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| Author: | Edd Fuller [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Richard Glueck shares a gallery of black & white photographs taken by a family member in 1955, documenting the last days of Canadian Pacific's steam operations in the yard and shops at Brownville Junction, Maine. http://thetracksidephotographer.com/202 ... to-memory/ Edd Fuller, Editor The Trackside Photographer http://thetracksidephotographer.com/ |
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| Author: | Great Western [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Richard and Edd, Some fantastic photos and memories there. They really capture the atmosphere around the roundhouse in the steam era. Thank you for sharing. |
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| Author: | QJdriver [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Let me second the motion !!! Evocative writing by Dick Glueck, and beautiful, atmospheric photos --- do yourself a favor and click on the link. Thanks to The Trackside Photographer for sharing this with us. |
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| Author: | joe6167 [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Question: Is it possible to make the pictures any smaller? Why go through the trouble of uploading such photos, just to make them so incredibly small? Clicking on the photos to zoom in does nothing. It just just expands briefly for a second and then "snaps back" to the original tiny size. |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
joe6167 wrote: Question: Is it possible to make the pictures any smaller? Why go through the trouble of uploading such photos, just to make them so incredibly small? Clicking on the photos to zoom in does nothing. It just just expands briefly for a second and then "snaps back" to the original tiny size. I am using Google Chrome on Windows, and it works as expected, using the full screen. |
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| Author: | J.David [ Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Greetings: Robert (Bob) Carlson, a well know steam locomotive mechanic and purveyor of steam locomotive parts and tools who died early this year, worked out of Brownville Junction as a fireman on steam locomotives for a while early in his career. He left as soon as the steam locomotives were finished there. J.David |
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| Author: | adammil1 [ Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
J.David wrote: Greetings: Robert (Bob) Carlson, a well know steam locomotive mechanic and purveyor of steam locomotive parts and tools who died early this year, worked out of Brownville Junction as a fireman on steam locomotives for a while early in his career. He left as soon as the steam locomotives were finished there. J.David I heard a few of those stories over the year from Bob, what year did they stop running steam up there? Also is that where Nelson Blount picked up all so many Canadian locomotives from Steamtown? |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
1960, according to Trains Mag. There may be validity to the claim that the absolute last steam locomotive operated by a Class 1 in U.S. revenue service was a Mikado in Brownville Junction. All the cold locomotives were coupled together and dragged back to Montreal, Quebec, for stripping and butchering. Nelson Blount bought his locomotive from C.P.R. headquarters and collected them from stockpiles in storage along the system. Many of them were operable and stored serviceable, which was a good thing for Steamtown. None of the trim Mikes you see in Fernald's photos slipped the torch, I'm sorry to report. |
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| Author: | Howard P. [ Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Memories of Canadian Pacific Steam in Maine |
Last CPR steam across Maine was March 1960. Great description of the last days of that operation in David Plowden's recent books. Blount bought most of his locomotives from CNR and CPR; engines stored in the Montreal area. CNR 5288 (4-6-2) was based at Montreal as protection engine for the CV passenger trains. The CPR engines were stored at Angus Shops, in line for scrapping. CPR's last steam power was finally cut up at Angus in 1966. Howard P. |
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