The Changing of the Guard: CSX's Takeover of Pan Am Railways in Southern Maine

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At Buckingham Palace, Arlington Cemetery, and on North America's Railroads: The Changing of the Guard is bound to happen. As a lifelong railfan of Pan Am Railways and close follower of the acquisition by CSX Transportation, I headed to Maine once again to document the transition in the most mixed-up area of the railroad: District 2, melting pot of CSX and Pan Am trains, power, symbols, and operations. We would venture into New Hampshire on our first day, but the next four days were focused solely in Maine. We begin and end with Pan Am, catching everything from CSX to Amtrak in between.
The prequel:
• From Amtrak in Vermont...
The reasoning behind the CSX-Pan Am Acquisition:
• Why CSX is Buying Pan ...
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@tr3270 4 ай бұрын

I always love seeing train videos in my hometown. Rigby Yard in South Portland was my favorite place to go to watch trains growing up. I even lived a couple miles from along the greenbelt and walked the tracks that would lead to the yard all the time.

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Very cool compellation video on all your catches trackside. We enjoyed watching and have a nice upcoming weekend.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

Another great effort Harrison, and I loved the intro music! It sure looks like CSX has moved in with a vengeance! By the way, you've got me in the mood for doughnuts! I'll have to deal with that issue later!

@yourlocalbaltimorerailfan.6756 20 күн бұрын

Excellent.

@RailFanRob Жыл бұрын

Awesome documentation of this! It's like a piece of railroading history!!

@dhdisprsmith2296 Жыл бұрын

Great coverage in this video. Congrats on getting your license!

@naoro 9 ай бұрын

Amazing trains! Thank you for sharing 😊

@Dan-uv5lw 10 ай бұрын

Great catch, awesome power with long train to be split and distrubuted.

@northpennvalleysteamrailroad Жыл бұрын

Cool CSX Action!

@maxtraxtrains5481 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@lackawannarailfan5206 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@jasonpetersrailadventures Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@terrywallace8922 Жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what is going to happen to the geeps and the sd45s and the c40-8s, now that csx is taking the railroad!I hope that csx keeps them and use them to help csx run their trains.

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

There are no more SD45s but CSX has already repainted a C40-8 into their new paint.

@haaseshouseoscience6377 Жыл бұрын

Amazing catches! Also, is Rigby yard starting to make a locomotive deadline (aka a storage line for locomotives)?

@notch8c40 Жыл бұрын

That was an odd M426 lashup, Never knew there was a spongebob cab already up to rigby, and thats uncommon to see a YN3 CW40-8 with a missing numberboard on the nose. Overall awesome video! Well done! Also, what was the name of the place you stayed? I have stayed at Elmwood, just across from dunkins in wells and their suites are very nice.

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

A TIME TRAVELER 😮 We stayed at Sea Mist across from that other road that goes towards North Berwick

@LeahK2018 Жыл бұрын

The first M426-20 in this video isn't a CW40-8 , it's a AC locomotive, not DC tractive locomotive. It's a AC 4400. any CSX locomotive with a lightning bolt by the number on the locomotive cab is AC Traction motor locomotive. 22 plus years seniority on CSX here. The 2nd M426 in the video has 3 CSX AC 4400's leading Guilford locomotives 🚂

@notch8c40 Жыл бұрын

@LeahK2018 As I watched the video, I realized the mistake I made lol. I just saw the unit in person too so

@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan Жыл бұрын

*4* Maine Central boxcars, I challenge you all to find them all

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

I saw them all with my own eyes and noted them 😉

@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCountryTrains you only focused on one of them though.... 🤔

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

@@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan once is enough

@NorthernNewEnglandRailfan Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCountryTrains ok

@batesfamilyfilms Жыл бұрын

Just wondering about the Pan AM road and local train symbols. Do you know which trains are still running and what symbols CSX is using? For example, is the RUED Rumford to East Deerfield still running and what symbols does that local use now? It would be nice to have a complete symbol list.

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

Symbols are currently in the process of change. For example, RUPO/PORU have become two L0xx trains that meet and turn at Danville, but I don’t know what those symbols are.

@batesfamilyfilms Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCountryTrains Those are on the CSX symbol list as: L053 Rigby, ME to Rumford, ME Mon, Wed, Fri Works Danville Jct, ME. Former symbol PORU and L054 Rumford, ME. to Rigby, ME Tue, Thu, Sat Manifest Former symbol RUPO

@Vermont-rail-fanner-432 Жыл бұрын

I got a video of 471 in old orchard beach

@natgass8102 Жыл бұрын

does it seem like they are using more power than usual on these trains the first one you caught had 6 or 7 and 426 had 5? thanks

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

Actual power is similar as before, the trains usually have 3 units online. The extra units are heading east to Waterville and west to East Deerfield for swapping, repairs, etc

@natgass8102 Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCountryTrains that makes more sense that not all of the engines are running, when you see what the use in the lines in NY state it’s usually 2 or 3 of the big GE’s that

@jackseamon7064 8 ай бұрын

A NYC Gon!

@penskepc2374 Жыл бұрын

Ive always felt like there is an inordinate amout of tank cars in Maine

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

Lots of fuel and also slurry

@jimmydcap Жыл бұрын

I wonder what CSX is going to do now with Pan Ams equipment.

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

Some will be repainted, rebuilt, some will be scrapped, and some will be sold

@jimmydcap Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCountryTrains i live in Nashua NH so i keep an eye out for Pan Am stuff. Already their work equipment has the CSX logo on it.

@Skullitor Жыл бұрын

Exellent video. Next beach. Shots, ADD BIKINIS!

@LeahK2018 Жыл бұрын

CSX got rid of there entire C40-8 locomotives only to require them in the Gilford deal. Not only that I seen one already painted into the CSX paint scheme. This doesn't make sense to me, especially when they have newer and better locomotives in storage to put to use on the Gilford System.

@NorthCountryTrains Жыл бұрын

Some will likely go to the B&E but I don’t know about the rest.

@jackseamon7064 8 ай бұрын

Somewhere along the way I saw that Dash 8s were going to have a rebuild program after all and maybe turn into A.C. units. 😮 Thumbs up to upgrades.