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Rail Equipment

The Downeast Scenic Rail is accruing an excellent collection of rail equipment, some of which is in use, and some of which is being restored at Washington Junction.

Engine 54

Engine #54 is a 1948 70 ton General Electric locomotive that was purchased from the Belfast and Moosehead Railroad in Unity. Our vintage 1948 work engine rides the rails.

downeast scenic engine 54
man pouring champagne on enginer 54
engine 54
front view of engine 54
A black train on the tracks
A black train on the tracks

Caboose 2608

red train with a Downeast Scenic sign
A red train on the tracks
The inside of a train
A red train on the tracks
A red rail on the tracks
A red train on the tracks

Engine 1055

Engine 1055 is a 1950 ALCO Sw4 1000hp engine purchased from the Conway Scenic Railroad in 2010.

1055 with passenger consist
inside the cab of 1055
engineer leverett fernald in the cab
engine 1055 in the yard
downeast scenic
downeast scenic engine 1055
1055 enteres the washington junction yard
1055 runs around its work train at the Ellsworth Falls switch
1055 Work Train
1055 heading west along High St
1055 leads a work train thru Beals Ave Crossing
side few of the front of the train

Engine 53

Engine 53 is a Davenport that originally was used on the ore docks of Minnesota.

Engine 53 in the yard

Passenger Coaches

All passenger coaches were fully renovated by the volunteers of the Downeast Scenic Railroad. Coach 123 is a former Delaware Lackawanna & Western coach that was used in commuter service in the New York City area in the early 1900’s.

Coach 123, the Union River
Coach 155 the “McNeil Point”
Open Air Car 124

Maintenance Of Way

The Downeast Scenic Railroad Maintenance of way equipment.

Ballast being loaded into the hopper car
Gradall
Hy-rail truck
A-4 Crew Car
Dump Truck
Gradall
Tamper
Ballast Regulator
A rusty red train on the tracks