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Pictures of MEC 7542
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:GE C40-8Built As:CSXT 7542 (C40-8)
Serial Number:46033Order No:1878
Frame Number:Built:8/1989
Other locos with this serial:  CSX 7542(C40-8) MEC 7542(C40-8)
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The Empty Coal Train slowly approaches the Willows
Title:  The Empty Coal Train slowly approaches the Willows
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/2020  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 12:06:36 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
The Empty Coal Train rounds the bend approaching the Willows
Title:  The Empty Coal Train rounds the bend approaching the Willows
Description:  At the Willows the train will enter shared trackage with the MBTA.
Photo Date:  4/5/2020  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 12:06:39 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Pick a color!
Title:  Pick a color!
Description:  3 ex- CSX GE's, all in different colors, power the Empty Coal Train west at the Willows.
Photo Date:  4/5/2020  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 12:06:41 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7898(C40-8W)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
After the MBTA inbound clears, the Empty Coal Train moves ahead
Title:  After the MBTA inbound clears, the Empty Coal Train moves ahead
Description:  Just ahead is CPF-AY where the train will diverge off the main and enter the Hill Yard.
Photo Date:  4/5/2020  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 12:10:29 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 leads the Empty Coal Train into Ayer
Title:  MEC 7542 leads the Empty Coal Train into Ayer
Description:  Just ahead is CPF-AY where the train will diverge off the main and enter the Hill Yard.
Photo Date:  4/5/2020  Upload Date: 4/6/2020 12:10:32 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2020 9:42:52 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
MEC 7585 & 7542
Title:  MEC 7585 & 7542
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2020  Upload Date: 6/10/2020 9:37:52 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7585(C40-8) MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
AY-1 switches AYPOs train together
Title:  AY-1 switches AYPOs train together
Description:  The AY-1 crew uses MEC C40-8 #7542 and MEC C40-8W #7898 to switch together the days AYPO before the new crew comes to take the train to Portland
Photo Date:  8/11/2020  Upload Date: 8/10/2021 10:00:38 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Will Murphy
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7898(C40-8W)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  POED with MEC 7898 - MEC 7542 - MEC 7594 - MEC 7620 - MEC 3403 at Winnock's Neck Rd. in Scarborough.
Photo Date:  8/12/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 3:23:11 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  POED with MEC 7898 - MEC 7542 - MEC 7594 - MEC 7620 - MEC 3403 at Winnock's Neck Rd. in Scarborough.
Photo Date:  8/12/2020  Upload Date: 9/2/2020 3:23:20 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 at Falmouth
Title:  WAPO 7542 at Falmouth
Description:  As the light fades quickly WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7797 - MEC 7594 - MEC 7875 - MEC 507 - MEC 516 and 78 cars approaches the small bridge on the west side of Falmouth. RUPO was about a half hour behind them but it was dark at that point.
Photo Date:  12/9/2020  Upload Date: 12/20/2020 10:51:56 PM
Location:  Falmouth, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Pan Am Train AYPO and MBTA Outbound Commuter
Title:  Pan Am Train AYPO and MBTA Outbound Commuter
Description:  Pan Am Train AYPO and MBTA Outbound Commuter
Photo Date:  2/8/2021  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 6:33:21 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jonelle DeFelice
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  AYPO with MEC 7518 - MEC 7542 - MEC 7517 rolls east across Winnock's Neck Rd.
Photo Date:  4/23/2021  Upload Date: 5/1/2021 11:39:43 PM
Location:  Scarborough, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
MEC 7605, 7594 & 7542
Title:  MEC 7605, 7594 & 7542
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 4:15:17 PM
Location:  Forge Village, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7605(C40-8) MEC 7594(C40-8) MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  124   Comments: 2
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  MEC 7542 basks in the evening sun at Yard 8 in Portland, Maine having arrived the previous evening with Pan Am's Office Car Special. They would continue on down to Mechanicville, New York the following morning.
Photo Date:  5/18/2022  Upload Date: 6/2/2022 8:58:09 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  Looking shiny after bringing the OCS coaches down to Yard 8 the day before, MEC 7542 rests for the evening before continuing west the next morning to Mechanicville, NY.
Photo Date:  5/18/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 7:58:32 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 leads the OCS
Title:  MEC 7542 leads the OCS
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/19/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 8:18:07 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  72   Comments: 2
POED round the curve
Title:  POED round the curve
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 10:11:45 PM
Location:  North Berwick, ME
Author:  Kyle best
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7534(C40-8) MEC 7575(C40-8)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
POED with 3 6 axle Pan Am
Title:  POED with 3 6 axle Pan Am
Description:  the leader was spotless and sparking% Was told this lead the OCS about a week prior
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 9:56:13 PM
Location:  North Berwick, ME
Author:  Kyle best
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7534(C40-8) MEC 7575(C40-8)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 on POED
Title:  MEC 7542 on POED
Description:  This pic right here by far made the trip! I really wanted to get at least one 6-axle Pan Am painted unit leading a road train, and of all things this one was freshly painted less than a week ago! This would not have been possible without the help of my new friend I made, amazing what can happen when you talk to new people!
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 10:01:21 PM
Location:  North Berwick, ME
Author:  Kyle best
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7534(C40-8) MEC 7575(C40-8)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
POED away
Title:  POED away
Description:  once again major thanks to my new friend Lucas, the trip was made 100X better with his help and last train of the day was the one I really wanted to see!
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 10:04:02 PM
Location:  North Berwick, ME
Author:  Kyle best
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7534(C40-8) MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Pan Am Local...
Title:  Pan Am Local...
Description:  ... waits on the Fitchburg main for its turn westward.
Photo Date:  8/22/2022  Upload Date: 8/22/2022 7:41:05 PM
Location:  Ayer, MA
Author:  Jonelle DeFelice
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 at Penney Rd. in New Gloucester
Title:  WAPO 7542 at Penney Rd. in New Gloucester
Description:  Once PORU with MEC 353 - MEC 306 - MEC 518 was in the siding at New Gloucester, a heavy WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars resumes its trip west toward Portland.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:33:01 AM
Location:  New Gloucester, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  24   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 at Rt. 9 in Cumberland
Title:  WAPO 7542 at Rt. 9 in Cumberland
Description:  WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars approaches Rt. 9 in Cumberland Center after pausing to meet Amtrak at Royal Jct.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:35:52 AM
Location:  Cumberland Center, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 Crosses the Androscoggin River into Auburn
Title:  WAPO 7542 Crosses the Androscoggin River into Auburn
Description:  In a scene depicting the transitional era from Pan Am to CSX, a late WAPO crosses the Androscoggin River from Lewiston into Auburn, Maine with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars. While no CSX road power has been utilized yet east of Rigby, numerous four axle units and two six axle units have been transported to the Waterville shops since June to be reactivated into service after being stored at various yards on the CSX system. Only one of those units; CSXT 2548 has been used on Pan Am so far.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:30:41 AM
Location:  Auburn, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Approaching Penney Rd.
Title:  Approaching Penney Rd.
Description:  The sun held out just long enough for WAPO's leader to emerge around the corner after resuming their trip west once PORU with MEC 353 - MEC 306 - MEC 518 was in the siding at New Gloucester. Here we see WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars approach the Penney Rd. overpass in New Gloucester, Maine.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:33:22 AM
Location:  New Gloucester, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 at Blake
Title:  WAPO 7542 at Blake
Description:  WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars pulls toward Penney where they will hold the main to meet PORU 353.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:36:10 AM
Location:  New Gloucester, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
WAPO 7542 at College Rd.
Title:  WAPO 7542 at College Rd.
Description:  A heavy WAPO with MEC 7542 - MEC 7605 - MEC 310 - CSXT 6536 and 99 cars roars upgrade through College Rd. in Greene, Maine after getting recrewed by DJ-1 at Spragues Mills Rd.
Photo Date:  9/28/2022  Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:31:01 AM
Location:  Greene, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Pan Am
Title:  Pan Am
Description:  A plethora of Pan Am equipment
Photo Date:  1/28/2023  Upload Date: 8/17/2023 3:33:56 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Cody Booker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 5972(B40-8) MEC 5943(B40-8) MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7518(C40-8) MEC 7523(C40-8) MEC 7797(C40-8W) MEC 3400(SD40-2)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Pan Am
Title:  Pan Am
Description:  A plethora of Pan Am equipment
Photo Date:  1/28/2023  Upload Date: 8/17/2023 6:00:40 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Cody Booker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 3403(SD40-2) MEC 7609(C40-8) MEC 7594(C40-8) MEC 5966(B40-8) MEC 505(GP40-2LW) MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 3400(SD40-2)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 Leads L053 at Sampson's
Title:  MEC 7542 Leads L053 at Sampson's
Description:  L053 with MEC 7542 - MEC 7594 and about 70 cars is seen at Allied Rd. in Auburn (aka Sampson's Crossing) after swapping consists with L054 up at Leeds Junction.
Photo Date:  3/28/2023  Upload Date: 4/10/2023 11:10:06 AM
Location:  Auburn, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 Leads L053 at Rt. 9 in North Yarmouth
Title:  MEC 7542 Leads L053 at Rt. 9 in North Yarmouth
Description:  L053 with MEC 7542 - MEC 7594 and about 70 cars approaches Rt. 9 in North Yarmouth, Maine.
Photo Date:  3/28/2023  Upload Date: 4/10/2023 11:10:23 AM
Location:  North Yarmouth, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  28   Comments: 0
NS 6983, MEC 7655, 516, 7542 & 7595
Title:  NS 6983, MEC 7655, 516, 7542 & 7595
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/2023  Upload Date: 6/8/2023 10:51:52 AM
Location:  Willows, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6983(SD60E) MEC 7655(C40-8W) MEC 516(GP40-2LW) MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7595(C40-8)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 Leads L053-27 at Leeds Jct.
Title:  MEC 7542 Leads L053-27 at Leeds Jct.
Description:  L053 with MEC 7542w - MEC 7605e and 28 cars departs Leeds Jct. after swapping consists with L054 off the Rumford Branch.
Photo Date:  6/27/2023  Upload Date: 7/8/2023 9:42:31 AM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
MEC 7542
Title:  MEC 7542
Description:  Power from U074-30 rests at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  9/1/2023  Upload Date: 9/11/2023 12:26:28 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 & 7609
Title:  MEC 7542 & 7609
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:03:39 PM
Location:  Tewksbury, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7609(C40-8)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 & 7609
Title:  MEC 7542 & 7609
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:03:16 PM
Location:  Andover, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7609(C40-8)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
MEC 7542 & 7609
Title:  MEC 7542 & 7609
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:05:53 PM
Location:  Andover, MA
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 7542(C40-8) MEC 7609(C40-8)
Views:  46   Comments: 0

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