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4/26/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40Built As:EMDX 18 (GP40)
Serial Number:35051Order No:7179
Frame Number:7179-8Built:5/1969
Notes:Ex-CR, Exx-PC
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 351(GP40) CR 3267(GP40) PC 3267(GP40)
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MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  Here's a look at MEC 351 through some shrubs, as it does some switching on in the Plainville Yard, on train PL-1.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:58:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351, the power for train PL-1, shoves 4 empty high-sided gondolas out of the Plainville Yard. The train will switch J.W. Green, a scrap company. That yellow thing to the left is some type of crane.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:16:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  316   Comments: 1
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 toward Broad Street in Plainville. The train just exchanged 4 empties for 3 loads at J.W. Green.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 6:23:15 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 into the Plainville Yard after switching J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:29:54 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 bangs the Plainville Diamond on train PL-1. The train has just switched J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:32:51 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 into the Plainville Yard. The train has just switched J.W. Green on the Canal Line. After doing some switching in the yard, the train will make the weekly trek to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 7:35:32 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  Dwarfed by a travel crane, MEC 351, the power for today's PL-1, does some switching in the Plainville Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/5/2008 7:29:39 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  398   Comments: 1
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351, the power for today's PL-1, does some switching in the Plainville Yard.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/5/2008 7:32:47 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 crosses Route 72 and passes the Flea Market at the Crossing. The train is just leaving the Plainville Yard bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:09:28 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 out of the Plainville Yard and across Route 72. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:13:54 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 past the Columbus Plaza in New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 12:55:43 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 past the Columbus Plaza in New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:28:55 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 through New Britain. The train is bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 1:32:46 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 over Route 72 in the Pequabuck section of Bristol. The train is going to the Firestone plant in Terryville.
Photo Date:  8/21/2008  Upload Date: 9/6/2008 11:05:14 AM
Location:  Bristol, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  294   Comments: 2
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 across Mathews Road (I think) near the Bristol/Terryville town line. The train is going to the Firestone plant in Terryville.
Photo Date:  8/21/2008  Upload Date: 9/6/2008 11:11:00 AM
Location:  Bristol, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 sits in Plainville on a foggy morning. It will be used on train PL-1 today.
Photo Date:  8/23/2008  Upload Date: 8/28/2008 11:19:46 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351 does some switching in the Plainville Yard on train PL-1. The train will gather up some cars before heading to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  8/23/2008  Upload Date: 11/8/2008 8:52:02 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351, the power for train PL-1 today, does some switching in the Plainville Yard. Those first few gondolas are bound for Perma Treat in New Britain.
Photo Date:  8/23/2008  Upload Date: 8/28/2008 11:22:21 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  MEC 351, the power for train PL-1 today, switches Perma Treat in New Britain.
Photo Date:  8/23/2008  Upload Date: 8/28/2008 11:17:06 AM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
A Meet at CPR 1
Title:  A Meet at CPR 1
Description:  Amtrak train 450 sits on the Springfield Running Track after being rerailed, with MEC 351 looking on in the background. 450 had derailed while crossing the diamonds on CSX's Boston Line, just east of Springfield Union Station. MEC 351 was a replacement locomotive for MEC 353, which, the previous Wednesday, blew a traction motor on Pan Am train PL-1 in Enfield, CT. on Amtrak's Springfield Line. That train was rescued be a CSOR local and sat in CSOR's Hartford Yard until MEC 351 brought the train to Plainville.
Photo Date:  11/1/2008  Upload Date: 11/11/2008 8:13:25 PM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 39(P42DC) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  Train PL-1, with MEC 351 for power, does some switching in the Plainville Yard on a cold winter morning.
Photo Date:  2/7/2009  Upload Date: 1/1/2011 4:12:31 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  Train PL-1, this day with MEC 351 for power, switches Sullivan Scrap on the Connecticut River Line.
Photo Date:  2/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/21/2011 2:17:43 PM
Location:  Holyoke, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  Train PL-1 switches in the Plainville Yard before proceeding north to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  3/7/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2011 4:42:21 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 351 and MEC 350 switch in the Plainville Yard on train PL-1. Once their train is together, they'll be going north to the East Deerfield, MA. Yard.
Photo Date:  3/7/2009  Upload Date: 3/19/2011 4:46:09 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40) MEC 350(GP40)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  Train PL-1, with MEC 351 for power, switches Perma Treat along the Waterbury Branch in New Britain. With the formation of Pan Am Southern, Perma Treat has been very busy shipping out new ties that will be used between Mechanicsville, NY. and Ayer, MA.
Photo Date:  11/7/2009  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 5:25:08 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  1201   Comments: 9
MEC 351
Title:  MEC 351
Description:  Train PL-1, with MEC 351 for power, performs some switching duties in the Plainville Yard before traveling to the East Deerfield, MA. yard.
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 8:27:48 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 351 leads train PL-1 out of the Plainville Yard, bound for East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  11/28/2009  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 8:30:12 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 351 switches Perma Treat on today's PL-1, which is traveling from Plainville, CT. to East Deerfield, MA. Note the former Long Island Railroad coach toward the end of the train.
Photo Date:  9/18/2010  Upload Date: 9/18/2010 2:46:10 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  340   Comments: 1
Engine Facility
Title:  Engine Facility
Description:  A gaggle of Pan Am units, in various paint schemes, await their next assignments on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/20/2011  Upload Date: 8/20/2011 9:04:16 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 604(SD40-2) MEC 615(SD40M-2) BM 328(GP40) MEC 351(GP40) MEC 616(SD40M-2)
Views:  738   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  A pair of Guilford-painted GP40s brings PL-1 through downtown New Britain on the final leg of the East Deerfield-Plainville trip.
Photo Date:  12/28/2011  Upload Date: 12/28/2011 8:25:07 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Rare Moment of Sun
Title:  Rare Moment of Sun
Description:  A rare break in the clouds appears overhead as a pair of Guilford-painted GP40s idle away in the Plainville Yard after bringing PL-1 south from East Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Photo Date:  12/28/2011  Upload Date: 12/28/2011 8:28:07 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40) MEC 353(GP40)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Hancock Brook Dam
Title:  Hancock Brook Dam
Description:  MEC 353 and MEC 351 lead PL-1 southward along the Hancock Brook Dam on the way to Albert Bros. Scrap.
Photo Date:  12/30/2011  Upload Date: 12/30/2011 2:01:27 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 353(GP40) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  429   Comments: 2
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  PL-1's crew shuffles their units around before returning to the Plainville Yard light engines. MEC 354 sat in Waterbury for over a week, yet it remarkably has no graffiti!
Photo Date:  12/30/2011  Upload Date: 12/30/2011 2:04:40 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 354(GP40) MEC 353(GP40) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 509 prepares to run west to Waterbury and Terryville with cars for Albert Bros. Scrap, Firestone, and Clark-Dietrich Steel. 509 is making a very rare appearance to the area as it doesn't have cab signals required to run on Amtrak's Springfield Line. MEC 351 soaks up the morning heat on the run-around track.
Photo Date:  6/22/2012  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 9:57:43 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 509(GP40-2LW) MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Rare Appearance
Title:  Rare Appearance
Description:  PL-1 makes a very rare appearance in Seymour to spot an empty KRL flat car for Kerite Corporation. After a southbound Metro-North train passes, they'll return to Waterbury light engine. Kerite only ships about one or two loads per year.
Photo Date:  2/22/2013  Upload Date: 2/23/2013 5:35:41 PM
Location:  Seymour, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
Rare Waterbury Branch Meet
Title:  Rare Waterbury Branch Meet
Description:  A very rare meet takes place in Seymour as Metro-North train 1963 comes to a stop at the station. PL-1 waits in the Kerite siding after dropping an empty KRL flat car. The Pan Am local ventures this far down the Waterbury Branch only a couple times per year.
Photo Date:  2/22/2013  Upload Date: 2/23/2013 1:36:52 AM
Location:  Seymour, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
On the Move Again
Title:  On the Move Again
Description:  PL-1 departs the Kerite siding after spotting an empty KRL flat car for the customer. Once clear of the switch, they'll reverse direction and return to Waterbury and Plainville. This is a rare occurrence, as Kerite only ships one or two loads per year. The Seymour Station is on the left.
Photo Date:  2/22/2013  Upload Date: 2/23/2013 5:49:11 PM
Location:  Seymour, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 351(GP40)
Views:  457   Comments: 0


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