Maine Eastern Railroad
The Maine Eastern Railroad was the tourist passenger division of the Morristown & Erie Railroad, serving the lower eastern coast of Maine.
Acquired by the M&E in 2003, the line ran from Brunswick and Rockland and operates seasonal passenger service using, among other power, two EMD FL-9 locomotives.
The Geep pictured below, whose lineage traces back through Amtrak to the Union Pacific, has been photographed by railfans in winter snowplow service.
ME route map / web
Motive Power
Maine Eastern #764
Rockland, Me / Jul 2006 / RWH
Maine Eastern #764
ex Union Pacific #185
Rockland, Me / Jul 2006 / RWH
Locations
Maine Eastern roundhouse
Rockland, Me / Jul 2006 / RWH
Lagniappe
One Classy Geep
Rockland, Me / Jul 2006 / RWH
Surely one of the greater joys of any hobby - no less so with railfanning - is the unexpected find. I experienced this pleasure with the Maine Eastern while spending three weeks in the summer of 2006 on the lower coast of Maine. For many days, I saw the twice-daily ME passenger train with its classy FL9s come and go through Bath hauling summertime tourists. When we left Bath for Bar Harbor, I thought I had said goobye to the pike, only to stumble upon this handsome GP parked on a turntable in Rockland, on the coast. A more striking shortline Geep paint scheme I have never seen; I darted out of traffic and pulled over to snap these roster shots.
Links / Sources
- Diesel Shop roster for Morristown & Erie
- Wikipedia article for Morristown & Erie Railroad
- Morristown & Erie Railroad official company site