I have been informed that MEC #949 has been scrapped. This was an unfortunate outcome but based on personal inspection of the car in decrepit condition it was entirely understandable. MEC #392, one of the three "late" acquisitions by MEC/Guilford but with no history of regular passenger service on MEC has recently been reported as intact in Waterville. I will also be adding CSRX #1557 (MEC MoW #965) once the MEC roster number history (if any prior to MoW service) can be clarified. Another "recent" discovery is the possibility that an MEC heavyweight passenger car is sitting intact at the yard in Rockland.
MEC #10, Parlor-Buffet, Spruce, (
MEC #336 Baggage-Express,
MEC #948 MoW), Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad, Thorndike, ME, Stored - Out of Service.
MEC #16, Diner - Lounge, Arundel, Hancock Port Commission, Gulfport, MS, Stored - Out of Service
MEC #155, Coach,
McNeil Point,
Downeast Scenic Railroad, Ellsworth, ME, Restored - Operating.
MEC #252, Coach (
MEC #2011, Instruction Car,
ex-MEC #209),
Conway Scenic Railroad, North Conway, NH, Stored - Static. Also of note, per reliable sources this car is not on its original trucks. They were switched out and placed under CSRX
Gertrude Emma.
MEC #333,
Business Observation,
Lone Tree, Pan Am Railways, Waterville, ME,
Stored (Indoors) - Static. (
Lone Tree has been the subject of an ongoing thread for some time on railroad.net
here)
MEC #322,
Power Car Combine, Pan Am Railways, Waterville, ME,
Stored (Outdoors) - Static.
MEC #390, Coach (
Heritage,
AMTK #5444,
PC #4044, PRR #4044), Pan Am Railways(?), Waterville, ME, Out of Service - Unknown. (Further
research appears to indicate this car did
not ever belong to the MEC during their passenger service era,
MEC #390 (exxx-PRR 4044) was built for and saw service on the PRR train
Southwind).
MEC #391, Chair - Cafe -
Foodservice (Buffet?) (MEC #391, AMTK #3951, PC(?) #3211, NYC #3211, NYC #3011), City Point Central Railroad, Belfast, ME, Preserved - Static(?). (This coach also never operated on the MEC during their passenger service era, according to Bruce Cooper (as posted on NE Rail Photo) its
heritage is AMTK #3951,
NYC #3211, NYC #3011). Part of a 153 car order for 64 seat coaches by the NYC in 1948 to Pullman Standard (Plan #7484, Lot #2169, some
others indicate Lot #6721).
MEC #409, Railway Post Office,
Conway Scenic Railroad, North Conway, NH, Stored - Static. (Used as tool car by CSRX, interior condition unknown, wood exterior)
MEC #411, Railway Post Office (ex-PC, exx-NH W331 (MoW) exxx-NH, exxxx-MEC #352), Railroad Museum of New England, Stored - Under Restoration (steel exterior)
MEC #501, Combine,
Cooperville & Marne Railway Company, Marne, MI, Stored - Static. (Interior
photos show this car to be largely intact and in excellent shape). This car was also at one time in service on the
"Otter Valley Railroad Tourist Train" in Proctor, Vermont. Other
information seems to indicate it was part of the Steamtown Inc. collection at one time (supposedly on loan from MEC, not owned by Steamtown). It was also at one time in the collection of the
470 RR Club as well.
MEC #540,
Lumber King, Baggage Coach, (
MP #761, MP #562, Grill Coach),
Kennekuk County Park,
Danville, IL, Preserved - Static. (scroll to bottom of page on Danville, IL link).
MEC #573, EMD GP7 with steam generator for passenger service; known around the railroad as
Mr. Miller's Engine; later became
DH 573, then
ST 27; now preserved and in service as
CSRX 573.
MEC #901, MoW Coach (
BAR #230), Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne, MA, Stored - Static is not discussed in this post due to the fact that is was never in passenger service (public or private (business)).[/quote]