I gave up a while back trying to understand the exact corporate structure of the entity formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries, i.e. the Guilford Rail System, whose holdings included the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Springfield Terminal railroads. Their recent change in branding to "Pan Am Railways" didn't help either.¹

I don't know anyone who sings the praises of this company, but a lot of complaints usually tend to be railfan insults: "The paint job's boring!" "They don't run this locomotive or that! They didn't give me unrestricted access to roam around the Waterville or North Billerica facilities!" Y'know, meaningless complaints.²

However, the Superintendent over at the Cold Spring Shops has dug up an article detailing the latest misdeeds of the company. For more information, read his snarky rejoinder here.

Given the praise I've seen sent his way in the past, ol' PBM might actually be an improvement on Dave Fink. From what I understand, a railroad under McGinnis couldn't pay its bills. Pan Am, on the other hand, won't pay its bills. They've supposedly got the money.

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¹ Wikipedia's Pan Am Railways article suggests that GTI=Pan Am Systems now, which owns the B&M, MEC, and ST. Go figure.

² For the record, I don't hate PAR; I just don't understand their mindset. Last I heard, they had ex-N&W/SOU motive power running around up there, along with some GP7/GP9s; that counts for something. I do like the two liveries they've used so far. My only complaint is that their ownership of the Delaware & Hudson didn't turn out so great, but the Canadian Pacific seems to have done all right with it.

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