Jacob Mayo
Boundary
After driving 4 1/2 hours, and over 250 miles (the last 35 on dirt logging 'roads'), with no map or cell coverage to be sure where we were, Ryan and I beat CMQ Job 02 to this spot by 4 minutes.
Tom C had discovered this location a few days before and tipped us off to it, letting us know that it was about 45 minutes drive past Holeb. About 25 minutes past Holeb, we heard the train crew calling the US dispatcher for their clearance from Boundary to Jackman, and maybe 20 minutes after that, the mile 106 hotbox detector sounded off. At this point, I felt a pit in my stomach; I had no idea where we were or how much farther we had to go, and the train was getting close. I would have been apoplectic had we come all this way, only to pull up to the crossing to see boxcars going by, or see the hind end of the train disappearing around the corner. However, coming to a right hand curve we spotted an 'arrêt' sign and crossbucks: The tracks! Hopping our of the car, the sound of diesels was soon heard, and soon after Bangor & Aroostook heritage unit 9017 wheeled through the S curve, and we got the shot!
Boundary
After driving 4 1/2 hours, and over 250 miles (the last 35 on dirt logging 'roads'), with no map or cell coverage to be sure where we were, Ryan and I beat CMQ Job 02 to this spot by 4 minutes.
Tom C had discovered this location a few days before and tipped us off to it, letting us know that it was about 45 minutes drive past Holeb. About 25 minutes past Holeb, we heard the train crew calling the US dispatcher for their clearance from Boundary to Jackman, and maybe 20 minutes after that, the mile 106 hotbox detector sounded off. At this point, I felt a pit in my stomach; I had no idea where we were or how much farther we had to go, and the train was getting close. I would have been apoplectic had we come all this way, only to pull up to the crossing to see boxcars going by, or see the hind end of the train disappearing around the corner. However, coming to a right hand curve we spotted an 'arrêt' sign and crossbucks: The tracks! Hopping our of the car, the sound of diesels was soon heard, and soon after Bangor & Aroostook heritage unit 9017 wheeled through the S curve, and we got the shot!