• Welcome to Toad Hall

    The home of the WXToad
  • BAR - Northern Maine Junction

    It was a bitter cold (well below zero), next-to-last day of January in 1965 when we got up VERY early to drive from Waterville up to Northern Maine Junction, with stops at Belfast and Searsport.

    2017
    BL-2 #51 and GP-7 #75 at Searsport.

    2018
    BL-2 #51 and GP-7 #75 at Searsport with buggy C-70.

    2020
    When we arrived at Northern Maine Jct, we found BL-2 #54 on switching duty.

    2015
    We kept ducking into the roundhouse to escape the bitter cold outside. There we found F-3 #45 and BL-2 #57.

    2016
    F-3 #43 and NW-2 #22.

    2023
    NW-2 #22.

    2024
    #32, a GE Model Y, wasn't so lucky and was sitting outside in the snow and cold.

    2026
    A great old piece of equipment.

    2027
    F-3 #41 pulls onto the turntable.

    2028
    Followed by F-3 #42.

    2032
    BL-2 #54.

    2034
    BL-2 #54.

    2035
    A Whiting Trackmobile being used for switching.

    2036
    F-3's #41 and #42, along with BL-2 #50.

    2038
    Steam generator car H-2.

    2039
    NW-2 #22 finally had to come out into the cold and get to work.

    2041
    F-3 #45 on the turntable.