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Pictures of MEC 518
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40-2LWBuilt As:CN 9664 (GP40-2LW)
Serial Number:A3459Order No:C396
Frame Number:Built:4/1976
Notes:Ex CN 9664
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW) CN 9664(GP40-2LW)
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SAPPI-4 406 at Martin Stream
Title:  SAPPI-4 406 at Martin Stream
Description:  SAPPI-4 with GMTX 406 - MEC 518 - BM 334 rolls east over Martin Stream.
Photo Date:  7/19/2017  Upload Date: 12/1/2018 10:24:07 PM
Location:  Fairfield, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  GMTX 406(GP15-1) MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  285   Comments: 2
LA-12 works Lawrence Yard
Title:  LA-12 works Lawrence Yard
Description:  Seen from the Great Dome on Downeaster 693.
Photo Date:  8/26/2017  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 11:57:16 AM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/29/2017  Upload Date: 8/29/2017 9:10:57 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
DO-1 518 at Bayshore Dr.
Title:  DO-1 518 at Bayshore Dr.
Description:  DO-1 with MEC 518 leads a train of nine empties west on the Portsmouth Branch at Bayshore Drive.
Photo Date:  4/26/2018  Upload Date: 10/19/2018 11:26:51 PM
Location:  Greenland, NH
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  71   Comments: 2
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/14/2018  Upload Date: 9/14/2018 6:40:18 PM
Location:  Shirley, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
I found where Pan Am is keepng all the blue-painted units
Title:  I found where Pan Am is keepng all the blue-painted units
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/17/2018 11:28:48 AM
Location:  Rigby Yard, ME
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 616(SD40M-2) MEC 619(SD40M-2) BM 327(GP40) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 3403(SD40-2)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
I found where Pan Am is keepng all the blue-painted units
Title:  I found where Pan Am is keepng all the blue-painted units
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/17/2018 11:29:07 AM
Location:  Rigby Yard, ME
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 313(GP40) MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 380(GP40)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description:  Taken from 3rd Ave near the MBTA maintenance facility in Somerville
Photo Date:  5/8/2019  Upload Date: 1/7/2020 10:32:27 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  Ryan K
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
Rigby Yard Power
Title:  Rigby Yard Power
Description:  The power for POWA later in the evening (MEC 600 - MEC 3404 - MEC 3400 - MEC 518) rests at Rigby Yard on an overcast afternoon. MEC 3405 would also be added later. MEC 7898 and MEC 7517 are seen beside them.
Photo Date:  12/27/2019  Upload Date: 1/14/2020 9:46:58 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 518 - MEC 503 - MEC 3403 - MEC 3405 - MEC 501 - MEC 510 - MEC 319 - MEC 509. (Right): BM 326 - MEC 383 - BM 330 - MEC 3401 - MEC 507 - MEC 3400. (Track 2): MEC 7643 - MEC 7528 - MEC 7835. The three GE's had just arrived off AYPO and would later go on POED.
Photo Date:  3/28/2020  Upload Date: 10/24/2020 11:12:14 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW) BM 326(GP40) MEC 7643(C40-8)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2020  Upload Date: 4/23/2020 4:29:50 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  176   Comments: 3
PO-3 518 Arrives in Brunswick
Title:  PO-3 518 Arrives in Brunswick
Description:  PO-3 with MECC 518 and one perlite load arrives in Brunswick on a hot June afternoon. They would add this hopper with a hopper that was already there and be light engine when they returned westbound.
Photo Date:  6/18/2020  Upload Date: 7/2/2020 7:12:08 PM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Heading West
Title:  Heading West
Description:  A going away pan of POED's power with MEC 7605 - MEC 7528 - MEC 518 at Winnock's Neck Rd. at dusk.
Photo Date:  4/27/2021  Upload Date: 5/1/2021 10:37:00 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
MEC 505, 518, 516, 5972 & 502
Title:  MEC 505, 518, 516, 5972 & 502
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2021  Upload Date: 6/10/2021 9:07:46 PM
Location:  Lawrence, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 5972(B40-8) MEC 502(GP40-2LW)
Views:  206   Comments: 2
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description:  POED's power with MEC 7627 - MEC 7535 - MEC 7489 - MEC 518 idles at Broadway in South Portland while waiting for a signal down the bypass through Rigby Yard. The three GE's had come in a few hours prior on EDPO. PO-4 with MEC 510 can be seen on Track 2 making its way up to work Sprague.
Photo Date:  7/19/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 9:37:04 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 501 - NEC 518 on Track 217, MEC 7518 - MEC 306 - MEC 383 - MEC 512 - MEC 310 - BM 326 on Track 107, PORU with BM 330 - MEC 511 - MEC 507 getting ready to depart and DJ-1 with MEC 600 also getting ready to depart after PORU.
Photo Date:  7/19/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 9:00:10 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 501(GP40-2LW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 7635(C40-8)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
PO-3 518 at Bow St. in Freeport
Title:  PO-3 518 at Bow St. in Freeport
Description:  After delivering seven loads to the CP interchange in Brunswick (one perlite, six steel) PO-3 with MEC 518 rolls light engine westbound through Freeport as they cross Bow St. at CPL-8.
Photo Date:  10/25/2021  Upload Date: 10/31/2021 10:57:43 AM
Location:  Freeport, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/2022  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:08:32 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/24/2022  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:11:35 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description:  MEC 518 1-24-2022 a.J
Photo Date:  1/24/2022  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:07:36 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  109   Comments: 1
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/22/2022  Upload Date: 2/22/2022 10:08:25 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  124   Comments: 2
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/2022  Upload Date: 2/24/2022 9:52:33 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  99   Comments: 1
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/2022  Upload Date: 2/24/2022 9:53:21 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  127   Comments: 2
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/24/2022  Upload Date: 2/24/2022 9:54:01 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
RUPO 518 at Royal Jct.
Title:  RUPO 518 at Royal Jct.
Description:  RUPO with MEC 518 - MEC 381 - MEC 306 exits the "Back Road" and enters the double track at CPF-185 in Cumberland, ME.
Photo Date:  5/2/2022  Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:03:44 PM
Location:  Cumberland Center, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  CSXT 487 - CSXT 488 - MEC 306 - MEC 501 - MEC 307 - MEC 381 - MEC 5976 is seen on the pit and 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 9:21:33 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 487(AC44CW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 5948(B40-8)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): CSXT 477 - CSXT 5430 - CSXT 487 - MEC 7575 - MEC 7609 - MEC 7620 - MEC 511. (Right): MEC 517. (House Track): MEC 5948 - MEC 516 - MEC 507. PORU's power for the next day was hooked up to a consist on Track 1 with MEC 305 - MEC 345 - MEC 503. PO-7 with MEC 518 - MEC 504 is switching the east end of the yard.
Photo Date:  6/24/2022  Upload Date: 6/30/2022 9:02:08 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 477(AC44CW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  MEC 518 is the only locomotive on the pit as PO-1 with MEC 515 - MEC 506 work the east end of the yard. WAPO was arriving on the far right on Track 4.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/1/2022 11:18:16 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
EDPO romps through Littleton
Title:  EDPO romps through Littleton
Description:  Pan Am train EDPO passes Gilson Rd in Littleton, MA. That day, they had MEC B40-8 #5958, MEC B40-8 #5956, MEC C40-8 #7541, MEC GP40-2LW #518, and MEC GP40-2LW #515 for power. There were ~90 cars in tow with a nuclear waste car 1st.
Photo Date:  7/15/2022  Upload Date: 7/22/2022 2:20:57 PM
Location:  Littleton, MA
Author:  Will Murphy
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 5958(B40-8) MEC 5956(B40-8) MEC 7541(C40-8) MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 515(GP40-2LW)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
CSX 470, 824, 484 & FGLK 2308 pass MEC 516 & 518
Title:  CSX 470, 824, 484 & FGLK 2308 pass MEC 516 & 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 10:09:31 PM
Location:  Lowell, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 470(AC44CW) CSX 824(ES44AC-H) CSX 484(AC44CW) FGLK 2308(B23-7) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
PO-3 518 Approaches Bishop St.
Title:  PO-3 518 Approaches Bishop St.
Description:  PO-3 left their boxcars just beyond the Forest Ave. crossing then backed up BlueLinx on the former B&M WN&P line to retrieve two empty boxcars. They would pull the empties around the loads seen in the background then shove the loads back up the line to spot them.
Photo Date:  9/2/2022  Upload Date: 9/11/2022 7:58:33 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
PO-3 518 in Deering Junction
Title:  PO-3 518 in Deering Junction
Description:  PO-3 with MEC 518 has made a set out on the NEPW spur and proceeds back to its train. Once coupled they will shove their consist forward toward Read St. and eventually Walton St. where they will enter the main, then head east up to the former WN&P line to switch BlueLinx.
Photo Date:  9/2/2022  Upload Date: 9/11/2022 7:58:47 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): MEC 518 - MEC 503 - MEC 514 - MEC 315 - MEC 7517 - MEC 7643 - MEC 7605. (Middle): MEC 7620 - CSXT 3342 - CSXT 169. (Right): MEC 517 - MEC 7542 - MEC 7585 - MEC 7561 from WAPO. On Track 35 is CSXT 487 - CSXT 482 - CSXT 484. PO-4 with MEC 316 - MEC 381 was switching the west end of the yard.
Photo Date:  9/2/2022  Upload Date: 9/11/2022 7:56:47 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW) MEC 517(GP40-2LW) MEC 7620(C40-8)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description:  Going away shot of PORU at Maine highway 106
Photo Date:  10/1/2022  Upload Date: 10/13/2022 9:08:25 AM
Location:  North Leeds, ME
Author:  Alex Piechowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
PORU power in afternoon light
Title:  PORU power in afternoon light
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/2022  Upload Date: 10/13/2022 9:11:04 AM
Location:  Livermore Falls, ME
Author:  Alex Piechowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40) MEC 306(GP40) MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
MEC 518
Title:  MEC 518
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/15/2022  Upload Date: 12/22/2022 11:16:54 PM
Location:  North Billerica, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  49   Comments: 1
MEC 518 on the Wye
Title:  MEC 518 on the Wye
Description:  PO-3 has left nine empties in the old yard and turns the engine on the wye while RB-2 heads light engine down the controlled siding to get the empties.
Photo Date:  3/28/2023  Upload Date: 4/10/2023 10:09:22 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Rigby Yard
Title:  Rigby Yard
Description:  (Left): CSXT 479 - CSXT 473 - MEC 7605 - MEC 7552. (Right): MEC 518 and MEC 7609 - MEC 7620 - MEC 7575. West End had Y100 power with MEC 310 - CSXT 2548.
Photo Date:  10/24/2023  Upload Date: 1/10/2024 9:50:02 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 479(AC44CW) MEC 518(GP40-2LW)
Views:  58   Comments: 0

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