Welcome to Southern Maine Rail Pics

Videos

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• BM 252 takes PORI through Falmouth with 203, and 378 on the 11^th of January 2005.
  Video by John Erickson.

• 313, & 511 at Cooks on the 21^st of September, 2011.
  Video by John Erickson.

• PanAm MEC engines 7585, 7518, 506, 7534, & 619 bring POWA through Oakland on December 4^th of 2020.
  Video by John Erickson.

• MEC 353, 306, & 518 head PORU east on the 2 track at Cumberland Center on September 30^th of 2022.
  Video by John Erickson.

Pictures

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  POBK at Reedfield on October 15^th of 2002.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  POBK at Reedfield on October 15^th of 2002.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 306 and PO-1 work the east end of Rigby on the 2nd of February, 2005.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 306 and PO-1 work the east end of Rigby on the 2nd of February, 2005.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 305 at Rigby on Sept 5, 2005.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 305 at Rigby on Sept 5, 2005.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 502 has short power on a short POWA at Royal Junction on March 23rd of 2006.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 502 has short power on a short POWA at Royal Junction on March 23rd of 2006.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  B&M 328 and MEC 506 arrive with NMED at Rigby on the 18th of May 2008.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  B&M 328 and MEC 506 arrive with NMED at Rigby on the 18th of May 2008.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  B&M 332 takes PO-1 past Portland Station and AMTK 48 on December 23rd 2009.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  B&M 332 takes PO-1 past Portland Station and AMTK 48 on December 23rd 2009.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  Boston & Maine 326 PO-1 in Westbrook on the 27th of May 2010.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  Boston & Maine 326 PO-1 in Westbrook on the 27th of May 2010.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  Wave to the crew of the 314 as they take POWA across Court Street in Auburn on June 25th 2013.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  Wave to the crew of the 314 as they take POWA across Court Street in Auburn on June 25th 2013.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  CSXT 902, & MEC 349, 519, & 354 in the Rigby Engine Pool on May 18^th of 2015.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  CSXT 902, & MEC 349, 519, & 354 in the Rigby Engine Pool on May 18^th of 2015.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 344 leads PORU through (CPF 192) Falmouth in Portland on September 15^th of 2015.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 344 leads PORU through (CPF 192) Falmouth in Portland on September 15^th of 2015.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 307 switching as PO-3 on Terminal St. in Westbrook, ME in the afternoon of Jan. 9^th, 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 307 switching as PO-3 on Terminal St. in Westbrook, ME in the afternoon of Jan. 9^th, 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC engines 374 & 606 with POWA at Leeds Junction on May 23^rd of 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC engines 374 & 606 with POWA at Leeds Junction on May 23^rd of 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 7535, & 7875 come out to Cooks to back in on their train, POED, on October 6^th of 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 7535, & 7875 come out to Cooks to back in on their train, POED, on October 6^th of 2018.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 7575 being prepared for a POED run at Rigby Yard in South Portland on April 27^th of 2019.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 7575 being prepared for a POED run at Rigby Yard in South Portland on April 27^th of 2019.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 506 leads POED at Cooks on Feb. 29^th of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 506 leads POED at Cooks on Feb. 29^th of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 7609 & 7605 await their next duties at Rigby Yard in South Portland on September 5^th of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 7609 & 7605 await their next duties at Rigby Yard in South Portland on September 5^th of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  PORU switching engines around at Hackets in Auburn on October 3^rd of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  PORU switching engines around at Hackets in Auburn on October 3^rd of 2020.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  CSXT 101 helps 8872 haul POSE or M426 westbound out of Rigby Yard and through Cooks on June 24^th of 2022.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  CSXT 101 helps 8872 haul POSE or M426 westbound out of Rigby Yard and through Cooks on June 24^th of 2022.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 504 & 518 as PO-7 pick up cars at Cooks on June 24^th of 2022 to haul them into Rigby.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 504 & 518 as PO-7 pick up cars at Cooks on June 24^th of 2022 to haul them into Rigby.
  Photo by John Erickson.

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  MEC 514 leads PORU through Libby in Lewiston on January 29^th of 2023.
  Photo by John Erickson.

  MEC 514 leads PORU through Libby in Lewiston on January 29^th of 2023.
  Photo by John Erickson.

Symbols

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.