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Looking west |
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This scene looks westbound up the main line from what today is State Rt7. The station still stands but the freight house is long gone. This set of photographs came to me via Ken Woodbury. There is no date information or amplyfing information other than what is present in the photographs them selves... If any viewer is aware of dates or locomotive detail please pass along.. /DL |
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8/1/1940 Upload Date: 12/1/2016 8:43:46 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
Ken Woodbury Collection |
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| Title: |
Underpass Glint |
| Description: |
BML 53 passes over Underpass Rd. in Brooks as it approaches its destination of Brooks Station. |
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10/11/2010 Upload Date: 10/29/2022 10:54:03 AM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
Dan Comick |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BML 53(70Tonner) |
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| Title: |
BML 50 |
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BML 50 sits outside the station in Brooks, Maine as sister unit BML 53 prepares to head south on a rare excursion to Burnham Junction. Columbus Day 2010. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2010 Upload Date: 10/29/2022 10:54:26 AM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
Dan Comick |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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BML 50(70Tonner) |
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| Title: |
Station |
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Have you ever read The Maine Two Footers? It was written in this station. Linwood Moody was dispatcher for the BML at the time and wrote the draft between dispatching and handleing LCL freight. The building is in splended condition having just gotten a fresh coat of paint... ((I wounder how many it has had applied over the years?)) /DL |
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7/20/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:34:07 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Station |
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Have you ever read The Maine Two Footers? It was written in this station. Linwood Moody was dispatcher for the BML at the time and wrote the draft between dispatching and handleing LCL freight. The building is in splended condition having just gotten a fresh coat of paint... ((I wounder how many it has had applied over the years?)) /DL |
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7/20/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:34:17 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Station |
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Have you ever read The Maine Two Footers? It was written in this station. Linwood Moody was dispatcher for the BML at the time and wrote the draft between dispatching and handleing LCL freight. The building is in splended condition having just gotten a fresh coat of paint... ((I wounder how many it has had applied over the years?)) /DL |
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7/20/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:34:27 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Station |
| Description: |
Have you ever read The Maine Two Footers? It was written in this station. Linwood Moody was dispatcher for the BML at the time and wrote the draft between dispatching and handleing LCL freight. The building is in splended condition having just gotten a fresh coat of paint... ((I wounder how many it has had applied over the years?)) /DL |
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7/20/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:34:32 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Station |
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Have you ever read The Maine Two Footers? It was written in this station. Linwood Moody was dispatcher for the BML at the time and wrote the draft between dispatching and handleing LCL freight. The building is in splended condition having just gotten a fresh coat of paint... ((I wounder how many it has had applied over the years?)) /DL |
| Photo Date: |
7/20/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:34:37 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Station |
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| Title: |
The Bog |
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If I'm keeping my geography properly aligned this is just east of MP B-9. The hi-rail is crossing a large bog. The RR had problems for years with the track settling here. The original RR was built on a corduroy foundation of logs sunk into the bog then covered with ballast. The logs are still there and as long as they stay underwater they'll remain solid. The settling problem was solved by removing the old cinder ballast and placing 12 foot ties over crushed stone ballast. The RR did this work itself with a 40 man work crew about 1970. /DL |
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7/24/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:47:41 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Whistle Posts |
| Description: |
Right out of the Paint Shop... |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 11:11:36 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Stone Arch Culvert |
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There are two of these large stone arch culverts on the BML. They are gems, still in excellent condition over 150 after being built. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2012 Upload Date: 11/3/2012 11:27:06 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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| Title: |
Track Work |
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Here is a useful tool for quickly lifting a rail for placement of a tie plate. So much faster than using a rail jack. /DL |
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7/3/2013 Upload Date: 10/17/2013 9:13:18 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Looking East |
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This view looks east from the Maine Reduction yard. Brooks is about mile or so ahead around a several cuves. The mile marker on the right is '14B' The short bridge deck at center frame beside the whistle post passes over the aptly named: 'Underpass Road' The whistle post in the far distance at the entrance to a curve warns the train crew of the approaching Rt139 crossing another 900 or so feet ahead. /DL |
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7/3/2013 Upload Date: 10/17/2013 9:14:33 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Yard |
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Looking westbound out of the yard at Brooks/ Maine. There used to be a crossing right here that accessed a section house which stood about where the scrap pile is today behind the flanger warning sign. /DL |
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7/19/2013 Upload Date: 10/17/2013 9:21:30 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Billing Database |
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Here is an interesting tidbit taken from the largets&rolladex (wheeldex) I ever saw. It was floor mounted and contained several thousand of these cards. It is the billing break down for, in this case, freight passing between the DML at Burnham Jct, Me. and the B&O at Milan, Ind. The BML gets 14% of the tariff and the other roads, for this particular routing divi up the remaining 86%. The LV gets 12%, tke D&H 10% and so on. The break out for NKP and B&O must have been in question this document was typed as they are not broken down. I was told that there could be several cargs like this for a particular destination, each based on varous routes and the railroads taking part. Apparently this database was under constant revision and was used for reference fbr billing on every load. /DL |
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7/19/2013 Upload Date: 10/17/2013 9:41:09 PM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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| Title: |
BML 109 headed for Waldo Tank |
| Description: |
Headed east down the main for a day of spiking around Waldo Tank. /DL |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/2014 Upload Date: 8/16/2014 11:21:29 AM |
| Location: |
Brooks, ME |
| Author: |
David Larrabee |
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Track |
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