Maine Central #347 in Brunswick. Part 1

Click on "HQ" at the lower right (below the video box) for best results. Part 1 of a 2 part video. Impersonating a smokey Alco, Pan Am/ MEC # 347 switches out the Brunswick yard, & then un-couples to turn the unit around on the wye, & grab the full cars staged at the junction destined for Rigby, & points south/west. Part 2 will show the full cars crossing Stanwood St. & being taken down to to Rigby yard, in South Portland. GP9railfan Railroads across Maine series

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[rockinrollfan37]

LOL... that was a good label for #347 she is a little smokey! probably these old units need some attention like all old equipment! i gotta imagine the prime mover is well worn in some of these old geeps! great catch , nothing like some clag to spice things up a little!

[GP9railfan]

@rockinrollfan37 @rockinrollfan37 Yeah, That's what the Pan Am train crews call her when she's cold. You can see them trying to warm her up some more at one point in the video with the extended revving. LOL. All I know is that it was wicked cold, & windy out that day, & was the main reason why the camera was shaking in a few spots. I froze my donkey off filming this, but it turned out fairly well despite the cold weather.

[drc930]

Stanwood and Union Street crossings are now being rebuilt, Stanwood will have a sidewalk gate where you were standing. Westbound cars from Maine Eastern to Pan Am are being left on the mainline east of Stanwood, and eastbounds for Maine Eastern on the mainine west of Stanwood. Completely changed around now!

Great video by the way! :D

[GP9railfan]

@drc930 Wow. I haven't been back there in a couple years now. Thanks for the info. Sorry about the shaky camera in the video, but it was only like 10-15* out that day. Burrr!

[1extremeguy]

amtrak is going to start making i think 2 runs a day to brunswick in late 2012 and since PanAm owns 95% of the line amtrak is going to be using they are going to do the track upgrades

[GP9railfan]

@1extremeguy Yep. Bowdoin College students will have more travel options soon for trips to/from Boston, & Portland, etc. Amtrak is expecting to get lots of business from the Brunswick area, especially with gas prices on the rise again.

[dcarpine28]

Great Video

How many trips does PanAm take to Brunswick a week?

[Nuclearwinter100]

I love these Locos... Too bad that they are soon to none........

[GP9railfan]

Thanks. I know a few guilford related channel subscribers of mine have changed user names now. I'm not100% sure if his was one of them or not though. It's hard to keep up with all my subscribers as it is! Haha.

[Independofuck]

Yeah. That's kinda sad, because he also had a great selection of MC/Guilford Rail (PanAm) videos on his account. I was hoping to find him again, maybe under a new name. But I enjoy your videos a lot, too!