St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (SLR/SLQ)

Crews erected a temporary metal pole and canvas type structure over the end of one of the RIP
tracks several weeks ago and I'm guessing that's where the painting took place - not exactly ideal
taking into account temperature and humidity controls.

CN9634 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 6:18 pm they did a terrible job with those stripes...!

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it.

Today's edition of SLR train 393 with 4023-3007-3004 leaving the fuel track at Lewiston Junction at 1900 and
passing through South Paris with 29 cars at 2110.

Per a photo on social media, 4024 is now painted in a heritage scheme.

Hello,
This morning's SLQ westbound 393 departed Island Pond at 0737 with the following:

RM-1 806
GP40-3 3806
GP40 3004
17 centerbeam flats
3 boxcars
7 covered hoppers
19 tank cars

That's 46 cars total, including 2 loads and 44 empties.

There's still a couple of slow orders remaining from the flooding: MP 2-3 along the Pherrins River and MP14-15 on the bridge over Number Six Brook just south of Norton.
Have a great weekend,
Fritz

Hey everyone, I'm new to the boards here.

Does anyone know roughly how many trains per week tend to run through Berlin? I recently moved to the area and I haven't been able to catch anything passing through yet, I've heard the horn a couple times but only late at night.

Additionally, is there any kind of list of the yards that SLR uses regularly? I'm not familiar with rail in the area yet and I know where some of the sidings and yards are, but I haven't gotten lucky with seeing any engines around.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to hanging out and contributing here when I can.

393 (west) and 394 (east) are the road trains, which are all you'll see in the Berlin area these days. They typically run 2-3 times a week, meeting behind the former Issacson Steel plant over on 110 headed towards Milan/Groveton at the yard there; the two crews swap trains and head back to their respective terminals.

The meet generally occurs after 9/10 pm, as the two crews generally go on duty around 7pm at both Island Pond, VT (394), and Lewiston Junction, Maine (393).

Those are the only three yards any power would be seen in, as the only locals run out of the Maine side, and 393 generally holds at IP, departing around 7-9 am for Quebec as noted in the post above yours.