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Adam T's Collection
 
4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP40Built As:EMDX 19 (GP40)
Serial Number:35052Order No:7179
Frame Number:7179-9Built:5/1969
Notes:Ex-CR, Exx-PC
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 352(GP40) ST 352(GP40) CR 3268(GP40) PC 3268(GP40)
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MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles quietly a few yards north of the Freight Street bridge in Waterbury, on train PL-1. Looks like they outlawed here.
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 4:48:05 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Kathy Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  857   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles a few yards north of the Freight Street bridge in Waterbury, on train PL-1. Looks like they outlawed here.
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 4:52:08 PM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Kathy Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
MEC 379 and MEC 352
Title:  MEC 379 and MEC 352
Description:  MEC 379 passes MEC 352 at the Mt. Tom Power Plant. MEC 352 was the lead unit on train PLED. The Mt. Tom Coal Extra, with MEC 379, is using PLED's crew. After shoving loads into the plant, the two trains will combine and go to East Deerfield.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 9/21/2007 3:14:17 PM
Location:  Holyoke, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 379(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
BM 340
Title:  BM 340
Description:  Using their own power and the 1 unit from train PL-1, the Mt. Tom Coal Extra switches the Mt. Tom Power Plant.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 10/26/2008 4:49:01 PM
Location:  Holyoke, MA
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  BM 340(GP40) MEC 306(GP40) MEC 379(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles in the Plainville yard.
Photo Date:  4/6/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 4:38:36 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 idles in the Plainville yard.
Photo Date:  4/6/2007  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 7:52:45 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 approaches the Route 9 tunnel light engines on PL-1. The train is going to Berlin to pick up 19 cars that were brought south from East Deerfield earlier in the morning.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 5:17:34 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352, power for train PL-1, is picking up 19 cars that it brought down earlier in the day from East Deerfield.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 5:33:40 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 backs on to the rest of its train just after dropping off some empty gondolas on a siding just to the right of the locomotive. The train, PL-1, will now go back to the Plainville yard and then the Firestone plant in Terryville.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 7:40:24 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 approaches the driveway of the Price Right food store. The train, PL-1, is headed to Plainville after picking up 19 cars in Berlin that were dropped off earlier in the day.
Photo Date:  7/13/2007  Upload Date: 7/16/2007 7:47:25 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 towards the Amtrak Springfield Line in Berlin. The train is going to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2008 10:30:33 AM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 through CSOR's Hartford Yard on Amtrak's Springfield Line. The train is going to East Deerfield, MA.
Photo Date:  3/29/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2008 10:22:21 AM
Location:  Hartford, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  368   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352, the power for today's PL-1, switches Perma Treat in New Britain.
Photo Date:  4/26/2008  Upload Date: 6/1/2008 2:03:49 PM
Location:  New Britain, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  578   Comments: 0
MEC 350 and MEC 352
Title:  MEC 350 and MEC 352
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352, the power for train PL-1 today, switch J.W. Green on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:00:25 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
MEC 350 and MEC 352
Title:  MEC 350 and MEC 352
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352, the power for train PL-1 today, pass a puddle near J.W. Green, as the train switches the customer.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/23/2008 9:08:32 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  348   Comments: 3
MEC 352 and MEC 350
Title:  MEC 352 and MEC 350
Description:  MEC 352 and MEC 350 sit in the Plainville Yard while a National Eastern Steel travel crane looks on. You can see the steel company's former building to the left of MEC 352, as the company has shut down.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:03:04 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40) MEC 350(GP40)
Views:  307   Comments: 1
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 and MEC 350, the power for train PL-1 today, put their train together before going to East Deerfield, MA. Those tank cars are from AmeriGas on the Canal Line, and those gondolas just on the other side of the overpass are from J.W. Green, also on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/24/2008 11:10:58 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 into Berlin. The train is on its way to the Plainville Yard from the East Deerfield, MA. Yard.
Photo Date:  12/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/2/2009 2:08:41 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  394   Comments: 2
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 through Berlin on a cloudy winter afternoon. The train is on its way to the Plainville Yard and has just entered Pan Am trackage after a sprint down Amtrak's Springfield Line.
Photo Date:  2/18/2009  Upload Date: 2/24/2011 12:15:27 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
First Time Ever
Title:  First Time Ever
Description:  For the first time ever, two Pan Am-painted units work on Pan Am train PL-1. MEC 350 and MEC 352 do some switching in the Plainville Yard after switching AmeriGas on the Canal Line.
Photo Date:  2/20/2009  Upload Date: 2/22/2009 8:05:59 PM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352 lead train PL-1 toward the AmeriGas facility on the Southington/Plainville town line. Customer Forestville Lumber is seen to the left.
Photo Date:  2/21/2009  Upload Date: 2/25/2011 10:01:20 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 350 and MEC 352 shove train PL-1 across Broad Street on the Canal Line. The train is returning to the Plainville Yard after servicing the bustling AmeriGas facility.
Photo Date:  2/21/2009  Upload Date: 2/25/2011 10:03:02 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Train PL-1
Title:  Train PL-1
Description:  MEC 352 leads train PL-1 across a stream just after exiting the Terryville Tunnel. The train is on its way to Waterbury with an empty for Albert Bros. Scrap and a load for Hubbard Hall Chemical.
Photo Date:  2/19/2010  Upload Date: 7/2/2011 10:14:48 AM
Location:  Plymouth, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
MEC 352
Title:  MEC 352
Description:  Train PL-1, with MEC 352 doing the honors this week, approaches Town Line Road at the Plainville/Southington town line, with three loaded LPG tank cars for AmeriGas.
Photo Date:  1/21/2011  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 10:36:28 AM
Location:  Southington, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
Flying High
Title:  Flying High
Description:  High above the forest floor, PL-1 crawls across the bridge parallel to Clark Avenue. The two units are lugging eight loads upgrade to Clark-Dietrich Steel and Firestone.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 11:23:15 PM
Location:  Pequabuck, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
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Locomotives:  MEC 352(GP40) MEC 502(GP40-2LW)
Views:  478   Comments: 1
Rare Visitor
Title:  Rare Visitor
Description:  After running around the train, PL-1 prepares to shove the eight loads up to the Firestone and Clark-Dietrich Steel sidings (accessed by the spur at right). MEC 502 is a very rare visitor to the area, as it lacks the cab signals required to lead on Amtrak's Springfield Line.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 11:35:14 PM
Location:  Terryville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  692   Comments: 1
Crossing Canal Street
Title:  Crossing Canal Street
Description:  After dropping loads at Clark-Dietrich Steel and Firestone, PL-1 eases across Canal Street on the way back to the Plainville Yard.
Photo Date:  11/23/2012  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 11:50:59 PM
Location:  Pequabuck, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 502(GP40-2LW) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  376   Comments: 2
PLED
Title:  PLED
Description:  A matching pair of blue-dip GP40s leads PLED across the Connecticut River bridge after picking up a handful of cars from the Central New England interchange in Hartford.
Photo Date:  2/13/2015  Upload Date: 2/13/2015 4:05:55 PM
Location:  Enfield, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 350(GP40) MEC 352(GP40)
Views:  1029   Comments: 2
Rare Visitors
Title:  Rare Visitors
Description:  A gaggle of power idles away on the Canal Line in Plainville on a sunny winter morning. GP40-2LW 519, leased Providence & Worcester GP38 2010, GP40 352, GP40-2LW 501, and GMTX GP40 3109 (wearing a blue dip scheme but lacking Pan Am lettering) compose the lineup. This is the P&W unit's first appearance in Plainville, and seeing two ex-CN widecabs here is a special treat.
Photo Date:  2/6/2016  Upload Date: 2/8/2016 10:38:14 AM
Location:  Plainville, CT
Author:  Adam Twombly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 519(GP40-2LW) PW 2010(GP38) MEC 352(GP40) MEC 501(GP40-2LW) GMTX 3109(GP40)
Views:  296   Comments: 0


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