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Viewing Album:  Maine Central – Augusta, Me
 
By:David Larrabee
Dates:1/1/1880 - 1/1/2015
Album Info:Herein are a selection of photographs from the Maine Central at Augusta over the past 100 years or so. At Mile P62.5 on the Lower Road. Gathered via auction, mostly from estate sales over the past dozen or so years. /DL
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Head-on
Title:  Head-on
Description:  The date is in the 1880s. This photograph is from a copy of the origional by a local commercial photographer. A copy from the origional negative came up on eBay 6 or 8 years ago. It looked much better and sold for several hundred dollars. /DL
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:45 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  912   Comments: 0
Old RR Bridge
Title:  Old RR Bridge
Description:  This view is from an old c1895 stereo view. The abutments for this bridge are still in place - see the last few photos. The current bridge is to the left of this bridge today. /DL
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:48 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  1049   Comments: 2
Old station
Title:  Old station
Description:  This postcard view looks east past the old station. This area is a parking lot today. The tracks are still in place but burried, with this 2 track line now a parking lot. The date is an estimate. /DL
Photo Date:  8/1/1915  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:51 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  781   Comments: 1
Work Train & Crew
Title:  Work Train & Crew
Description:  Except for 'Augusta' there were no notes with this old photo. I wounder what was for supper? /DL
Photo Date:  8/1/1915  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:53 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Track
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Views:  542   Comments: 1
Work Train Crew
Title:  Work Train Crew
Description:  Date is approxmate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1915  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:55 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  386   Comments: 1
Switching behind Hazzard Shoe
Title:  Switching behind Hazzard Shoe
Description:  The date is an estimate. #141 was an Alco-Manchester 4-4-0 built in 1905 & scrapped in 1942.
Photo Date:  8/1/1940  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:02 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Steam,Track
Locomotives:  MEC 114(4-4-0)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
MEC 603 taking on water
Title:  MEC 603 taking on water
Description:  #603 is an Alco 2-8-2 built in 1914 & scrapped in '49.
Photo Date:  1/12/1941  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:32:58 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 603(2-8-2)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
MEC 603 taking on water
Title:  MEC 603 taking on water
Description:  This perspective is about 400 feet east of the newer passenger station. The start of WWII is less than 2 months away for the US.
Photo Date:  10/12/1941  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:00 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Station,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  MEC 603(2-8-2)
Views:  709   Comments: 1
Track Chart
Title:  Track Chart
Description:  Maine Central at Augusta, Me.
Photo Date:  1/1/1960  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:09 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  MCRR
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  452   Comments: 0
Looking east on the Lower Road
Title:  Looking east on the Lower Road
Description:  The water tower in the earlier photos would be somewhere on the right in the middle distance. This scene is taken just east of Winthrop Street looking toward Bridge St. Main line track 1 is to the right & track 2 is on the left.... The walkway across the tracks leads to steps just visible on the left providing access to Oak Street. A tip of the hat to RDY on the MEC Yahoo group who provided the detail../DL
Photo Date:  10/2/1966  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:13 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  434   Comments: 0
Looking west
Title:  Looking west
Description:  The water stand would be somewhere behind the camera in this perspective. I visited this area last summer. The scene was very similar to this one except the tracks were beneath a foot of gravel.
Photo Date:  10/2/1966  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:16 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  504   Comments: 2
Freight House
Title:  Freight House
Description:  Maine Central at Augusta, Me.
Photo Date:  10/2/1966  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:19 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  511   Comments: 0
Freight House
Title:  Freight House
Description:  Looking at the Water Street overpass from somewhere in the freight yard.
Photo Date:  10/2/1966  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:22 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  424   Comments: 3
MEC Augusta
Title:  MEC Augusta
Description:  I suspect this is looking from the freight yard back on the main line. Today the main has been rebuild but all the yard trackage has been replaced by a bike & walking trail. /DL
Photo Date:  10/2/1966  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:25 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Station,Steam,Wreck,Track
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Views:  436   Comments: 0
Freight House
Title:  Freight House
Description:  I don't ever recall seeing any MEC buildings painted yellow, they were all two tone gray to my memory. But this one is certainly yellow. The passenger station would have been in the middle of the photo where the parking lot is now. The photo is shot from the Rt202 bridge. The date on the photo is just July 1967. The coaches must all be part of a work train as passenger service ended 7 years earlier. /DL
Photo Date:  7/15/1967  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 9:33:28 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  807   Comments: 2
Bridges
Title:  Bridges
Description:  Old RR bridge piers are to the right of the 'new' MEC bridge over the Kennebec River.
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:06 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  450   Comments: 1
MEC ROW
Title:  MEC ROW
Description:  Just 1 track now. It goes underground just behind the camera. Today PanAm service ends just a few hundred feet beyond the distant side of the bridge at a junk yard. I belive they run 1 train a week down the east end of the Lower Road from Waterville to the customer, who is just out of sight. /DL
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:09 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  433   Comments: 1
MEC ROW wesbound
Title:  MEC ROW wesbound
Description:  The water plug which #603 was getting its drink from was just to the left of the ROW in the near distance.
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:12 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
MEC ROW looking west
Title:  MEC ROW looking west
Description:  The MEC ROW in the summer of 2009
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:15 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
MEC ROW
Title:  MEC ROW
Description:  The passenger station was just behind the building in the center of the frame. The Xing in the foreground is for Winthrop St.
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:18 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  268   Comments: 1
MEC ROW Main
Title:  MEC ROW Main
Description:  Water Street overpass is in center frame. The station was to the left. The Freight yard was beyond the bridge & the hi angle color shot looking down onto the freight yard was taken form the bridge just visible over the parking lot to the left. /DL
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:21 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  227   Comments: 1
MP61.6 Signal
Title:  MP61.6 Signal
Description:  Parting Shot - This signal would have been adjacent to the passenger platform back 'in the day' /DL
Photo Date:  7/22/2009  Upload Date: 2/3/2011 10:37:24 PM
Location:  Augusta, ME
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  292   Comments: 0

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