Maine Central
General Electric U18B number 405 named the "Arundel"
passes the Bangor yard caboose track as the locomotive pulls its
train into the yard after a run from Portland.
Two EMD SW7 switch engines cross the Kenduskeag Stream bridge on
their way to the Bangor engine house after dropping their train
in the yard.
A GP7 switches Bangor yard in the morning fog. The "I Love
New York" boxcars were financed for the Delaware and Hudson
by the state of New York.
Home built caboose 646 brings up the rear of a train departing
the east end of Northern Maine Junction for the short run to
Bangor. The tracks in the forground serve as an interchange with
the Bangor and Aroostook.
The last Maine Central unit to wear it's as delivered maroon and
gold paint, GP7 number 580 brings a freight from Old Town into
Bangor yard.
GP7 number 580 waits at the Bangor engine terminal in the mid
1980's now wearing a coat of Harvest Gold paint over it's
original maroon and gold.
Built by FMC in 1974, cushioned underframe boxcar number 31191 is
typical of the hundreds of such cars purchased by the MEC for
paper service in the 1970's and 1980's.
Maine Central wreck crane and tender car are in storage near the
former location of the Bangor freight house.
1950 built GP7 number 563 is parked and shut down on a siding at
Northern Maine Junction.
Maine Central still operated several 40 ft. boxcars into the late
1970's as shown by number 6353 built by Pullman Standard and then
rebuilt by the MEC.
Three General Electric U18Bs prepare for a late afternoon
departure of their Bangor to Portland train. It's the mid 1980's
and only a few MEC units have been painted in Guilford colors.
A GP38 and recently repainted ex Rock Island U25B pass under the
new Bangor-Brewer bridge as they depart Bangor yard with a train
for Old Town.