Junction East on August 26, 2009.
Photo by John Erickson.
B&M 330 at Hackets with DJ-1 on the 5th of February 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
GMTX 3003 & MEC 601 lead POWA at Hackets on the 6th of February, 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 512 leads 370, 380, & RUPO westbound at Hackets on April 6th of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 344 & 340 arrive at Hackets with PORU on June 14, 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 615 leads WAPO at Hacket's on July 3^rd of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
HLCX 7842 is the second engine on WAPO at Hackets on July 3^rd of 2013.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 511, & GMTX 3109 head west with SJPO at Hackets on July 10th of 2013. The SJ might have been for Saint John, New Brunswick.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 379, & 370 take PORU through Hackets on July 5th of 2014.
Photo by John Erickson.
B&M 333 with 6 other engines and POWA at Hackets in Auburn, ME on the 10th of January 2015.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC engines 314, & 510 at Hackets in Auburn on June 27^th of 2015.
Photo by John Erickson.

Videos

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BNSF 5643 5364,8895, & 8966 take MARJ, the Oil Extra, through Hackets on February 6^th of 2013.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 371, 381 & 348 bring WAPO along as it heads west through Hackets on July 9^th of 2014.
Photo by John Erickson.
MEC 351, MEC 517 and B&M 334 are teaming up heading westbound at Hackets on June 27^th of 2015.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 518 & 505 lead the way on RUPO westbound at Hackets in Auburn on June 6^th of 2019.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 319, 501, & 380 pull PORU off the siding at Hackets in Auburn on August 31^st of 2019.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 3401, 619, 606, 507, and 604 bring WAPO through Hackets in Auburn ME on March 12^th of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC 501, 511, & 345 with PORU at Hackets in Auburn on May 22^nd of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.
MEC engines 518, 506, & 321 reordering their engines on PORU at Hackets in Auburn on October 3^rd of 2020.
Video by John Erickson.

Definition
Term	Defined As
Dutch Drop	Rarely used method of bringing a car onto the main line from a spur or siding now actually banned by most railroads. The engine heads into the spur, couples head-on to the car, and backs out. When the car is moving fast enough the engine is cut off, speeds up to get back on the main line before the car, then moves forward ahead of the junction between the main line and the spur so the car rolls out behind the engine. The common problem with the method was that with out enough distance on the siding or without proper timing the engine would get cornered by the car.

Definition

Term

Defined As

Dutch Drop

Rarely used method of bringing a car onto the main line from a spur or siding now actually banned by most railroads. The engine heads into the spur, couples head-on to the car, and backs out. When the car is moving fast enough the engine is cut off, speeds up to get back on the main line before the car, then moves forward ahead of the junction between the main line and the spur so the car rolls out behind the engine. The common problem with the method was that with out enough distance on the siding or without proper timing the engine would get cornered by the car.

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