After about 15 minutes, the cop returned and advised that
there were two trains in the picture, both on the Androscoggin
Sub. Southbound CPIP (Canadian Pacific-International Paper)
was out of Jackman a couple of hours ago and northbound
BM2 (Bethel-Madrid) was working at Dixfield. It looked like a
meet would take place at Carthage. This was enough info to
get us started. We thanked the gentleman and headed south to
find a spot to set up for CPIP.
Several miles out of Madrid we found Sandy River Jct. This was
the location where the White Mountain Branch split off the
Androscoggin Sub. We hung around for about an hour watch-
ing the clouds thicken and lower. It was obvious there would be
no sun today. Just when we thought we couldn’t wait any lon-
ger, finally there was a horn in the distance, and then a head-
light on the horizon! We grabbed the cameras, fully loaded with
Kodachrome 64, and got into position. A haze of smoke made it
2
2: CPIP stops shy of the Route 156 crossing in
downtown Weld.
Journey to Allagash Part 1 - 3
MRH-Jan 2014
