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11/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40Built As:NYC 3050 (GP40)
Serial Number:33214Order No:7987
Frame Number:7987-1Built:7/1967
Notes:Ex-CR, Exx-PC, Exxx-NYC
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 305(GP40) CR 3050(GP40) PC 3050(GP40) NYC 3050(GP40)
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Dusk Action on the Saco Industrial Track
Title:  Dusk Action on the Saco Industrial Track
Description:  PO-5 with MEC 305 and five loads (four steel and one lumber) approaches the Industrial Park Rd. crossing in Saco, Maine. This crew had recrewed PO-5 a bit earlier in Biddeford.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:45:22 AM
Location:  Saco, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
PO-3 305 on the Saco Industrial
Title:  PO-3 305 on the Saco Industrial
Description:  PO-3 with MEC 305 has just finished some switching on the runaround track near the AR switch and proceeds light engine up to the Main St. crossing to be recrewed by PO-5 before continuing up to switch Casco Bay Steel. This portion of the line was once part of B&M's Eastern Main Line.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 10:54:32 AM
Location:  Biddeford, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 305 - MEC 517 - MEC 7552 - MEC 7643 - MEC 518. (Right): MEC 7595 - CSXT 466 - CSXT 5200 - CSXT 8831 - MEC 501 - MEC 307. East End Switching: MEC 345 - MEC 504. West End Switching: MEC 313 - MEC 316. PORU with MEC 319 - MEC 306 - MEC 512 is hooked to PORU on Track 29 which would go out later in the afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/4/2022  Upload Date: 12/8/2022 6:17:59 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40) MEC 7595(C40-8)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 345. (Right): MEC 7552 - MEC 7523 - MEC 7575 - MEC 7542 - CSXT 8054 - CSXT 11 - CSXT 481. PO-1 with MEC 305 is switching the east end of the yard. PO-8 with MEC 306 was at the west end of the yard. PO-3 with MEC 514 went to Deering with two boxcars. DO-1 with MEC 501 was at the west end of the yard, as was POED doubling its train with MEC 7518 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7609.
Photo Date:  12/27/2022  Upload Date: 1/1/2023 8:13:15 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 345(GP40) MEC 7552(C40-8) MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
SAPPI-3's Power
Title:  SAPPI-3's Power
Description:  SAPPI-3's power takes a rest at the west end of Waterville Yard while M426 arrives.
Photo Date:  2/25/2023  Upload Date: 2/28/2023 10:19:07 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 305 (from PO-3) - MEC 510 - MEC 310 - LTEX 3902. (Right): CSXT 826 - CSXT 3015 - CSXT 1712 - MEC 5933. DO-1 with MEC 512 is shoving its train into the east end. MEC 5976 was parked at the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  3/10/2023  Upload Date: 3/16/2023 9:37:26 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40) CSX 826(ES44AC-H)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description:  Seen trailing L053 on the Rumford Branch.
Photo Date:  4/11/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 12:23:44 PM
Location:  Leeds, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/2023  Upload Date: 6/30/2023 10:56:51 PM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  51   Comments: 2
MEC 305 is fifth out M427
Title:  MEC 305 is fifth out M427
Description:  Seen entering the Hill Yard on its way from Waterville, ME to Selkirk, NY.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 11:42:15 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
M427 crawls into the Hill Yard
Title:  M427 crawls into the Hill Yard
Description:  The train is on its way from Waterville, ME to Selkirk, NY.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 11:42:20 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40) CSX 8243(SD40-2)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Heading back to its Train
Title:  Heading back to its Train
Description:  After working the Hill Yard M427 heads back to Graniteville to pick up the rest of its train.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 11:42:52 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
MEC 305 leads M427's pawer back to its train
Title:  MEC 305 leads M427's pawer back to its train
Description:  After working the Hill Yard M427 heads back to Graniteville to pick up the rest of its train.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/29/2023 11:42:56 AM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
MEC 310 & 305
Title:  MEC 310 & 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/2023  Upload Date: 7/28/2023 9:24:15 PM
Location:  Portsmouth, NH
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 310(GP40) MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Waterville Yard Action
Title:  Waterville Yard Action
Description:  The yard was fairly busy for a Saturday as L068 backs their thirty car train onto Track 2 with MEC 505 - CSXT 2514 to the left as U061 switches cars on the right. Two hours later L071 would also arrive from Northern Maine Junction with two C40-8's and about thirty cars.
Photo Date:  2/3/2024  Upload Date: 2/4/2024 2:13:57 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
MEC 305 & MEC 506 at Waterville Yard
Title:  MEC 305 & MEC 506 at Waterville Yard
Description:  The back of the power set for L070 (MEC 7622 - MEC 7552 - MEC 507 - MEC 506) faces the power for U061 (MEC 305 - MEC 315) at the west end of CSX's yard in Waterville, Maine.
Photo Date:  2/3/2024  Upload Date: 2/4/2024 2:14:23 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Guilfords at Waterville
Title:  Guilfords at Waterville
Description:  With their numbers dwindling quickly I was lucky to find a pair of "Big G" GP40's sitting in the afternoon sun at Waterville, Maine. They were used on WA-R (U061?) throughout the day.
Photo Date:  2/3/2024  Upload Date: 2/4/2024 2:14:48 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
L061 with MEC 305 at Waterville
Title:  L061 with MEC 305 at Waterville
Description:  L061 with MEC 305 - CSXT 2060 switches out a long cut of cars at the west end of the yard in Waterville, Maine.
Photo Date:  3/24/2024  Upload Date: 6/9/2024 1:23:31 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Waterville shops
Title:  Waterville shops
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2024  Upload Date: 10/21/2024 10:31:10 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Alex Piechowski
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CSX 7787(C40-8W) MEC 305(GP40) CSX 4230(SD40-3) CSX 4026(SD40-3) MEC 3400(SD40-2)
Views:  11   Comments: 0


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