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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)
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MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/30/2018  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:27:24 PM
Location:  Rumford, ME
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/30/2018  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:27:48 PM
Location:  Rumford, ME
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  212   Comments: 5
MEC 305 & BM 334 and MEC 519
Title:  MEC 305 & BM 334 and MEC 519
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/7/2019  Upload Date: 5/9/2019 6:48:41 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40) BM 334(GP40) MEC 519(GP40-2LW)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
PO-7 305 Crosses the Fore River
Title:  PO-7 305 Crosses the Fore River
Description:  PO-7 with MEC 305 - MEC 351 crosses into Portland after switching clay slurry tanks at Sprague.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 5/2/2021 11:56:39 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
PO-7 305 at Cassidy Point
Title:  PO-7 305 at Cassidy Point
Description:  PO-7 with MEC 305 - MEC 351 works Merrill's Marine Terminal in Portland, Maine.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 5/2/2021 11:57:06 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2021  Upload Date: 11/10/2021 9:49:15 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
MEC 305
Title:  MEC 305
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/8/2021  Upload Date: 11/10/2021 9:45:09 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Last Light at Riley's
Title:  Last Light at Riley's
Description:  Pan Am's PORU with MEC 305 - MEC 310 - MEC 514 sets out 18 cars at Verso Paper (Riley's Yard) in Jay, Maine on the shortest day of 2021. They would also swap out MEC 310 for MEC 383 as RI-1's power.
Photo Date:  12/21/2021  Upload Date: 12/23/2021 11:19:47 AM
Location:  Jay, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
PORU 305 in Livermore Falls
Title:  PORU 305 in Livermore Falls
Description:  PORU with MEC 305 - MEC 310 - MEC 514 at Depot St. in Livermore Falls, Maine.
Photo Date:  12/21/2021  Upload Date: 1/10/2022 9:36:33 PM
Location:  Livermore Falls, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
DO-1 & M426 at Rockingham Jct.
Title:  DO-1 & M426 at Rockingham Jct.
Description:  DO-1's power with MEC 383 - MEC 305 rolls down to inspect M426's consist after backing their train onto the Portsmouth Branch.
Photo Date:  6/13/2022  Upload Date: 6/27/2022 10:27:56 AM
Location:  Newfields, NH
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 305 - MEC 383 - MEC 511 - BM 330 - MEC 7585 - MEC 7575 - MEC 7534 - MEC 7605. (Right): CSXT 483 - CSXT 482 - CSXT 2790 - CSXT 1142 - CSXT 6026 - MEC 307 - MEC 306 - MEC 3xx - MEC 5xx. MEC 504 was on the east end lead, PO-4 with MEC 509 - MEC 3xx was switching on the west end and WAPO's power with MEC 7489 - MEC 7552 - MEC 515 - MEC 517 - ST PAR 1 - ST PAR 2 was about to head up the bypass track from Cook's.
Photo Date:  6/18/2022  Upload Date: 6/19/2022 2:41:51 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40) CSX 483(AC44CW)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): CSXT 486 - CSXT 101 - CSXT 8872 - MEC 7575 - MEC 7609 - MEC 7620 - MEC 511. (Right): MEC 305 - MEC 345 - MEC 503 - MEC 518 - MEC 504 - MEC 517. PO-4 with MEC 516 - MEC 507 is switching the east end of the yard. MEC 5948 was on the house track to the left out of frame.
Photo Date:  6/24/2022  Upload Date: 6/30/2022 8:40:21 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 486(AC44CW) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 305 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7552 - MEC 7534 - MEC 7620 (soon to be POED's power) - CSXT 6533 - MEC 517. (Right): MEC 7585 - MEC 7561 - MEC 310 - MEC 316. On the west end was CSXT 2548 switching the yard.
Photo Date:  8/12/2022  Upload Date: 8/17/2022 11:03:46 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 305(GP40)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
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:  45   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:  61   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:  82   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:  61   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:  51   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:  54   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:  51   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:  50   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:  49   Comments: 0


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