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Pictures of MEC 261
 
Owner: Maine Central
Model:EMD GP38Built As:MEC 261 (GP38)
Serial Number:32670Order No:7946
Frame Number:7946-11Built:11/1966
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 261(GP38)
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RY-2 with 256 -254-261 in winter.
Title:  RY-2 with 256 -254-261 in winter.
Description:  Close on the heels of the Plow Extra is RY-2, bound from Rigby Yard in South Portland to St Johnsbury. Up front are GP-38's #256-254-261.
Photo Date:  2/3/1967  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 12:54:06 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 256(GP38) MEC 254(GP38) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  1331   Comments: 0
MEC 261 at Rigby
Title:  MEC 261 at Rigby
Description:  261 at Rigby Yard.
Photo Date:  8/21/1967  Upload Date: 7/9/2013 7:37:02 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  759   Comments: 2
RY-2
Title:  RY-2
Description:  255-561-565-260-261
Photo Date:  8/3/1968  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 9:26:46 AM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 8368(SD40-2) MEC 260(GP38) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
RY-2 in autumn
Title:  RY-2 in autumn
Description:  The train is now well up on the mountain-side, crossing Frankenstein Trestle.
Photo Date:  10/18/1968  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 2:00:20 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 253(GP38) MEC 569(GP7) MEC 257(GP38) MEC 262(GP38) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  1495   Comments: 1
RY-2 in autumn
Title:  RY-2 in autumn
Description:  RY-2 is crossing the Willey Brook Bridge approaching the Mt. Willard Section House.
Photo Date:  10/18/1968  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 2:00:27 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 253(GP38) MEC 569(GP7) MEC 257(GP38) MEC 262(GP38) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  1289   Comments: 0
RY-2 in autumn
Title:  RY-2 in autumn
Description:  Almost there - the train is rounding the shoulder of Mt. Willard. Just ahead is the Gateway at the top of the Notch.
Photo Date:  10/18/1968  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 2:00:42 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 253(GP38) MEC 569(GP7) MEC 257(GP38) MEC 262(GP38) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  1394   Comments: 1
RY-2 in autumn
Title:  RY-2 in autumn
Description:  The hardest work is over as RY-2 heads for Fabyans and beyond to St Johnsbury.
Photo Date:  10/18/1968  Upload Date: 7/6/2013 2:00:47 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Ted Houghton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38) MEC 262(GP38)
Views:  699   Comments: 0
MEC Power
Title:  MEC Power
Description:  254;261;577-252
Photo Date:  12/12/1971  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 9:37:02 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38) MEC 577(GP7)
Views:  592   Comments: 1
MEC 261 and 262
Title:  MEC 261 and 262
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/21/1973  Upload Date: 7/30/2010 11:27:44 PM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Wayne Allen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38) MEC 262(GP38)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
MEC Power
Title:  MEC Power
Description:  567-261-262
Photo Date:  1/21/1973  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 6:37:30 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38) MEC 262(GP38)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-255-253-556-579
Photo Date:  6/20/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 10:13:26 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-255-253-556-579
Photo Date:  6/20/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 10:14:56 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-255-253-556-579 at Glen-Jackson Depot
Photo Date:  6/20/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 10:16:42 AM
Location:  Glen, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-255-253-556-579
Photo Date:  6/20/1975  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 10:10:32 AM
Location:  Notchland, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1 and ball signal
Title:  MEC YR-1 and ball signal
Description:  261+
Photo Date:  10/24/1975  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 10:03:10 AM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Signal
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  551   Comments: 2
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-260-258-801-2__
Photo Date:  10/24/1975  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 10:03:58 AM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
MEC RB-1(Rigby to Bangor)
Title:  MEC RB-1(Rigby to Bangor)
Description:  261-801-802-581
Photo Date:  7/29/1976  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 2:50:00 PM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
MEC RB-1
Title:  MEC RB-1
Description:  261-801-802-581
Photo Date:  7/29/1976  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 2:54:59 PM
Location:  Oakland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
MEC RB-1 261(GP-38)
Title:  MEC RB-1 261(GP-38)
Description:  getting orders from the operator
Photo Date:  7/29/1976  Upload Date: 10/6/2011 2:52:55 PM
Location:  Leeds Junction, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  405-407-408-261 meeting RY-2
Photo Date:  10/28/1977  Upload Date: 10/27/2011 3:00:35 PM
Location:  Fryeburg, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
MEC 261 in 1977
Title:  MEC 261 in 1977
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/30/2003 8:00:20 PM
Location:  Unknown, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
MEC Work-X 261
Title:  MEC Work-X 261
Description:  and Bartlett freight house
Photo Date:  6/12/1979  Upload Date: 12/8/2011 4:39:27 PM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  558   Comments: 1
MEC Work Extra 261
Title:  MEC Work Extra 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/1979  Upload Date: 12/8/2011 4:40:00 PM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
MEC Ballast Extra 261
Title:  MEC Ballast Extra 261
Description:  at Rogers Crossing
Photo Date:  6/12/1979  Upload Date: 12/8/2011 4:38:44 PM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Maine Central Railroad (MEC) EMD GP38 No. 261 and GP7 No. 564
Title:  Maine Central Railroad (MEC) EMD GP38 No. 261 and GP7 No. 564
Description:  Photographed on a Foggy Day at Rigby Yard
Photo Date:  9/30/1979  Upload Date: 9/5/2007 3:06:16 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38) MEC 564(GP7)
Views:  711   Comments: 1
MEC SR-2(BR-4)
Title:  MEC SR-2(BR-4)
Description:  261-591-569-259
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 12/22/2011 4:31:12 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-260-401-561
Photo Date:  6/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 4:04:31 PM
Location:  Dalton, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-260-401-561
Photo Date:  6/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 4:06:47 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
MEC YR-1
Title:  MEC YR-1
Description:  261-260-401-561
Photo Date:  6/16/1980  Upload Date: 12/23/2011 4:07:25 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Maine Central GP38 261
Title:  Maine Central GP38 261
Description:  Maine Central GP38 261 at Bangor, ME on September 5, 1981.
Photo Date:  9/5/1981  Upload Date: 2/17/2020 11:54:39 AM
Location:  Bangor, ME
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  692   Comments: 2
ZO-2 261(GP-38)
Title:  ZO-2 261(GP-38)
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 1:54:16 PM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
ZO-2 261
Title:  ZO-2 261
Description:  switching at Crawfords
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 1:58:18 PM
Location:  Crawfords, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  593   Comments: 1
ZO-2 261
Title:  ZO-2 261
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 1:55:16 PM
Location:  Notchland, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
ZO-2 261
Title:  ZO-2 261
Description:  about to cross the B&M Berlin Branch
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 2:01:27 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
ZO-2 261
Title:  ZO-2 261
Description:  at the Willey House section house
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 1:56:53 PM
Location:  Crawford Notch, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
ZO-2 261
Title:  ZO-2 261
Description:  west of Whitefield
Photo Date:  11/16/1981  Upload Date: 3/16/2012 2:02:31 PM
Location:  Whitefield, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
251-261-255
Title:  251-261-255
Description:  GP-38s for YR-1
Photo Date:  2/20/1982  Upload Date: 4/22/2012 7:56:23 AM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
YR-1
Title:  YR-1
Description:  261-408
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 4/14/2012 8:46:09 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
YR-1;ZO-2
Title:  YR-1;ZO-2
Description:  261-408; 254
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 4/14/2012 8:47:41 AM
Location:  Bartlett, NH
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
MEC 261-251-262
Title:  MEC 261-251-262
Description:  GP-38s on MEPO
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 3/28/2012 2:19:02 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
MEPO & POME
Title:  MEPO & POME
Description:  a loq of MEC GP-38s!!
Photo Date:  9/14/1982  Upload Date: 3/28/2012 2:20:00 PM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
MEPO
Title:  MEPO
Description:  MEPO going away at Lake Pleasant.
Photo Date:  9/18/1982  Upload Date: 4/15/2006 2:50:34 PM
Location:  Montague, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 226(U25B) MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
MEC 261-404-253;
Title:  MEC 261-404-253;
Description:  and CP 1803
Photo Date:  6/30/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:12:17 AM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  771   Comments: 0
MEC 262; CP 1803
Title:  MEC 262; CP 1803
Description:  GP-38; RS-18m
Photo Date:  6/30/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:12:48 AM
Location:  Saint Johnsbury, VT
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
MERU Power
Title:  MERU Power
Description:  B&M 310-MEC 254-261
Photo Date:  7/22/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:20:06 AM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
LASE power
Title:  LASE power
Description:  MEC 261-D&H 7416-7411
Photo Date:  7/28/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:31:28 AM
Location:  East Deerfield, MA
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
LASE
Title:  LASE
Description:  MEC 261-D&H 7416-7411
Photo Date:  7/28/1983  Upload Date: 5/8/2012 9:34:33 AM
Location:  Shelburne Falls, MA
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
MEC GP38 261
Title:  MEC GP38 261
Description:  Maine Central Railroad GP38 261 at South Portland, Maine on May 7, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  5/7/1984  Upload Date: 10/2/2013 12:47:59 PM
Location:  South Portland, ME
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MEC 261(GP38)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
MEC 230 on freight NWME at BD
Title:  MEC 230 on freight NWME at BD
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/1984  Upload Date: 8/2/2024 2:35:32 PM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 230(U25B) MEC 261(GP38) MEC 260(GP38)
Views:  68   Comments: 2

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