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MORE FREIGHT TRAINS ARE ROLLING THROUGH MAINE AS CARGO SHIP TRAFFIC RAMPS UP IN
NEW BRUNSWICK

by Bill Trotter September 4, 2022September 4, 2022


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A Canadian Pacific engine crosses a railroad bridge over Rt. 2 in Hermon.
Canadian Pacific is one of two major rail freight companies, the other being
CSX, that have acquired rail lines in Maine in the past two years to get better
access to the increasing amount of cargo coming into the port in Saint John, New
Brunswick. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN

At the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick, 70 miles east of the Maine border,
there’s been a flurry of change recently, and it’s been aggressively expanded to
handle more vessels looking to deliver shipments to the East Coast. Meanwhile,
the port is also pursuing upgrades to the province’s rail network to better
distribute the cargo to points west and south.

As major cargo ports in North America struggle with a backlog of ships waiting
to unload, more freight trains are passing through Maine, brightening the
economic prospects of far-flung Maine towns along the rail route. But it’s not
without challenge — for some Maine towns the trains are also bringing
complications.

In Vanceboro, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has decided to cut back on the
hours that vehicles can drive across the St. Croix River, which separates the
two countries, so it can shift personnel to handle the increase in rail traffic.
In Jackman, about 150 miles west along the tracks, cars and trucks face long
waits as the trains stop traffic on Route 201, and the blast of the trains’
horns — a safety requirement when it crosses the road — sometimes wakes people
in the middle of the night.



But for Ken Stannix, the mayor of McAdam, the increase in rail traffic through
his town into the U.S. represents a much-needed economic boost for rural towns
in northern Maine and southwest New Brunswick.

Stannix said hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars have been spent on recent
improvements to the port in Saint John, and tens of millions more in Canadian
currency is being spent to improve the rail line from Saint John through McAdam,
which is just five miles east of Vanceboro. He said two trains, each of them
nearly two miles long, leave McAdam and cross the border at Vanceboro every day,
but that number is expected to increase to 12 in the next three years — a jump
of 500 percent.

“They don’t spend that money to have a couple of freight trains roll through
Vanceboro,” Stannix said of the New Brunswick rail improvements. “The growth
prospects are huge. New Brunswick and Maine stand to gain from this growth.”


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by Bill Trotter September 4, 2022September 4, 2022

Improving east-west transportation corridors through Maine has long been a goal
of economic development officials who see Maine’s long looping border with
Canada as an asset. Maine borders the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the
northwest and New Brunswick to the east, giving the state the shortest route
between the maritime provinces and the rest of Canada.  Roughly 20 million
people live in the heavily populated corridor just across Maine’s western
border, between Quebec City and Windsor, Ontario.

The Canadian corridor also serves as a gateway for railroads transporting goods
to Midwest cities such as Detroit and Chicago.

The United States is also investing in rail in Maine. Nate Moulton, Maine
Department of Transportation’s director of freight and passenger rail services,
said $35 million in public and private funding has been used in the past two
years to improve freight capabilities on Maine rail lines south of Bangor, in
large part to handle the increased cargo shipments coming from Saint John.



“There’s no question there is increased freight rail traffic in Maine, and it
will continue,” Moulton said. “We’ve got some really good rail operators now.
They need material, they need fuel, they need crews. It helps give us a robust
rail infrastructure in Maine.”

In addition to bringing new jobs to part of the state that has lost many in
recent decades through the decline of paper mills and other manufacturing
businesses, the expansion of freight rail service in Maine has the potential to
attract other businesses that want to take advantage of the growing
transportation route, Moulton said.

“It’s good jobs for Maine,” he said of the impact of increasing rail traffic.
“There are a lot of good things happening.”


State Rep. Richard Evans, whose district includes Brownville, stands with
Canadian Pacific supervisor Craig Kuhn during a visit to the company’s rail yard
at Brownville Junction in August 2021. Large railroad companies Canadian Pacific
and CSX are planning or pursuing multi-million dollar improvements to portions
of Maine’s rail line network as increased ocean cargo shipments to Saint John,
New Brunswick, are bringing more freight trains through Maine. Credit:
Contributed photo

The most recently arrived rail operators in Maine are Canadian Pacific and CSX,
which have acquired local rail lines in Maine to tap into the large volumes of
freight coming across the border.

After pulling out of Maine in 1995, Canadian Pacific returned two years ago when
it acquired Central Maine and Quebec Railway, extending its reach from the West
Coast and Midwest to Brownville, Hermon and Searsport. Through an agreement with
Canadian firm NBM Railways — which owns tracks that extend east from Brownville
through Mattawamkeag and Vanceboro to Saint John — Canadian Pacific has direct
access to the New Brunswick cargo port.

Earlier this summer, Florida-based CSX acquired Pan Am Railways, extending its
reach from Illinois and Florida through New England to Bangor and Mattawamkeag.
Prior to the purchase, Pan Am had applied for a federal grant to help cover half
of the estimated $42 million cost of rebuilding its line between Waterville and
Mattawamkeag, a distance of about 110 miles, which will allow the line to carry
heavier and longer trains from Saint John, according to online trade publication
Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports.

In addition, CSX and the Federal Railroad Administration are splitting the bill
on $35 million worth of improvements on its line between Yarmouth and
Waterville. The company has not yet started upgrading the line from Waterville
through Bangor to Mattawamkeag, but a CSX spokeswoman said that work is expected
to begin next year.

Since 2020 Canadian Pacific has spent $90 million upgrading rail lines in Maine
and Quebec, and its service through Maine to Saint John has significantly
increased, said Andy Cummings, a company spokesman. Because of the heavier
freight traffic across Maine, the company worked with U.S. border officials to
open a new container inspection station in Jackman earlier this year.

Cummings said the railroad also transports Maine forest products to customers
out of state and has been looking for other ways to grow its rail service in
Maine. It also has jobs to fill in Brownville.

“Overall business [in Maine and Quebec] has grown more substantially than we
anticipated when we acquired the line,” Cummings said.


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