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By Slow Train 202 miles in just over 6 hours – from Rockland, Maine to Boston: the Maine Eastern Railroad to the Downeaster

This post is part 1 of 2 of 433 Miles on 3 Coastal Trains Home From Rockland, Maine We leave our house at about 10:10, so I can drive the first 48 miles down Route 1 to Searsport to start my long coastal journey. As we near Searsport we we pass a railroad track and […]

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A Boston and Downeaster to Exeter Day-Trip from Wickford Junction aboard MBTA Commuter Rail

For my one full day staying in Rhode Island on Local Trains to Boston and Vermont me and Robbie decided to park at the new Wickford Junction Station (so RIPTA buses serve his beach house) and take MBTA Commuter Rail to head into Boston for a day trip of Downeaster and MBTA Riding. I did look […]

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The Evening Downeaster Train from Brunswick to Boston (with a terrible cafe attendant)

I have a nice walk in Brunswick, stopping at a cafe to use the internet for a bit and for some pizza for part of my dinner. I also need to sample something from the Downeaster Cafe car since it tries to be local (and is cheeper) like the one on Amtrak Cascades. I return […]

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Amtrak’s Shortest Train: A Ride on Downeaster #678 and #677 (The Only Passenger!): The Downeaster Shuttle Round-Trip from Brunswick to Freeport, 9 miles in 12 minutes

Greetings from Brunswick, Maine! As I continue my Downeaster to CapeFlyer trip. This past April the State of Maine decided to start an experiment with the Downeaster trainset that layovers in Brunswick by having it on weekends make a shuttle trip between 3:00pm and 3:45 to and from Freeport, its intended use is to let […]

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Upload: Brunswick, ME where train service is coming soon!

The reason I have had no action on the website in the past week is because I was on an internet-less vacation in Downeast Maine, a trip I’ve done virtually every year of my life, I got back yesterday. It was the usual driving trip with others so no photo stops like I enjoy doing […]