Maine Central (MEC) 7518 - GE C40-8

A plethora of Pan Am equipment

L053 with a nice pair of blue dip C40-8's (MEC 7518 - MEC 7523) takes a 41 car L053 west at Merrill Rd. in Lewiston, after swapping trains with L054 up at Leeds Junction.

L053-16 with MEC 7518 - MEC 7523 and 41 cars from the Rumford Branch heads slowly west on the former MEC Back Road in Greene, seen approaching Barrel Shop Rd.

Seen heading back to home rails at Williams Riding Way.

The train is M426 heading from Selkirk Yard to Portland, ME.

Note the Pan Am power trailing heading back to home rails.

CSX ED-? switching at the CSX East Deerfield Yard.

CSX ED-? switching at the East Deerfield Yard.

CSX East Deerfield Yard.

POED with MEC 7518 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7609 and 118 cars has tied down at CPF-243 in Dover and would be recrewed around midnight.

POED with MEC 7518 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7609 and 118 cars approaches Bragdon Rd. after meeting Amtrak 683 at the station just up the line.

A rare (for this time of the year) daylight POED runs west through Kennebunk, Maine passing the old B&M depot with a proper leader. They were running on M427's time slot. I'd come down taking a gamble of a potential M427 with a CSX SD40-2 leader (which did end up trailing anyway) but a blue C40-8 works just fine too!

A big POED gets underway with MEC 7518 - MEC 7835 - MEC 7609 and 118 cars seen rolling through Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine next to the old spur for a former customer in the B&M days.

M426 with MEC 7518 - MEC 7542 lead M426 over the Merrimack River from Bradford into Haverhill on an overcast Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. They had set out some cars from the headpin and now had intermodal up front followed by about 50-60 mixed freight, including a long block of eighteen empty cement cars for Dragon Cement in Thomaston, Maine. M426 would meet their counterpart M427 just up the line at CPF-273 in Plaistow, NH.

(Left): MEC 7518 - MEC 7585 - MEC 5976 - MEC 7643 - MEC 7561 - MEC 7535. (Right): RUPO's power with BM 330 - MEC 509 - MEC 506. PO-7 was at the west end with two unknown four axle geeps and MEC 305. POWA would go out in a few hours with 7518/7585/305.

WAPO with MEC 7585 - MEC 7518 - MEC 509 - MEC 503 passes over Broadway in South Portland as they approach Rigby Yard. They will yard the train on Track 4.

POAY's power (MEC 7523 - MEC 619 - MEC 7518) smokes it up as they accelerate west from Winnock's Neck Rd. on a cold late winter morning.

POAY with MEC 7518 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7528 - MEC 5973 crosses the Salmon Falls River from North Berwick ME into Rollinsford NH on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

POAY with MEC 7518 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7528 - MEC 5973 heads west through East Kingston NH as they pass the old B&M station.

POAY with MEC 7518 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7528 - MEC 5973 comes into Wells where it will take the siding to meet Amtrak 691.

POJust after crossing the bridge over Rt. 1, POAY with MEC 7518 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7528 - MEC 5973 approaches the old station building in Biddeford ME, now a sports bar.

MEC 7518 sits in the yard at Rotterdam Jct.

BFPO with MEC 7518 - MEC 7627 - MEC 7517 and 74 slurry tanks approaches Winnock's Neck Rd. in Scarborough at dusk.

It will set out about half its train the siding next to it. The grain facility in Ayer cannot fit the whole train.

It will set out about half its train the siding next to it. The grain facility in Ayer cannot fit the whole train.

The Loaded Grain Train adds even more covered hoppers to the scene at Fitchburg Yard. The grain train will set off about half its train on siding next to it.

Note the 4th unit making a ton of smoke!

Nice to see the unit in the lead.

Note the strange signal bridge to the left. The far left signal controls train coming off the Wachusett Station track. The middle signal controls the switch with the station track and Main #2. The far right signal serves as the distant signal to the next interlocking for Main #1.

The far left signal controls train coming off the Wachusett Station track. The middle signal controls the switch with the station track and Main #2. The far right signal serves as the distant signal to the next interlocking for Main #1.

One of Pan Am's few C40-8's in full Pan Am paint lead the LGT east at CPF-334.

MEC 313 - MEC 505 - MEC 600 - MEC 604 - MEC 606 sit beside BM 330 - MEC 509 - MEC 5953 - MEC 7523 - MEC 7575 - MEC 7797 - MEC 7518 - MEC 380 at Rigby Yard.