Jackson Alexander
Bald Bluff Discovered Bosley
I've lived out in Maine for over two years now, and I have barely shot the Moosehead East Sub. I live right by it and there's shots to be had, but I'm lazy. For some reason CN 3967 ended up leading a 120 into Brownville Junction the other day and luck would have it that it would be wyed and lead 121 the next day.
I drove up to BVJ in the morning to verify this and got a headstart on them since I needed to walk in pretty far for this image. Bald Bluff used to be just that, a bunch of bare rock along the railroad. To the left is Moosehead Lake, and like a few other spots along it, CP had to blast through rock formations that went right down to the waterline to complete their mainline at lake-level all those decades ago. If you look at old images here, you could walk up to the top of the cut and get a beautiful view looking over the tracks with the lake clearly visible to the left.
Nowadays, the inventor of trees has ruined all of that. Tall growth skirts the lake, and the bluff itself is home to some rather thick foliage. Thankfully there is still plenty of space on the lakeside of the cut to get some elevation for a photo. It may not be what it once was, but it still makes for one hell of a shot.
It wasn't long that I had to wait before this odd couple leading 121 made their way into my viewfinder, about an hour behind schedule.
Bald Bluff Discovered Bosley
I've lived out in Maine for over two years now, and I have barely shot the Moosehead East Sub. I live right by it and there's shots to be had, but I'm lazy. For some reason CN 3967 ended up leading a 120 into Brownville Junction the other day and luck would have it that it would be wyed and lead 121 the next day.
I drove up to BVJ in the morning to verify this and got a headstart on them since I needed to walk in pretty far for this image. Bald Bluff used to be just that, a bunch of bare rock along the railroad. To the left is Moosehead Lake, and like a few other spots along it, CP had to blast through rock formations that went right down to the waterline to complete their mainline at lake-level all those decades ago. If you look at old images here, you could walk up to the top of the cut and get a beautiful view looking over the tracks with the lake clearly visible to the left.
Nowadays, the inventor of trees has ruined all of that. Tall growth skirts the lake, and the bluff itself is home to some rather thick foliage. Thankfully there is still plenty of space on the lakeside of the cut to get some elevation for a photo. It may not be what it once was, but it still makes for one hell of a shot.
It wasn't long that I had to wait before this odd couple leading 121 made their way into my viewfinder, about an hour behind schedule.