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Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40Built As:NYC 3052 (GP40)
Serial Number:33216Order No:7987
Frame Number:7987-3Built:7/1967
Notes:Ex-CR, Exx-PC, Exxx-NYC *Scrapped*
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 306(GP40) CR 3052(GP40)
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POWA 306 @ Belgrade
Title:  POWA 306 @ Belgrade
Description:  POWA waits for a new crew next to Hammond Lumber in Belgrade Maine.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 6/30/2012 12:31:30 AM
Location:  Belgrade, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  497   Comments: 0
POWA 306 @ Messalonskee Stream
Title:  POWA 306 @ Messalonskee Stream
Description:  POWA 306 approaches Waterville yard on a nice fall Saturday.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 6/29/2012 11:25:33 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  574   Comments: 2
NMED 306 at Middle St.
Title:  NMED 306 at Middle St.
Description:  NMED 306-380-348 heads west across Middle Street in Lewiston Maine after meeting AYWA at Fairgrounds.
Photo Date:  2/22/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:51:42 PM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
On the Wye
Title:  On the Wye
Description:  Turning on the wye.
Photo Date:  7/7/2012  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 9:46:33 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
PH-1 306
Title:  PH-1 306
Description:  Seen sitting in Brunswick with a few cars from Maine Eastern. It will head out later in the night.
Photo Date:  7/9/2012  Upload Date: 2/21/2013 1:02:16 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  235   Comments: 1
DO-1 306
Title:  DO-1 306
Description:  DO-1 with MEC 306 prepares to pass Brunswick Station with cars from Maine Eastern.
Photo Date:  6/7/2013  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 12:56:53 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
PORU 306 at Leeds Jct.
Title:  PORU 306 at Leeds Jct.
Description:  PORU with a nice lashup of MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 511 - MEC 506 pulls up beyond the switch to the Rumford Branch so that RUPO with MEC 370 - MEC 317 - B&M 340 can pull off the branch and head west. PORU will then back up to this crossing, then proceed forward up the branch.
Photo Date:  7/15/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 1:12:00 AM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
PORU 306 at Black Cat Rd.
Title:  PORU 306 at Black Cat Rd.
Description:  PORU with MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 511 - MEC 506 heads east at MP-167.
Photo Date:  7/15/2016  Upload Date: 1/14/2019 8:24:43 PM
Location:  Auburn, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
PORU 312 Crosses the Great Falls
Title:  PORU 312 Crosses the Great Falls
Description:  PORU with MEC 312 - MEC 306 - MEC 504 crosses the Androscoggin River from Auburn into Lewiston.
Photo Date:  5/26/2017  Upload Date: 11/29/2018 11:08:04 PM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 312(GP40) MEC 306(GP40) MEC 504(GP40-2LW)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 306, MEC 7545 and MEC 7585 - MEC 613 rest at Pan Am's Rigby Yard. PO-5 with MEC 517 is switching on the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  6/15/2017  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:29:36 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40) MEC 7585(C40-8)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
PO-3 306 Arrives at Rigby Yard
Title:  PO-3 306 Arrives at Rigby Yard
Description:  PO-3 with MEC 306 returns to Rigby Yard with a cut of twelve boxcars from NEPW in Deering Junction.
Photo Date:  6/20/2017  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:00:39 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
MEC 306
Title:  MEC 306
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  7/5/2017  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 12:01:24 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  163   Comments: 1
MEC 306
Title:  MEC 306
Description:  PORU with MEC 377 - MEC 516 - MEC 306 switches the Decoster Egg Fasm in North Leeds.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 6/6/2019 12:55:39 PM
Location:  North Leeds, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
PORU 377 Crosses the Great Falls
Title:  PORU 377 Crosses the Great Falls
Description:  PORU with MEC 377 - MEC 516 - MEC 306 crosses the Androscoggin River from Auburn into Lewiston.
Photo Date:  7/12/2017  Upload Date: 6/6/2019 12:53:54 PM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  MEC 377(GP40) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
MEC 306
Title:  MEC 306
Description:  Seen at Pan Am's Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  7/25/2017  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:30:08 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
PO-2 306 at CPL-16
Title:  PO-2 306 at CPL-16
Description:  After Amtrak 688 gets out of town, PO-2 with MEC 306 passes the dwarf signals that make up CPL-16 in Brunswick ME. They were headed down to the interchange track to get their nine cars from CMQ to take west.
Photo Date:  3/29/2018  Upload Date: 11/30/2018 11:34:20 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  PODJ with MEC 306 - MEC 354 - MEC 380 builds while POED's power with MEC 7627 - MEC 7875 comes off Track 217. Parked on Track 107 is WAPO's power as well as MEC 307 - MEC 509. PO-3 was in Brunswick at the time with MEC 506.
Photo Date:  1/9/2020  Upload Date: 1/14/2020 9:47:09 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 7875(C40-8W) BM 334(GP40) MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
MEC 306
Title:  MEC 306
Description:  PO-3's power heads west across Union St. after turning on the wye. They came into town with three loads (perlite, steel, perlite) and will leave behind Amtrak 686 with four emtpies (flat, flat, perlite, perlite.
Photo Date:  1/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/31/2020 12:37:15 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  204   Comments: 1
MEC 306 & AMTK 90220
Title:  MEC 306 & AMTK 90220
Description:  PO-3 with MEC 306 is seen beside 686 with AMTK 90220 in the lead at Union St. PO-3 came into town with three loads (perlite, steel, perlite) and will leave behind Amtrak 686 with four emtpies (flat, flat, perlite, perlite.
Photo Date:  1/30/2020  Upload Date: 1/31/2020 12:40:16 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40) AMTK 90220(NPCU)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
PORU 306 at Cumberland Center
Title:  PORU 306 at Cumberland Center
Description:  PORU with MEC 306 - MEC 511 - MEC 512 heads east past the Cumberland Center sign at MP-187.
Photo Date:  8/12/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 3:23:00 PM
Location:  Cumberland Center, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
MEC 306
Title:  MEC 306
Description:  RUPO with MEC 506 - MEC 306 - MEC 307 and around 40 cars heads across Rt. 106 just before dusk with about 40 cars.
Photo Date:  1/12/2022  Upload Date: 2/1/2022 8:05:45 PM
Location:  Leeds, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): CSXT 483 - CSXT 464 - CSXT 5423 - space - MEC 7528 - MEC 7534 - MEC 7620. (Right): MEC 319 - MEC 7627 - MEC 7595. PO-1 with MEC 517 - BM 326 switch the east end of the yard while PO-8 was also switching on the west end with MEC 307 - MEC 501 for power. On the right; PO-3 with MEC 306 departs eastbound with some tie gondolas.
Photo Date:  6/6/2022  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 10:35:56 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 483(AC44CW) MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
MEC 306 & CSXT 2548
Title:  MEC 306 & CSXT 2548
Description:  Seen at Rigby Yard. MEC 306 would lead PORU the next day while CSXT 2548 would stay around the yard as a switcher.
Photo Date:  8/5/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 7:33:39 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40) CSX 2548(GP38-2)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 306 - MEC 307 (power for PORU the next day) sit on the pit while PO-4(?) with CSXT 2548 switches cars on the east of the yard. PO-8 with MEC 310 was working the west end and WAPO's power with MEC 7561 - MEC 7585 - MEC 5966 - MEC 516 was also on the west end. MEC 516 would be taken right off to be used on PO-3 and take a boxcar up to Deering Junction. M427 was also on the west end getting ready to depart with CSXT 464 - CSXT 945 - CSXT 3401, as well as DO-1 with MEC 503 - MEC 501.
Photo Date:  8/5/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 7:35:39 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40) CSX 2548(GP38-2)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
MEC 306 Leads PO-3 in Freeport
Title:  MEC 306 Leads PO-3 in Freeport
Description:  PO-3 returns from Brunswick with MEC 306 - BM 326 and 24 loaded cement cars from the Rockland Branch. This is the second interchange with FGLK in Brunswick this week, the busiest I have seen things since Pan Am was serving Grimmel's on a regular basis back in 2015! They are seen here passing under the I-295 overpass in Freeport, Maine as they approach the crossing at Hunter Rd.
Photo Date:  4/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 7:19:42 PM
Location:  Freeport, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
MEC 306 Leads PO-3 in Portland
Title:  MEC 306 Leads PO-3 in Portland
Description:  PO-3 (L077) heads west at CPF-197 in Portland, Maine with two old GP40''s (MEC 306 - BM 326) and 24 loads of cement from the FGLK interchange in Brunswick.
Photo Date:  4/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 7:19:57 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 306(GP40)
Views:  143   Comments: 0

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