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Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP7Built As:MEC 561 (GP7)
Serial Number:12362Order No:6147
Frame Number:6147-1Built:10/1950
Notes:blt 10/1950 to ST #22
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 561(GP7) EPRY 22(GP7) AFRX 22(GP7) ST 22(GP7)
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MEC 561
Title:  MEC 561
Description:  561 sits on the turntable in Waterville.
Photo Date:  9/18/1965  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 6:01:22 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1331   Comments: 0
RY-2 working Whitefield, NH.
Title:  RY-2 working Whitefield, NH.
Description:  RY-2 working the B&M interchange in Whitefield, NH. 684-576-561-671B-671A.
Photo Date:  1/5/1966  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 3:38:39 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 684(F3A) MEC 576(GP7) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 671B(F3B) MEC 671A(F3A)
Views:  1341   Comments: 0
RY-2 working Whitefield, NH.
Title:  RY-2 working Whitefield, NH.
Description:  The clouds are thinning by the time RY-2 completes her pickup, sets the signal for the proverbial "high ball", and heads on to St Johnsbury. 684-576-561-671B-671A.
Photo Date:  1/5/1966  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 3:38:51 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 684(F3A) MEC 576(GP7) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 671B(F3B)
Views:  1464   Comments: 1
MEC Local
Title:  MEC Local
Description:  561(GP-7) by station
Photo Date:  9/1/1970  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 10:16:57 AM
Location:  Gilman, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  937   Comments: 2
MEC 561(GP-7)
Title:  MEC 561(GP-7)
Description:  on a Work Extra
Photo Date:  6/9/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 9:59:05 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1129   Comments: 0
MEC 561 Work Extra
Title:  MEC 561 Work Extra
Description:  (GP-7)
Photo Date:  6/16/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 10:04:40 AM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
MEC Work-X 561
Title:  MEC Work-X 561
Description:  (GP-7) at the "Girders"
Photo Date:  9/17/1975  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 9:58:23 AM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
MEC Work-X & YR-1
Title:  MEC Work-X & YR-1
Description:  meet at the top
Photo Date:  9/17/1975  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 9:59:19 AM
Location:  Crawfords, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
MEC 561 long hood shot
Title:  MEC 561 long hood shot
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/30/2003 8:00:20 PM
Location:  Unknown, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1158   Comments: 0
MEC RS-1
Title:  MEC RS-1
Description:  561-252-569
Photo Date:  2/23/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:09:02 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
MEC RS-1
Title:  MEC RS-1
Description:  561-262
Photo Date:  3/2/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:14:01 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
B&M 300; MEC 561
Title:  B&M 300; MEC 561
Description:  GP40-2; GP-7
Photo Date:  3/5/1978  Upload Date: 11/2/2011 2:05:05 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  774   Comments: 0
MEC 561+; B&M 300+
Title:  MEC 561+; B&M 300+
Description:  Rigby engine terminal
Photo Date:  3/5/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:16:27 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7) BM 300(GP40-2)
Views:  911   Comments: 1
MEC 255-254-561
Title:  MEC 255-254-561
Description:  on RB-1
Photo Date:  3/30/1978  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 5:02:47 PM
Location:  Deering Junction, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
MEC 574
Title:  MEC 574
Description:  A freight off the Lower Road heads for the yard at Brunswick Maine in August 1978. Soon it will be impossible to photograph from this angle as Maine has begun construction of a multi-modal station to service a desired extension of Amtrak service up from Portland where I am standing. The original MEC station was behind the train. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 9:25:01 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 574(GP7) MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1181   Comments: 1
MEC 574
Title:  MEC 574
Description:  A freight from Augusta is about to pull into the yard at Brunswick Maine in August 1978. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/17/2009 9:25:35 AM
Location:  Brunswick, ME
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 574(GP7) MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1025   Comments: 1
MEC 561-564
Title:  MEC 561-564
Description:  on a Work Extra
Photo Date:  10/23/1978  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 2:40:52 PM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
MEC 561-564(GP-7s)
Title:  MEC 561-564(GP-7s)
Description:  on Work Extra
Photo Date:  10/23/1978  Upload Date: 11/21/2011 2:43:26 PM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  575   Comments: 1
MEC 561; CN 2564
Title:  MEC 561; CN 2564
Description:  2564 on CN detour train due to high water at N.Stratford,NH; back to CN rails at Groveton,NH
Photo Date:  3/9/1979  Upload Date: 11/30/2011 2:45:52 PM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7) CN 2564(M420W)
Views:  878   Comments: 2
MEC 561(GP-7)
Title:  MEC 561(GP-7)
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/2/1979  Upload Date: 12/21/2011 4:56:57 PM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
MEC 561--GP7
Title:  MEC 561--GP7
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/1980  Upload Date: 12/19/2010 9:10:12 PM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Lee Labrecque
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1376   Comments: 0
MEC 561-564(GP-7s)
Title:  MEC 561-564(GP-7s)
Description:  at engine facility
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 3:43:50 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
MEC 561 and 564
Title:  MEC 561 and 564
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 11:50:00 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Wayne Allen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7) MEC 564(GP7)
Views:  827   Comments: 0
MEC 561(GP-7)
Title:  MEC 561(GP-7)
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/1981  Upload Date: 3/3/2012 10:18:11 AM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
561;563;B&M 1563
Title:  561;563;B&M 1563
Description:  Rigby engine terminal
Photo Date:  1/3/1982  Upload Date: 4/21/2012 2:19:17 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
561(GP-7)
Title:  561(GP-7)
Description:  Rigby Yard
Photo Date:  2/12/1982  Upload Date: 4/21/2012 5:16:18 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
561(GP-7)
Title:  561(GP-7)
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/19/1982  Upload Date: 4/5/2012 8:40:07 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
561,580(GP-7s)
Title:  561,580(GP-7s)
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/19/1982  Upload Date: 4/5/2012 8:44:48 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-B&M 1562-573
Photo Date:  4/15/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:12:23 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-B&M 1562-573
Photo Date:  4/15/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:10:30 AM
Location:  Notchland, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
YR-1 561-1562-573
Title:  YR-1 561-1562-573
Description:  cutting off the 561 for ZO-2
Photo Date:  4/15/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:13:13 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  769   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-565-591-253
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:18:39 AM
Location:  Twin Mountain, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-565-591-253
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:20:11 AM
Location:  Crawfords, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-565-591-253
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:19:37 AM
Location:  Bretton Woods, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-565-591-253; note brake shoe smoke!!
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:20:59 AM
Location:  Notchland, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  561-565-591-253
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 5/5/2012 9:17:50 AM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
MEC 561-B&M 305-314-311
Title:  MEC 561-B&M 305-314-311
Description:  on BR-4 arriving Rigby Yard
Photo Date:  7/22/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:18:11 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
MEC GP7 561
Title:  MEC GP7 561
Description:  Maine Central Railroad GP7 561 at South Portland, Maine on May 9, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/9/1984  Upload Date: 1/9/2014 1:30:36 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
MEC 561
Title:  MEC 561
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/11/1986  Upload Date: 2/6/2015 5:37:13 PM
Location:  St. Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Getting out
Title:  Getting out
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Turn was one of a very few trains to run on Memorial Day weekend, so I was lucky to catch it. Here it is, just getting underway at the MEC yard-now signed for Springfield Terminal, note the sign on the office at left-with a trio of interesting units.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:00:49 AM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B) BM 1741(GP9)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
B&M on the Bucksport Turn
Title:  B&M on the Bucksport Turn
Description:  The Bucksport Turn ran Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, using a classic set of New England power. Here we see it with a blue B&M geep, and a pair of Harvest Gold MEC units, arriving at Bucksport.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:03:34 AM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  Now off the bridge from Bangor, the Turn gets moving toward Bucksport. Thats the railfan chase vehicle. It was a company car that I had on a 24/7 basis. They mostly didnt care where I took it, though I had to buy my own gas when on personal use. I lived ten miles from my job, and put 38,000 miles on it in a year.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:04:27 AM
Location:  Brewer, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
On the bridge
Title:  On the bridge
Description:  The Bucksport Turn crosses the Penobscot River just after leaving the Bangor yard.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/7/2015 2:07:00 AM
Location:  Brewer, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B) BM 1709(GP9)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
This is what I want in my back yard!!
Title:  This is what I want in my back yard!!
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Job rolls past a home en route from Bangor to Bucksport on a Memorial Day weekend.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 2/25/2013 1:24:29 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
Bucksport job
Title:  Bucksport job
Description:  The Maine Central Bucksport Job works south from Northern Maine Jct on Memorial Day weekend 1988 with a classic set of New England power.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 1:51:47 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
Bucksport Turn
Title:  Bucksport Turn
Description:  The MEC Bucksport Turn went to work on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend with a typically New England power set.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 1:25:54 AM
Location:  Orrington, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BM 1709(GP9) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Hannah Weston
Title:  Hannah Weston
Description:  The Bucksport Turn arrives at the yard to work, seen going away to highlight the unusual power, one of MECs U18Bs
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 2:05:19 AM
Location:  Bucksport, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 401(U18B) MEC 561(GP7) BM 1709(GP9)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Last days of MEC Livery
Title:  Last days of MEC Livery
Description:  This pure MEC perspective won't be around for long! The power is destined for a new livery – black with a reo stripe – & the locomovive service area & nearby round house have a short life ahead. This scene was taken 6 or 7 years into the Guilford era. Today a single track runs by here and all of the!large Bangor Yard is gone except a couple of sidings at the old Union Statnon site. I suggest viewers go to Bangor, Maine and fly to the north west side of the I-395 bridge. Inside the westbound off ramp loop the round house stalls can be clearly qeen!!! This photo was taken just to the north of the turn table! A tip of the hat to tne author, J David Ingles who granted permission to post his work here. /DL
Photo Date:  9/11/1988  Upload Date: 3/11/2011 7:56:14 PM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  J. David Ingles
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 16(44Tonner) MEC 561(GP7) MEC 580(GP7)
Views:  1612   Comments: 1
Maine Central 561
Title:  Maine Central 561
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/30/2003  Upload Date: 11/30/2003 8:00:20 PM
Location:  Unknown, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 561(GP7)
Views:  1601   Comments: 1


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