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MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  EDPO with MEC 7541 - MEC 5963 - MEC 5956 - MEC 7655 and a short train heads east through Haverhill Station at dusk.
Photo Date:  1/24/2020  Upload Date: 4/25/2020 12:29:50 AM
Location:  Haverhill, MA
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
MEC 7541, 5963, 5956 & 7655
Title:  MEC 7541, 5963, 5956 & 7655
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/2020  Upload Date: 1/24/2020 6:22:30 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MEC 7541(C40-8) MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5956(B40-8) MEC 7655(C40-8W)
Views:  369   Comments: 2
MEC 7541, 5963, 5956 & 7655
Title:  MEC 7541, 5963, 5956 & 7655
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/2020  Upload Date: 1/24/2020 6:25:38 PM
Location:  South Lowell (subdivision), MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  MEC 7541(C40-8) MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5956(B40-8) MEC 7655(C40-8W)
Views:  409   Comments: 2
MEC 5963 & MEC 503 in Brunswick
Title:  MEC 5963 & MEC 503 in Brunswick
Description:  A Rigby local with MEC 5963 - MEC 503 and one empty perlite hopper prepares to head west out of town. They brought in one steel load and left it on the interchange track for CMQ.
Photo Date:  4/24/2020  Upload Date: 4/25/2020 12:33:42 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  A Rigby local with MEC 5963 - MEC 503 and one empty perlite hopper prepares to head west out of town. They brought in one steel load and left it on the interchange track for CMQ.
Photo Date:  4/24/2020  Upload Date: 4/25/2020 12:34:05 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  A Rigby local with MEC 5963 - MEC 503 and one empty perlite hopper prepares to head west out of town. They brought in one steel load and left it on the interchange track for CMQ.
Photo Date:  4/24/2020  Upload Date: 4/25/2020 12:34:17 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 at Waterville Yard
Title:  MEC 5963 at Waterville Yard
Description:  A recently repainted B40-8 sits hooked to some cars at tht west end of Waterville Yard.
Photo Date:  9/3/2020  Upload Date: 12/20/2020 7:56:34 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  A recently repainted B40-8 sits hooked to some cars at tht west end of Waterville Yard.
Photo Date:  9/3/2020  Upload Date: 12/20/2020 7:55:45 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 502 - MEC 5948 - MEC 306 - MEC 383 - MEC 307. (Middle): MEC 5963. (Right): MEC 501. MEC 310 - MEC 510 were on the house track out of frame and AYPO with MEC 7517 - MEC 7609 was just about to park their power on the pit.
Photo Date:  7/23/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 9:33:46 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 501(GP40-2LW)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard Power
Title:  Rigby Yard Power
Description:  MEC 502 - MEC 5948 - MEC 306 - MEC 383 - MEC 307 sit beside MEC 5963 while MEC 310 - MEC 510 sit on the house track. MEC 501 was on the east end wwitching lead and AYPO';s power with MEC 7517 - MEC 7609 was out of frame about to park their power on the pit.
Photo Date:  7/23/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 9:34:08 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard., along with MEC 512 and MEC 7585.
Photo Date:  7/24/2021  Upload Date: 8/25/2021 10:15:11 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 5963 - MEC 512. (Right): MEC 7595 - MEC 7585 - MEC 310 - MEC 510 - MEC 501. PO-7 with MEC 351 - MEC 319 was switching the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  7/24/2021  Upload Date: 8/25/2021 10:26:00 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 7595(C40-8)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard Power
Title:  Rigby Yard Power
Description:  (Left): MEC 5963 - MEC 512. (Right): MEC 7595 - MEC 7585 - MEC 310 - MEC 510 - MEC 501. PO-7 with MEC 351 - MEC 319 was switching the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  7/24/2021  Upload Date: 8/25/2021 10:26:23 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 7595(C40-8)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads the Wreck Train in Biddeford
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads the Wreck Train in Biddeford
Description:  After doing a run around and leaving a few cars at on the controlled siding at Ocean Park, the East Deerfield Wreck Train heads west past Automatic 219.9 at Main St. in Biddeford with MEC 5963 - MEC 5973 for power. They are headed to a site just down the line at the AR switch where a local derailed a few cars two nights before.
Photo Date:  1/12/2022  Upload Date: 2/1/2022 7:23:00 PM
Location:  Biddeford, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  Seen at Pan Am's Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  5/18/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 9:44:29 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  Seen at Pan Am's Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  5/18/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 9:36:24 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
MEC 505 & MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 505 & MEC 5963
Description:  Two Pan Am four axles; an ex-CN GP40-2LW and an ex-CR/CSX B40-8 are seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  5/18/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 9:38:43 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  Three days after CSX closed on the deal to purchase Pan Am Railways; a nice variety is seen at Rigby Yard at 8:00am.MEC 5963 - CSXT 9969 and two CSX geometry coaches sit beside CSXT 487 - CSXT 488 - MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 307 - MEC 381 - MEC 5976. WAPO's power was on the east end of Track 2 with MEC 512 - MEC 506 - MEC 313 - MEC 5948. PO-4's power is seen on the yard lead with MEC 518 - MEC 515.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 9:13:45 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 487(AC44CW) MEC 5948(B40-8)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard Power
Title:  Rigby Yard Power
Description:  MEC 5963 - CSXT 9969 and two CSX geometry coaches sit beside CSXT 487 - CSXT 488 - MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 307 - MEC 381 - MEC 5976. WAPO's power was on the east end of Track 2 with MEC 512 - MEC 506 - MEC 313 - MEC 5948. PO-4's power is seen on the yard lead with MEC 518 - MEC 515.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 9:22:38 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 487(AC44CW)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 5963 - CSXT 9969 and two CSX geometry coaches sit beside CSXT 487 - CSXT 488 - MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 307 - MEC 381 - MEC 5976. WAPO's power was on the east end of Track 2 with MEC 512 - MEC 506 - MEC 313 - MEC 5948. PO-4's power is seen on the yard lead with MEC 518 - MEC 515.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 9:14:48 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 9969(GP40WH-2) CSX 487(AC44CW)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 & CSXT 9969
Title:  MEC 5963 & CSXT 9969
Description:  Power for the Geometry Extra lays over at Rigby Yard having arrived the evening before.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 9:41:31 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 9969(GP40WH-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
AMTK 145 Leads Amtrak 691 Through Rigby Yard
Title:  AMTK 145 Leads Amtrak 691 Through Rigby Yard
Description:  AMTK 145 leads Amtrak train 691 past Rigby Yard while a nice selection of power lays over including three CSX units; three days after CSX closed on the sale of Pan Am Railways.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 9:42:45 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 487(AC44CW) MEC 5948(B40-8) AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads POED out of Scarborough
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads POED out of Scarborough
Description:  POED with an awesome lineup of all blue four axles gets up to speed with a big train passing through the Scarborough marsh after meeting M426 at CPF-203. Power is MEC 5963 - MEC 515 - MEC 517 - MEC 518 and about 75 cars.
Photo Date:  7/9/2022  Upload Date: 7/13/2022 10:12:06 AM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads M427 at Cook's Crossing
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads M427 at Cook's Crossing
Description:  M427 with MEC 5963 - CSXT 7034 - MEC 7575 and over sixty cars heads west through Cook's Crossing in Scarborough, Maine.
Photo Date:  3/17/2023  Upload Date: 3/19/2023 11:19:44 AM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/26/2023  Upload Date: 10/27/2023 11:41:40 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/26/2023  Upload Date: 10/27/2023 11:42:17 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description:  Y100 with CSXT 6004 - MEC 5963 switches the west end of Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  11/17/2023  Upload Date: 11/20/2023 10:32:27 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Brothers in different coats
Title:  Brothers in different coats
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 12/12/2023 6:48:37 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Charks Graham
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 514(GP40-2LW) MEC 515(GP40-2LW) MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
MEC 5963
Title:  MEC 5963
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 12/12/2023 6:49:28 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Charks Graham
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 7643(C40-8)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads X426 at the Scarborough Marsh
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads X426 at the Scarborough Marsh
Description:  As the result of a minor derailment in Worcester, CSX put together an X426 earlier that morning of Ayer area and B&E interchange traffic. MEC 5963 - MEC 5958 make for a nice duo of power as they slowly approach CP-Scarborough before being talked by the red signal on a Rule 241 by the dispatcher.
Photo Date:  4/7/2024  Upload Date: 6/9/2024 10:34:51 AM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 & 5972
Title:  MEC 5963 & 5972
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2024  Upload Date: 4/29/2024 7:32:15 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5972(B40-8)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 & 5972
Title:  MEC 5963 & 5972
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2024  Upload Date: 4/29/2024 7:32:32 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5972(B40-8)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 & 5972
Title:  MEC 5963 & 5972
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2024  Upload Date: 4/29/2024 7:35:42 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5972(B40-8)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 & 5972
Title:  MEC 5963 & 5972
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2024  Upload Date: 4/29/2024 7:35:57 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) MEC 5972(B40-8)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 5963e - CSXT 2561. (Right): CSXT 6004 - MEC 503 - MEC 516 - CSXT 6152. Y200 uses M427's power; CSXT 478 - CSXT 464 - CSXT 1973 to switch some cars to another track at the east end of the yard. CSXT 2514 - MEC 504 were at the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  5/19/2024  Upload Date: 5/27/2024 10:59:54 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8) CSX 6004(GP40-2) CSX 1973(ES44AC-H)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Evening Eastbound
Title:  Evening Eastbound
Description:  An evening departure from Rigby Yard this past Sunday made for some great evening light at Deering. L052 is seen making easy work of the grade out of town with MEC 5963 - MEC 503 and about twenty cars for the Rumford Branch.
Photo Date:  6/2/2024  Upload Date: 6/9/2024 11:39:41 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads L053 at Greene, ME
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads L053 at Greene, ME
Description:  L053 with MEC 5963 - MEC 517 passes through Greene alongside Rt. 202, almost up to their destination of Leeds Jucntion to exchange trains with L054 from Riley's.
Photo Date:  6/13/2024  Upload Date: 7/4/2024 9:42:03 PM
Location:  Greene, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads L052 at Danville Jct.
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads L052 at Danville Jct.
Description:  A warm Sunday afternoon in central finds the yard in Danville completely empty, aside from a few interchange cars east of the crossing, as CSX L052 rumbles through with a nice blue duo of MEC 5963 - MEC 517 and a consist for the Rumford Branch.
Photo Date:  6/16/2024  Upload Date: 7/4/2024 9:42:41 PM
Location:  Danville Jct., ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  19   Comments: 0
MEC 5963 Leads L052 at Congress St. in Portland, ME
Title:  MEC 5963 Leads L052 at Congress St. in Portland, ME
Description:  Up to speed on the one side and about to split the eastbound searchlights at Congress St. in Portland, ME; L052 with MEC 5958 - MEC 517 and about thirty-something cars for the Rumford Branch gets out of town ahead of the Amtrak meet an hour later.
Photo Date:  6/16/2024  Upload Date: 7/4/2024 9:43:02 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5963(B40-8)
Views:  23   Comments: 0

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