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A Welcome Home Present
A Welcome Home Present

This past Monday and Tuesday I was spending my time out along the coastline in Quebec and New Brunswick following VIA, CN, and the SFG in some of my favorites territory in the northeast. I haven't explored Atlantic Canada too much up to this point outside of that area but I enjoy covering as much as I can before moving on when it comes to foreign lands. After two days of very little sleep and a lot of driving, I made my way home into the sunset and through the following darkness along the desolate highways that bring me back.

Of course, I was looking forward to having a day to relax a little bit. Well that wasn't to be, as my phone dinged with the notifications from a couple of my friends that MEC 507 would be leading CSX L072 the next day. I've shot plenty of Guilford since I got here, mostly the GP40 standard cabs. My personal favorite units in black and orange are the widecabs and up to this point I've only shot 514 which was incredibly faded at the time. Plus, 507 is now the only remaining unit on the active CSX roster that sports Guilford paint. After missing it leading the same job last week, the choice was clear. I was getting up early for another day of railroading. Oh the horror.

The story goes that in 2020 the 507 was due for a dip into fresh Pan Am blue at the Waterville Shops. Apparently, the guys in the shop had recently stumbled upon a shitload of Guilford paint lying around and decided to do a service to the nation. It had been over 15 years since a locomotive wore fresh G colors and one last unit would get the treatment. Unfortunately they removed the cab bell and marker lights, but you take what you're given in this instance. 5 years later, the paint has held up remarkably well. It's pretty neat to shoot a locomotive in Guilford colors that are still saturated in the year 2025.

In this image, 507 leads a pair of CSX C40-8WMs through the ugly city of Bangor, ME in afternoon summer sun. I haven't shot all that many photos this year so I'm trying to make up for it lately by way of rapid fire remediation.

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Taken on: September 10, 2025
Sets appears in:   • Maine    • G    more » • GP40s    • GMD    • Chessie Seaboard Xpress    « less
Groups appears in:   • Transportation    • CSX    more » • fallen flags    • Shortlines    • EMD    • Progressive and Artistic Railway Photography    • Pan Am    • PLANET EARTH TRANSPORTATION    • EMD Group    • Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs    • Railroading in the City    • Eastern Railroads    • TRAINS IN ALL 50 STATES AND CANADA    • Railroad Photography Junction    • Shortlines & Regional Railroads of America    • Second Hand Locomotives No 30 / 60    • Steel Rails of Canada and America    • Vertical Railroad Photography    « less
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A Welcome Home Present

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