Last week the town of Peru has been humming along the Pan Am right-of-way with the varied tasks of a tie gang. The shot above was taken on Oct. 24th, early in the proceedings. Apparently the train spent the day spreading out the ties over about 3 miles from this point back towards Portland. A day or two afterwards other machinery showed up and the same spot hosted all manner of track vehicles, workers and the like. The spot is right across from the former Peru depot and the siding is Dixfield Siding - East.
Each morning for the rest of the week, around 7:30am, the area was crowded with workers arriving and machinery warming up. The crossing signals (behind me) naturally lit up with all the movement and I managed to be headed to work on Wednesday just as a flagman of sorts began to wave traffic through. I would have gotten out for another follow-up photo but nearby and just across the Androscoggin River is a DOT project to replace the Rt. 2 Webb River bridge so traffic in the area was murder the same week.
Wouldn't you know it. After 19 years of commuting through this very place, the only photo I have ever gotten of a live train in this area was at this same spot (though looking the other way) featuring the exact same unit, in the same paint scheme, on point almost exactly one-year before. See prior post.
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