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Pictures of MEC 505
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40-2LWBuilt As:CN 9470 (GP40-2LW)
Serial Number:A3048Order No:C365
Frame Number:Built:7/1974
Notes:Ex-CN
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) CN 9470(GP40-2LW)
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MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Rests at Rigby Yard, would lead POWA east later that afternoon.
Photo Date:  1/17/2010  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:10:30 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  RI-1 takes a break at Riley's, before PORU arrives.
Photo Date:  4/3/2010  Upload Date: 9/18/2013 11:35:05 PM
Location:  Jay, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Rests at Pan Am's Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  6/22/2011  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:20:22 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  PO-2 with B&M 330 passes MEC 505 at the east end of Rigby. PO-4 with MEC 319 - MEC 305 was working the west end.
Photo Date:  8/6/2011  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:09:21 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) BM 330(GP40)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
RUPO 505 Arrives at Rigby
Title:  RUPO 505 Arrives at Rigby
Description:  RUPO with MEC 505 - MEC 319 and 75 cars arrives at Rigby Yard about 6:30pm.
Photo Date:  8/31/2011  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 11:17:34 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  505 (not running) was set on the mainline while 377 turned on the wye so it could lead back to Rigby.
Photo Date:  9/17/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 12:31:59 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Brunswick Extra 505 Arrives
Title:  Brunswick Extra 505 Arrives
Description:  Brunswick Extra with MEC 505 - MEC 377 arrive at Stanwood Street with 7 cars for Maine Eastern.
Photo Date:  9/17/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 12:32:03 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  PO-4 with MEC 505 - MEC 377 works the east end of Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  9/18/2011  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:20:42 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  PO-4 with MEC 505 - MEC 377 prepares to start work on the east end of Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  9/18/2011  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:21:05 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Heads west in Brunswick Maine.
Photo Date:  2/18/2012  Upload Date: 2/18/2012 11:48:14 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Heads west in Brunswick Maine.
Photo Date:  2/18/2012  Upload Date: 2/18/2012 11:48:58 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Work Extra 510
Title:  Work Extra 510
Description:  A Work Extra arrives and ties down in Brunswick Maine, with GP40-2'Ws MEC 510 and MEC 505.
Photo Date:  9/19/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 12:33:28 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
SAPPI-3 at CPF-110
Title:  SAPPI-3 at CPF-110
Description:  MEC 505 - MEC 379 lead a long SAPPI-3 onto the mainline from the Hinkley Branch, seen here crossing Lawrence Ave. in Fairfield Maine. They are headed for Waterville Yard.
Photo Date:  6/5/2013  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 12:56:47 PM
Location:  Fairfield, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
PORU 505 Departs Rigby
Title:  PORU 505 Departs Rigby
Description:  PORU departs Rigby Yard with a good sized train on a very warm July afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/15/2013  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 8:11:54 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  153   Comments: 1
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Seen at Pan Am's Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  5/23/2014  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 7:15:03 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  Very quiet day at the yard - but tons of power parked on the engine tracks. PORU is seen toward the right of the frame waiting to depart - with B&M 330 - MEC 314.
Photo Date:  5/25/2014  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:17:42 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) BM 328(GP40) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 614(SD40M-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
WANM 519 Crosses the Kennebec
Title:  WANM 519 Crosses the Kennebec
Description:  WANM with a great lashup of four PAR Phase 2 painted GP40-2W's (MEC 519 - MEC 504 - MEC 516 - MEC 505) crosses the Kennebec River from Fairfield into Benton Maine, with a good sized train of 68 cars, many of which were for St. John NB.
Photo Date:  12/26/2014  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:49:16 PM
Location:  Fairfield, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 519(GP40-2LW) MEC 504(GP40-2LW) MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 516(GP40-2LW)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
WANM 519 in Burnham
Title:  WANM 519 in Burnham
Description:  Pan Am WANM w/ MEC 519 - MEC 504 - MEC 516 - MEC 505 heads east into Burnham Maine, seen here just west of Burnham Junction.
Photo Date:  12/26/2014  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:51:22 PM
Location:  Burnham, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 519(GP40-2LW) MEC 504(GP40-2LW) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
PO-4's Power
Title:  PO-4's Power
Description:  PO-4 w/ GMTX 3105 - B&M 334 works the east end of Rigby Yard in South Portland on a freezing Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  1/31/2015  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:19:47 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GMTX 3105(GP40) BM 334(GP40) MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  6/16/2015  Upload Date: 2/19/2022 7:45:29 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
RUPO 345 crosses the Androscoggin River
Title:  RUPO 345 crosses the Androscoggin River
Description:  In the midst of continuous thunderstorms, Pan Am RUPO with MEC 345 - MEC 502 - MEC 505 rumbles across the bridge connecting thw towns of Jay and Livermore Falls ME. They had just worked Rileys for over an hour.
Photo Date:  7/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 12:57:50 PM
Location:  Jay, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 345(GP40) MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
RUPO 345 crosses the Androscoggin River
Title:  RUPO 345 crosses the Androscoggin River
Description:  In the midst of continuous thunderstorms, Pan Am RUPO with MEC 345 - MEC 502 - MEC 505 rumbles across the bridge connecting thw towns of Jay and Livermore Falls ME. They had just worked Rileys for over an hour.
Photo Date:  7/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 12:57:54 PM
Location:  Jay, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 345(GP40) MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  RUPO with MEC 344 - MEC 505 rumbles through the several crossings in Auburn ME.
Photo Date:  8/12/2016  Upload Date: 1/9/2017 1:54:05 AM
Location:  Auburn, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  PORU with MEC 508 - MEC 505 - MEC 509 is seen at Leeds Jct.
Photo Date:  9/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/29/2018 11:28:13 PM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  123   Comments: 2
Rigby Power
Title:  Rigby Power
Description:  A nice blue lineup of MEC 603 - MEC 615 - MEC 381 - MEC 505 rest at Rigby Yard. MEC 615 - MEC 603 later became the power for the day's POED.
Photo Date:  10/27/2016  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 4:25:51 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 381(GP40)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 603 - MEC 615 - MEC 381 - MEC 505 sit at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  10/27/2016  Upload Date: 1/27/2022 4:37:44 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  24   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Pan Am WAPO with MEC 7609 - MEC 505 - MEC 3404 rolls by the searchlights at CPF-195.
Photo Date:  8/18/2017  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 6:39:17 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 505 plus four other EMD's and MEC 312 - MEC 305 - MEC 370 are on the pit as PORU with MEC 514 - MEC 504 - MEC 516 prepares to depart eastbound.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 1/27/2022 4:44:12 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 312(GP40)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard Power
Title:  Rigby Yard Power
Description:  (Left): MEC 505 - MEC ? - MEC ? - MEC 371 - MEC 507. (Right): MEC 312 - MEC 305 - MEC 370.
Photo Date:  9/10/2017  Upload Date: 2/7/2022 10:44:01 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 312(GP40)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
PO-1 505 Pulls RUPO 5953 into Rigby Yard
Title:  PO-1 505 Pulls RUPO 5953 into Rigby Yard
Description:  .After having engine problems around CPF-198, PO-1 with MEC 313 - MEC 505 pulls RUPO with MEC 5953 - MEC 509 - BM 330 the rest of the way to Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  12/16/2018  Upload Date: 2/8/2019 10:34:46 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
PORU 505 at Depot Rd.
Title:  PORU 505 at Depot Rd.
Description:  PORU with MEC 505 - MEC 510 and 11 cars passes through Gray. They would meet their counterpart RUPO up the lina t Rumford Junction in Auburn.
Photo Date:  6/1/2019  Upload Date: 6/5/2019 6:19:53 PM
Location:  Gray, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  42   Comments: 1
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  MEC 505 moves MEC 7561 from WAPO's engines to POED's engines at Rigby Yard. It would be used on PO-7 later.
Photo Date:  1/15/2020  Upload Date: 1/16/2020 2:20:27 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  75   Comments: 1
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
PO-1 505 in Brunswick
Title:  PO-1 505 in Brunswick
Description:  PO-1's power with MEC 505 - BM 334 waits for a light before heading west light power back to Rigby Yard. THey brought up five steel loads for CP.
Photo Date:  7/1/2020  Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:11:44 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 7875 - MEC 7643 - MEC 7609 - MEC 310 - MEC 307. (Right): MEC 505 - MEC 354 - MEC 511 (PORU's Power) - MEC 606 - MEC 3404 - MEC 7641 - MEC 7561. PO-7's power with MEC 504 - MEC 507 is on the east end switching lead. Amtrak 693 is on the bypass with AMTK 90 - AMTK 90224.
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 9/14/2020 9:05:54 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7875(C40-8W) MEC 505(GP40-2LW) AMTK 90(P42DC)
Views:  166   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:  63   Comments: 0
PO-3 with MEC 505 in Brunswick
Title:  PO-3 with MEC 505 in Brunswick
Description:  PO-3 with MEC 505 - MEC 7594 and a lengthy 24 car train of cement loads from the Rockland Branch waits for Amtrak 683 before departing from Brunswick, Maine.
Photo Date:  3/20/2023  Upload Date: 3/20/2023 11:42:03 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): LTEX 8231 - MEC 381 - MEC 310. (Middle): CSXT 2548. (Right): MEC 505. On the west end were MEC 305 - MEC 518 as Y201 power parked and M427's power parked with MEC 7575 - CSXT 852 - CSXT 486 - MEC 5933.
Photo Date:  3/25/2023  Upload Date: 4/9/2023 10:17:27 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 8231(GP9u) CSX 2548(GP38-2) MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Seen on M426-07.
Photo Date:  5/9/2023  Upload Date: 6/13/2023 3:18:07 PM
Location:  New Gloucester, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
MEC 505
Title:  MEC 505
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  6/20/2023  Upload Date: 7/3/2023 10:11:45 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  36   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:  28   Comments: 0
MEC 505 Leads L054 at Merrill Rd. in Lewiston, ME
Title:  MEC 505 Leads L054 at Merrill Rd. in Lewiston, ME
Description:  Almost at their tie down spot for the evening; L054-12 with MEC 505 - MEC 503 is up to track speed as they approach the Merrill Rd. crossing on the north side of Lewiston, Maine. Soon the crew will put the train in the siding, realign the switch at Den to normal and be cabbed back to Rigby to call it a day.
Photo Date:  3/12/2024  Upload Date: 3/17/2024 12:49:27 PM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
MEC 505 Leads L054 in Greene, ME
Title:  MEC 505 Leads L054 in Greene, ME
Description:  L054-12 charges the grade through Greene in notch 8 with MEC 505 - MEC 503 and close to forty cars from the Rumford Branch. The MEC 503 had suffered mechanical problems at Leeds Jct. requiring a maintainer and was isolated for the return trip west making MEC 505 do all of the work.
Photo Date:  3/12/2024  Upload Date: 3/17/2024 12:50:15 PM
Location:  Greene, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
MEC 505 Leads L053 at Leeds Junction
Title:  MEC 505 Leads L053 at Leeds Junction
Description:  After swapping trains with L054; a nice blue duo of MEC 505 - MEC 503 lead L053 off the turnout at Leeds Junction and west for Fairgrounds in Lewiston, where the train will tie down.
Photo Date:  3/12/2024  Upload Date: 3/17/2024 12:51:12 PM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW)
Views:  23   Comments: 0

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