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Switching isolated trackage with an F40? Yep, that's what the MMA did. SLC 270 (ex-AMT F40, before that NJT and originally Amtrak) was being used by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic as a switcher on an isolated stretch of track that did not connect to MMA's network in the spring of 2014. Here it is parked on a rough piece of track near CN's Drummondville Sub.
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Caption: Switching isolated trackage with an F40? Yep, that's what the MMA did. SLC 270 (ex-AMT F40, before that NJT and originally Amtrak) was being used by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic as a switcher on an isolated stretch of track that did not connect to MMA's network in the spring of 2014. Here it is parked on a rough piece of track near CN's Drummondville Sub.

Photographer:
Michael Berry [3933] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/11/2014 (search)
Railway: Montreal Maine and Atlantic (search)
Reporting Marks: SLC 270 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: MMA St-Guillaume Sub (search)
City/Town: Ste-Rosalie (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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6 Comments
  1. Jacob Patterson
    December 7, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    Cool shot Mike.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    December 7, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    what happened down there? Haven’t seen many photos of this operating…

    If this was in Ontario, there would be shots of this operation, every week.. like the Burford spur :)

  3. mberry
    December 7, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    MMA used to serve a feed mill in Ste-Rosalie via the St-Guillaume sub, an ex-CP branch from Farnham. By this point in 2014 the line from Farnham was out of service because it was in such bad sahep, so the MMA stationed a locomotive there permanently. The CMQ does the same thing even at present.

    A number of Quebec photographers covered this line much better than I did.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nabot/albums/72157626714366076

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/one-track-mind/albums/72157633241412506

  4. Stephen C. Host
    December 8, 2015 at 8:36 am

    Yeah but I don’t see the F40 working the line..

    Just the usual ragtag junk the MMA was known for.

  5. mberry
    December 8, 2015 at 9:05 am

    You’re not looking closely enough then.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nabot/8652630443/in/album-72157626714366076/

  6. Stephen C. Host
    December 8, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Correct, there’s a lot of photos on those pages, and I have other things to do than look for the needle in the haystack. :) Thanks for posting the link to the actual image in question.
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