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They make a special breed of railfan in Maine. There are no Dolton Junctions or Blue Island Crossings to watch 100 or more trains a day pound the diamonds. There are no high speed, triple-track mainlines like the old Pennsylvania Railroad line over Horseshoe Curve. There are no BNSF “Racetrack” lines like out of Chicago.

Nevertheless, Maine offers its fair share of railfanning gems. In addition to a number of interesting short lines and scenic railways, they have the always-interesting Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) and splendid scenery. While an Atlantic beach in Maine may not be your idea of a tropical, white sand, eternal summer paradise, the Pine Tree State may be a great destination for your next railfan adventure, as we see in this Monday edition of Railfan Video of the Day.

Prolific Maine railfan and videographer drc930 captured and shared this video of two Pan Am trains, the Portland Local, led by GP-40 #342 (originally Penn Central #3224), and the POWA (Portland to Waterville) manifest train behind no less than 8 EMD products in various paint schemes! The locomotives on this train include:

Pan Am SD40M-2 #610, originally Southern Pacific SD-45 #9076

Guilford GP-40 #377, originally Norfolk & Western #1330 – note the high short hood

Pan Am SD40-2 #609, originally Milwaukee Road #3026

GMTX #958, originally a GP-40 of unknown lineage

GMTX #3050, originally a GP-40 of unknown heritage

Pan Am GP40-2LW #507, originally Candian National #9472

GMTX GP-40 #3003, originally Baltimore And Ohio #3733

Guilford GP-40 #312, originally Penn Central #3201

An all-EMD lashup!

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