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Viewing Album:  Pan Am Bucksport Branch
 
By:David Larrabee
Dates:6/28/2009 - 9/1/2010
Album Info:When I was growing up along these rails the MEC considered Bucksport one of their most productive branch lines. As the paper mill added paper machines in the late 60s and mid 70s traffic increased from one train 5 or 6 days a week to 2 daily trains seven days a week. Some winters pulp wood traffic pushed it higher. By the late 70s the paper mill was starting to handle tree length pulpwood by truck from their land holdings in Washington County which was bad for the Maine Central & the Calais Branch in particular. Not long after this the oil traffic from Webber Tanks ended as did the refined ore traffic trucked up from Cape Rosire, which at its peak amounted to 3 or 4 gondolas a week. Im out of touch with things these days, but it looks like traffic is running at one and occasionally two trains a day. /DL
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BA2 waiting to depart
Title:  BA2 waiting to depart
Description:  MEC always used the old main line into Bucksport to tuck cars onto as they made up the train. Pan Am still does. Behind the camera the track now ends in about 200 feet away, years ago it went another 1/4 mile or so past the Bucksport station with a run around. In the 50s the morning train would run a baggage car with LCL freight down to the station then head back north (time table west) past St.Regis Paper to the turn table to turn the diesel locomotives. They did this all thru the 50s. /DL
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:07 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  341   Comments: 0
Making up BA2
Title:  Making up BA2
Description:  BA2 waiting to depart.
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:09 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
BA2 setting in the yard
Title:  BA2 setting in the yard
Description:  The track in the foreground is the old team track. The track just in front of the waiting train used to have an old outside braced wood box car pushed into the dirt pile. It sat there for years and was used for trash and debris from around the yard. I dont' ever recall seeing it moved.
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:10 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
BA2 in the park
Title:  BA2 in the park
Description:  Bucksport has a rich history as a working water front. The remains of ship ways and a ferry were lined up here 100 years ago. The waterfront park and walk are new in the past 5 years. The RR station was just around the next bend just out of sight.
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:11 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  169   Comments: 0
BA2 waiting to depart
Title:  BA2 waiting to depart
Description:  BA2
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:11 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 0
BA2 Headed out of town
Title:  BA2 Headed out of town
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:12 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  234   Comments: 0
BA2
Title:  BA2
Description:  About 2 hours later BA2 is about to pass thru the old Bangor Yard. The yard is all gone now and being tuned into a park by the City.
Photo Date:  6/28/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:13 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 373(GP40) MEC 345(GP40)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
Just arrived
Title:  Just arrived
Description:  BA1 has just pulled into town.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:17 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 344(GP40) MEC 373(GP40)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
BA1 getting ready to switch
Title:  BA1 getting ready to switch
Description:  Behind the locomotives there used to be a long siding where the pulp wood cars were unloaded.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:18 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 373(GP40)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
BA1 has just arrived
Title:  BA1 has just arrived
Description:  BA1
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/29/2009 7:53:18 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  235   Comments: 0
BM 335
Title:  BM 335
Description:  They're running a switcher at Bucksport these days, when not in use it is idleing across Rt15 from the station.
Photo Date:  7/27/2010  Upload Date: 9/16/2010 8:23:56 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BM 335(GP40)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
MEC 516
Title:  MEC 516
Description:  Apparently waiting for a crew change on a hot summer afternoon. The westbound Bucksport local is streached out across the Pensobscot River bridge almost into Brewer. /DL
Photo Date:  8/14/2010  Upload Date: 9/16/2010 8:23:56 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 516(GP40-2LW)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
MEC 516
Title:  MEC 516
Description:  That's MEC 517 in the lead possibably waiting for a crew change. /DL
Photo Date:  8/14/2010  Upload Date: 9/16/2010 8:23:57 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 516(GP40-2LW)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
MEC 349
Title:  MEC 349
Description:  On duty this week in fresh paint in the yard at Bucksport along side Rt15. /DL
Photo Date:  8/20/2010  Upload Date: 9/16/2010 8:23:58 PM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 349(GP40)
Views:  379   Comments: 0

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