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Dan Comick's Collection
 
5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:GE C40-8Built As:CR 6025 (C40-8)
Serial Number:45906Order No:1877CR
Frame Number:Built:3/1989
Other locos with this serial:  CSX 7489(C40-8) CR 6025(C40-8) MEC 7489(C40-8) BERX 7489(C40-8)
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MEC 7489
Title:  MEC 7489
Description:  The only ex-Conrail unit out of the recently acquired C40-8's rests at Rigby Yard in South Portland ME in the fog a few hours before leaving on a POED.
Photo Date:  4/6/2017  Upload Date: 4/16/2017 3:14:06 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
MEC 7489
Title:  MEC 7489
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  5/8/2017  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:37:46 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
POED 7489 at Cook's Crossing
Title:  POED 7489 at Cook's Crossing
Description:  POED with MEC 7489 - MEC 7605 passes through CPF-201.
Photo Date:  6/22/2017  Upload Date: 9/19/2018 12:17:20 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
POED 7489 Departs Rigby Yard
Title:  POED 7489 Departs Rigby Yard
Description:  POED with MEC 7489 - MEC 7605 departs Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  6/22/2017  Upload Date: 7/23/2019 11:37:21 AM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
POED 7489 at Saco Station
Title:  POED 7489 at Saco Station
Description:  POED with MEC 7489 - MEC 7605 passes the Amtrak Station in Saco on a beautiful second day of summer.
Photo Date:  6/22/2017  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:38:00 PM
Location:  Saco, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Station
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
POED 7489 at Pine Point
Title:  POED 7489 at Pine Point
Description:  POED with MEC 7489 - MEC 7561 hurries west under Pine Point Rd. in Scarborough.
Photo Date:  8/1/2017  Upload Date: 11/26/2018 11:06:16 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
MEC 7489
Title:  MEC 7489
Description:  POED's power with MEC 7605 - MEC 7489 prepares to head to the west end of Rigby Yard to get their train.
Photo Date:  10/15/2017  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:25:16 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  Left: MEC 7489 - MEC 7605 - MEC 507. Right: MEC 327. Yard: PORU with MEC 316 - MEC 517 - MEC 319 on Track 33.
Photo Date:  10/15/2017  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 11:54:48 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 610(SD40M-2) MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  193   Comments: 1
EDPO 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Title:  EDPO 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Description:  EDPO with MEC 7489 - MEC 7605 heads east at the marsh after meeting POED at Ocean Park.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 9/19/2018 11:15:51 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
MEC 7489 & MEC 519
Title:  MEC 7489 & MEC 519
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 3/10/2019 6:04:38 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
EDPO 7489 at Exeter
Title:  EDPO 7489 at Exeter
Description:  EDPO with MEC 7489 - MEC 7643 and 23 cars rolls east at the Amtrak Station in Exeter NH. They would meet their counterpart POED just up the line at CPF-258.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/5/2019 6:11:33 PM
Location:  Exeter, NH
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  107   Comments: 1
EDPO 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Title:  EDPO 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Description:  Pan Am's EDPO with MEC 7489 -MEC 7898 - MEC 5936 and 49 cars rolls east through the Scarborough Marsh as they near CPF-203 which displayed a medium approach.
Photo Date:  8/5/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 10:47:07 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left) MEC 7643 - MEC 600 - MEC 3403 for POWA, Then MEC 310. (Right): MEC 7489 - MEC 7898 - MEC 5936 from EDPO, then MEC 383. MEC 515 from PO-2 and MEC 344 - MEC 345 from RUPO are also seen. The headlight just to the left of the center is DO-1's power with MEC 7627 - MEC 7528 which was headed down to the west end of the yard to couple to a train that they would drop at Rockingham Junction later in the night for the Portsmouth Branch.
Photo Date:  8/5/2019  Upload Date: 8/7/2019 10:43:37 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7643(C40-8) MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
MEC 7489
Title:  MEC 7489
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard, will be part of POED's lashup. (MEC 7655 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7489 - MEC 7561).
Photo Date:  1/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/16/2020 2:20:47 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Old & New
Title:  Old & New
Description:  A zoomed in shot showing a patched C40-8 and a recently repainted C40-8 at Rigby Yard. 7489 was built as a Conrail unit originally while 7561 was built as a CSX unit.
Photo Date:  1/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/16/2020 2:20:58 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7561(C40-8) MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 505 - MEC 7561 - MEC 600 - MEC 3405 - MEC 3404 - MEC 3401 - MEC 518 - MEC 316. (Right): MEC 7489 - MEC 7727 - MEC 7655 - MEC 509. (Far Right:) DJ-1 with MEC 3403 preparing to head east back to Danville Jct. with eight cars.
Photo Date:  1/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/16/2020 2:22:57 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 7489(C40-8) MEC 3403(SD40-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
DJ-1 7489 at Danville Jct.
Title:  DJ-1 7489 at Danville Jct.
Description:  After bringing up 15 cars from Rigby, MEC 7489 heads down into the yard at Danville Jct. to park for the day.
Photo Date:  8/12/2020  Upload Date: 8/13/2020 10:55:27 PM
Location:  Danville Jct., ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 7489 - MEC 509 - MEC 514 - MEC 510. The three GP40-2LW's are for PORU. (Right): MEC 307 - MEC 511 - MEC 319. Amtrak 681 passes through with AMTK 88 - AMTK 90214. POAY/7523 was getting ready to depart from the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  3/19/2021  Upload Date: 1/27/2022 4:53:00 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8) MEC 307(GP40) AMTK 88(P42DC)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
POAY 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Title:  POAY 7489 at the Scarborough Marsh
Description:  POAY with MEC 7489 - MEC 7517 - MEC 7528 and 130 cars heads west toward Winnock's Neck Rd. in Scarborough, Maine.
Photo Date:  1/30/2022  Upload Date: 2/1/2022 8:17:22 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7489(C40-8)
Views:  70   Comments: 0


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