Waterville, ME: 1911 Maine Central Railyard, Roundhouse and Backshops

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Some of the classification tracks have been removed to make an intermodal yard.

David B, Jun 2018

Nate Thomas posted two photos with the comment: "Amazing the difference in 100yrs. Same roundhouse, went from steam to diesel."

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[The locomotive on the turntable is labelled Pan Am Railways.]
Mtnclimberjoe Rail Photography posted

Situated at the east end of the yard in Waterville, Maine is the roundhouse of Pan Am Railways used to support work on the locomotive fleet. Pulled out on the turntable is SW1 007, utilized as a shop switcher here to move units around the facility.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnclimberjoe50/53554484321

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1/17/2021

PAR Freight Main Line - District 1

Waterville, ME

Unknown Symbol (Shop Switcher; Waterville, ME)

MEC 007 SW1 Ex. SLR 41, BMS 741, AMTK 741, PC 8530, PRR 9150 Blt. 1948

Jacob Oliver: Damn. Give it 2 months, CSX will deem it as "unessecary to PSR" or some bullcrap like that.

Jon Celotto: Jacob Oliver they've actually been utilizing it heavily to repair and reactivate engines, so nope.

Conrad Ekstrom shared

Rolando Maggi shared

John Wood: This is where they would hoard CSX rear end markers and pump the fuel out of CSX motive power for their own power.

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Tim Starr posted
Advertisement for roundhouse roofs featuring the Maine Central roundhouse at Waterville. (Railroad Men, May 1912)
It was built in 1911 and still stands.

David B, Jun 2018

The backshops have a transfer table.

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