Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Alco RS2 number 8402 struggles with a long
string of cars as it tackles the grade eastbound out of
Brownville Junction in the mid 1960's.
Montreal Locomotive Works RS18 number 8739 which is the Canadian
equivalent of an Alco RS11 and typical road power on the CP lines
in Maine during the 1960's idles at Brownville Junction yard.
Also common on road freights and locals in the mid 1960's were
MLW RS3s and FB1s as shown here. MLW FAs were not common on
freights but were used frequently on the overnight Montreal-St.
John passenger trains nos. 41 and 42.
A local freight powered by a MLW RS23 waits for it's crew at
Megantic, Quebec. Megantic was the next railroad division point
east of Brownville Junction and turnaround point for crews
operating CPR trains in Maine.
A local mixed (passenger and freight) Megantic to Brownville
Junction train nicknamed the Scoot makes it's stop at Greenville.
The Scoot operated Brownville Junction to Megantic one day and
back the next and ran up through the mid 1960's.
A westbound through freight glides down grade as it arrives at
Brownville Junction with two MLW RS10s and an FB1. Although the
RS10s looked very much like the RS18s illustrated above, they
were mechanically more like and were operated long nose forward
like the RS3s. The RS18s operated short nose forward and were
painted accordingly. Note the stock cars on the head end of this
train - a rarity in the mid 1960's
The westbound Scoot crosses Onawa trestle with Boarstone mountain
in the background. For years the railroad town of Onawa just
around the bend ahead could be reached only by train.
The Brownville Junction switcher Alco S2 number 7097, which was a
fixture here for years, adds a caboose (called a van on the CPR)
to a westbound freight.
Although not a common sight on the CP lines in Maine in the
1960s, the FP7s and FP9s like number 1412 shown here in Quebec
City did show up occasionally on both freight and passenger
trains.
An afternoon eastbound freight changes crews at Brownville
Junction. On the rear are two loads of Canadian built Pontiacs
destined for New Brunswick.
Although the Scoot mixed train was usually pulled by an RS2
locomotive, On this day an RS10 did the honors. Number 8600
switches a lumber mill while passengers wait in the combine.
The rear end crew of the eastbound Scoot prepares to do a roll by
of a 100 plus car freight struggling up grade west of Brownville
Junction. Normally the eastbound Scoot would be the superior
train, but the dispatcher has issued train orders placing the
short mixed train in the siding in order not to stop the heavy
westbound on the grade.