“The Trains of Northern New England 2009” covers the trains and operations on all of the regional railroads except Pan Am Railways and some of the short lines in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in the summer of 2009. It shows what has become of the Bangor and Aroostook, Central Vermont, Rutland, and CN and CP lines in northern New England and is a sequel to our highly acclaimed programs showing the trains of northern New England in 1997, 2000, and 2004. This program also shows how the railroads of northern New England are coping with and faring in the economic storm that has swept our country in the past year. Guilford Rail System, now known as Pan Am Railways, and Amtrak’s Downeaster are covered in a companion program titled “Pan Am Railways in Northern New England 2009” that will be released early in 2010. “The Trains of Northern New England 2009” is 1 hour and 26 minutes in length.  This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.

This program covers the trains and operations on all of the regional railroads - New England Central, Central Maine and Quebec, the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic, and the largest, Pan Am Railways, in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in the spring of 2018.  It shows what has become of the Maine Central and Boston and Maine railroads that once were the bastions of railroading in northern New England and also what became of the Bangor and Aroostook, Central Vermont, Rutland, and Canadian National and Canadian Pacific lines in northern New England.  It is a sequel to our highly acclaimed programs showing the trains of northern New England in 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2009.  This program also shows how the railroads of northern New England are coping with the decline in the paper industry in the past decade.  And Pan Am still has an eclectic mix of power including a group of “new” units – twenty-seven to twenty-nine-year-old GEs which are replacing even older EMDs.  This DVD is two hours and four minutes in length and can be watched with or without narration.