My name is Rob and I live in Portland, Maine. We bought my two year old son a Brio set this past year and he’s become a big fan of “choo choos”. We had an HO layout as a kid, so his enthusiasm has rubbed off on me and I’ve become a budding railfan myself. Until I can start that HO layout in the basement, my son and I have been visting the narrow gauge museum in town weekly and driving over to Rigby Yards in South Portland to see what we can see.
Could anyone tell me what locomotives we’re looking at?
The last image was taken nearby Rigby at Calvary Cemetery. My great-grandfather was a railroad man. He was a fireman, then an engineer on the Grand Trunk in the 1910’s. His grave is 10’ from the mainline out of Portland.
Hey , this is great !!! A friend from my new adopted home in Maine !!! I’m not yet familier with the guilford fleet , but it looks like a couple of ex NS geep 38 and perhaps a GP50.
Don’t forget to visit the MMA shops in Derby/ Milo.
Randy
I don’t know what Guilford might call them today after however many rebuilds, de-turboing or whatever else they may have been through, but both units in your pics, Nos. 215 and 216, were originally EMD GP35’s.
Welcome!, Great to see the Rigby photos. Hope my newly adopted 3 y.o son will like trains! He gets his first ride Monday afternoon here in Ukraine.
Lived in Wells for 10 years and always drove by the yard. Portland is my second favorite city after Boston. In fact my wife and I honeymoned at the Regency Hotel.
Thanks for the post feeling very home sick for both my house and the rock bound coast.