Maine Central Station - Quebec Junction

Railroad - 7 - Maine Central Station - Quebec Junction - 6-29-1933

Tiny sent in this interesting picture which he describes as the MEC line on the left which goes to Whitefield, NH and is open for traffic to Conway, NH.
The rail line on the right goes to a wye near Jefferson, NH and continues straight through to Groveton, NH, and east to Gorham, NH. In the picture, the two rail on the right are still there, but you would never know it today. Trees forty feet high have grown up between the rails! Tiny added that it was to bad he could not have found that sooner, it would have been great for his motorcar.
Thanks again to Denneth 'tiny' Lee for a great picture from the past.

August is a busy month at MGRS

Two Open Houses and three special Charity Events are scheduled for August 2009.

Maine Garden Railway Society has a lot going on and you are encouraged to join in. Be an active member yourself and support the members that go to the effort to provide an 'Open House'. Also try to attend a special event and assist a veteran or nursing home resident to enjoy a MGRS outing.

Go to the Web Site Home Page for schedule or click here.

Conway Scenic: The Mountaineer

This looks like it would be a great trip to take sometime.
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Current Maine & NH Trains Videos

1.Conway New Hampshire Foliage Train

2.New Hampshire Northcoast Gravel Train

3.Mainline mountain Railroad" - Conway Scenic Railroad *

4.Fallen flags: Maine Central Railroad - Calais (ghost) Branch. Pt. 1

5.Maine Eastern Railroad Plow extra 1-23-09

6.Maine Central # 347 in Brunswick. Part 2

7.Boston & Maine #333 having trouble at Brunswick Junction

8.Maine Eastern Railroad EMD GP9 #764 in HQ

9.Maine Eastern Railroad at Bath Crossings (locomotive view)

10.Maine Central GP40 #380 departing Brunswick

11.Maine Narrow Gauge: Steam Along Casco Bay

12.Maine Central Railroad GP40 #321 switching in the yard Calais Maine *

13.Fallen flags: Maine Central Railroad - Calais (ghost) Branch. Pt. II

14.Maine Eastern Railroad Turntable & Roundhouse

15.Pan Am/Maine Central Railroad Bucksport Coating Switcher

16.Canadian Pacific 165 - Boston and Maine GP40-2

17.Two trains at Rigby Yard

18.Amtrak Downeaster

Just Puttering Around

"Puttering" is one of my favorite things. Actually, I was digging in the dirt most of the day. In the front yard I uncovered out septic cover. I did not know where it was and decided to find it myself and then call 'the guy'. Better now then wait to winter and there is a problem.
That solved, I went out back and worked on my retaining wall addition to the railroad. It will also serve as a large addition to the flower garden area. Still to much work to be done. But I looked over and saw the little water garden and though it looked happy, so I snapped a picture.

Interesting Find on Ebay

Tiny Lee is one of our best Internet Investigators. He finds all kinds of interesting stuff that is fun to look at and he always shares his finds! Thanks 'tiny' we appreciate it. Here is some G scale equipment, that you never know, might lead you to just what you are looking for! Click here to take a look.

Welcome to Dick,

The blog is glad to see a new member signed up as an author! Richard from Bath, Me. Congratulations and when you are ready try making your first post. Thanks Dick for signing up.
Here is a video you might like. It's the Maine Eastern coming into Bath. It's a great trip starting in Brunswick and going through Bath and Wiscaset to Rockland. A nice layover of 3 hours gives you time for lunch and looking around before catching the train for the return trip. Click Here to see video.

The Iron Horse

Is in your mailbox. It is also on the Web Site. It is very good looking and thanks go to Scott Gould for his hard work and excellent result as Editor and Publisher. The articles, pictures and quality of the Iron Horse are top notch and serve as an outstanding representative for Maine Garden Railway Society.

Note: You can email a friend or relative the link by right clicking on the Iron Horse Logo on the Blog under Current Newsletter and select 'Copy Link Location'. Then simply paste it in your email.

Oops - Going to Fast !

TROUBLE on the Track! Here is a video to watch. Click here.

Maine Veterans Home Outing at MGRS

Some more frisky Maine Veterans came by to visit at a special event at MGRS today at Carl's.
They were from the Nursing Home Group and were an absolute delight! And they had 3 guides and assistants that did a great job. Kudos to the MGRS members that helped out. It took 7 of us to keep up with the Vets! Thanks to Carl, Scott, Paul, Mac, Lou, John and Dick (Richard Cosgrove from Bath, a new member that just joined Saturday.) It was a great get together and we are adding both Veteran Groups that just visited to our Newsletter Mailing List. Thanks again Veterans!

Maine Veterans Home of Scarborough visits MGRS

It was a lot of fun to see our friends from the Maine Veterans Home visit MGRS today. Several who visited before returned today and brought new people with them. Walter kept 5 trains running and sounding great at the same time he was answering questions. Carl had the train camera on and working perfectly. The hand held radios were "chattering commands" for trains as well as Golf Carts! Golf Cart rides from Carl and Scott were getting very popular! The sun was shining and lunch under the 'big tent' was great. The veterans enjoyed the trains and the beauty of the garden. Every one had a good time and the laughter and the stories were the best of all. Thank you Veterans!

Yes it was!

Yes it was an "Extravaganza"! And lots of people must be tired today, particularly Pat and Carl for all the hard work that they put in! Plus, so many other really good people helped so much! When you put it all together it turned out to be a terrific MGRS event on a beautiful sunny day.

The SUN is Shining and it is Looking Good!

Get ready to open up that invitation!
See you Saturday at the "Extravaganza"

Train vs Tornado

Here is a recent video link that member Denneth 'tiny' Lee sent in for us to take look at:
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Thanks tiny.

From July 9th 'Today in History' - The Great Train Wreck of 1918

SCGRR's Newest acquisitons,USA Trains B&M F3 with Aristocraft Revolution Control

Here is a short video, not very clear in some places, of my latest acquisitons. The Engine is USA Trains F3 and I have installed an on-board 21.5v Lio battery along with Aristocrafts new "Revolution" Control system. I have also installed a "Dallee" sound board. That will be up-graded at a later date.

Sunny July 5th

As the 4th of July weekend draws to a close the sun came out and trains were at last able to run again. I finally did my second Army decal car and finished it up on the Fourth of July. This one follows our grandson and his unit the 32 nd Transportation Co. to Bagrad AFB Base in Afghanistan. He operates a PLS (Palletized Load System) vehicle and that is pictured on the car. I decided if Iwas going to have a military train I had better come up with a caboose so I commendered a Southern Pacific search light car and painted the yellow bin brown and added a US ARMY Logo as a start. We'll see, I may want to get a regular Army caboose. Go Army

Happy Fourth of July!

Wishing Everyone a Safe and Happy July 4th Weekend from MGRS.

Stars and Stripes Forever

The Best Steam Run By's of 2008

If you want to see a very good video on Steam Engines: Click here and enjoy:

White River JCT

I remember as a kid hearing a lot about White River Junction as I traveled to Vermont every summer to visit relatives. I recently got an email from a good friend who has just travelled through the area.



Hi John,

Greetings from VT! We took the Amtrak Vermonter out of White River Junction (aka WRJ around here) to go down to Baltimore for my mom's 80th birthday. It was a pretty good trip, and this end of it was very convenient. We arrived in Baltimore about 10 minutes late, pretty good timing for a 10 hour trip. Shuttling to the airport to grab a rental car and get to our hotel less than 5 miles from the train station took another 2 hours. :-( Aieeee....

I'm attaching a few pix from the WRJ area. It was hopping busy place back in the heyday of train travel, but things are looking pretty tired around here now. The pix are a couple of modern trains, and a couple of vintage trains.

- Tom

Famous 494
Vermonter at WRJ
Green Mountain
Freight at WRJ