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Owner: Maine Central
Model:Alco 4-6-2Built As:MEC 470 (4-6-2)
Serial Number:65555Order No:S-1472
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 73" driversBuilt:6/1924
Notes:Schenectady 06/1924, retired 1954, display 10/1962
Other locos with this serial:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
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MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  MEC’s #470 was the last active steam on the Maine Central. In this 1938 scene 470 is at the Lewiston Upper platform headed west. C2016 this locomotive has been purchased by the New England Steam Corp from the City of Waterville for eventual restoration at Washington Jct outside of Ellsworth. Much more info is on line at: http://www.newenglandsteam.org/ MEC 470 was a MEC Class C3 built at Schenectady by ALCO in June 1924. It made the last run on the Maine Central dead heading back to Waterville after it’s last pubilc run on the Main Line between Portland and Bangor. #470 was retired in June of 1954. It went on display in Waterville October of 1962. Alco builders number 65555. Cyls 25x28 with 73 inch drivers. (month and date are correct) /DL
Photo Date:  7/1/1938  Upload Date: 2/12/2016 10:58:44 AM
Location:  Lewiston, ME
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1069   Comments: 0
MEC 4-6-2 #470 - Maine Central
Title:  MEC 4-6-2 #470 - Maine Central
Description:  Nice photo by A. L. Douchette of the last 4-6-2 Pacific built by Alco-Schenectady in 1924 for Maine Central. A note on the back of the photo states "#470 The l.ast steam engine to run on the MECRR - from Portland to Bangor 6/13/54 (last passenger run)." Specs - class C-3, 73" drivers, 185 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine wt 268,300 lb, tractive effort of 37,697 lb. Rebuilt in 1933 by the MEC shops. Now on display in Waterville, ME. UPDATE - thanks to Jerry LaBoda (see comment below), this loco is now under restoration with its future as a beautiful operating locomotive again!
Photo Date:  6/13/1954  Upload Date: 10/3/2017 7:34:39 AM
Location:  Portland, ME
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  891   Comments: 1
"The Iron Horse In Retirement," 1961
Title:  "The Iron Horse In Retirement," 1961
Description:  Personal PC. Here is a postal card entitled "The Iron Horse In Retirement." Postmarked: 1 August 1961. Sent to me by James W. Young, a chemist at the PRR's Altoona Test Plant. Caption On Reverse: "This is the last steam locomotive run on the Maine Central Railroad. Final trip was Portland to Bangor and return on June 13, 1954. No. 470 is a Big C Class Pacific type built by Alco in 1924. It had 30 years of service, being replaced by modern diesels." Photo by Luther S. Phillips.
Photo Date:  8/1/1961  Upload Date: 3/31/2022 7:24:13 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
MEC 470(4-6-2)
Title:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Description:  in the yard
Photo Date:  8/26/1966  Upload Date: 7/9/2011 10:15:57 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1128   Comments: 0
Maine Central Railroad EMD GP7 No. 567
Title:  Maine Central Railroad EMD GP7 No. 567
Description:  Waterville Yard - MEC 4-6-2 "Pacific" Steam Locomotive is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 1/4/2007 8:09:47 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MEC 567(GP7) MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1355   Comments: 1
Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470 on display
Title:  Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470 on display
Description:  Waterville Yard
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 1/14/2007 9:19:22 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  2907   Comments: 0
Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470 on display
Title:  Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470 on display
Description:  Waterville Yard
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 1/14/2007 9:49:43 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1096   Comments: 0
View of a Maine Central Railroad Signal Tower as seen from the Cab of 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470
Title:  View of a Maine Central Railroad Signal Tower as seen from the Cab of 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470
Description:  Waterville Yard
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 1/15/2007 7:42:19 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  857   Comments: 0
View from the Tender of Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470
Title:  View from the Tender of Maine Central Railroad 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive No. 470
Description:  Waterville Yard
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 1/15/2007 7:53:44 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1288   Comments: 0
MEC 578(RB-1)
Title:  MEC 578(RB-1)
Description:  passing MEC 470 4-6-2
Photo Date:  1/26/1980  Upload Date: 12/22/2011 4:07:45 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 578(GP7) MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Was told that the 470 was the last steam engine to run in Maine.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/13/2012 8:33:44 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  985   Comments: 0
470(4-6-2)
Title:  470(4-6-2)
Description:  on display
Photo Date:  2/19/1983  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 3:25:17 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1158   Comments: 0
470 and 470!!
Title:  470 and 470!!
Description:  4-6-2 & GP-7u
Photo Date:  2/19/1983  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 3:26:25 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2) MEC 470(GP7u)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
470(4-6-2)
Title:  470(4-6-2)
Description:  on display
Photo Date:  2/19/1983  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 3:25:48 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1313   Comments: 0
470 and BR-4
Title:  470 and BR-4
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/19/1983  Upload Date: 5/2/2012 3:28:22 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2) MEC 401(U18B)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
470 & 470
Title:  470 & 470
Description:  HW-2 and steam display
Photo Date:  5/29/1983  Upload Date: 5/6/2012 9:48:33 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Gil Ford
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 470(GP7u) MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  674   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  ALCO 4-6-2
Photo Date:  9/2/1995  Upload Date: 12/17/2013 10:43:09 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Doug Tilley
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1281   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/2004  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 10:54:10 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Maine Central #470
Title:  Maine Central #470
Description:  Maine Central #470 on display in Waterville Maine.
Photo Date:  8/15/2005  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:44:02 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Jonelle DeFelice
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  2356   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  "Old 470" waiting patiently for restoration
Photo Date:  3/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/1/2006 9:30:27 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  MEC 407
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1256   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  "Old 470" waiting patiently for restoration
Photo Date:  3/1/2006  Upload Date: 4/1/2006 9:30:27 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  MEC 407
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Last steam engine to run on the MEC.
Photo Date:  7/8/2006  Upload Date: 7/8/2006 7:46:34 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Chris Henchey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
Maine Central #470
Title:  Maine Central #470
Description:  Maine Central #470 on display in Waterville Maine.
Photo Date:  8/26/2006  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:44:02 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Jonelle DeFelice
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  2901   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  The old gal rests peacefully near the Waterville yard
Photo Date:  8/23/2007  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 4:08:09 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Glenn Anderson
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  780   Comments: 1
Old 470
Title:  Old 470
Description:  Old 470 rests alone outside the yard at Waterville. The locomotive became the last steam locomotive to run on the Maine Central Railroad. It made its final voyage from Portland to Bangor, ME on June 13, 1954.
Photo Date:  2/21/2008  Upload Date: 11/13/2008 5:44:45 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Glidden
Categories:  Winter,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  766   Comments: 1
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  I wish I saw this big guy working on the railroad
Photo Date:  5/18/2008  Upload Date: 5/20/2008 4:37:36 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Billy Stone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1125   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Photo by my mother - the real Maine Central
Photo Date:  7/24/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2009 8:11:24 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Doreen DeVore
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  824   Comments: 1
old and new
Title:  old and new
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 10:01:54 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  J d
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 314(GP40) MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/3/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 10:02:20 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  J d
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Maine Central 4-6-2 #470 sits silently at the edge of the East entrance to Waterville Yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/2010  Upload Date: 7/5/2010 12:40:26 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Shawn Kelley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  1186   Comments: 2
Ol' 470
Title:  Ol' 470
Description:  Pics from all over New England.
Photo Date:  8/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/13/2011 11:24:46 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Brian Hiscock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Two Generations of MEC
Title:  Two Generations of MEC
Description:  A freshly painted GP40-2W passes the old steam engine, MEC 470 at CPF-113 in Waterville.
Photo Date:  9/11/2010  Upload Date: 11/10/2016 11:17:27 AM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Dan Comick
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MEC 503(GP40-2LW) MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2012  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 9:37:39 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  914   Comments: 1
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Rusting away at Waterville
Photo Date:  4/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 11:01:40 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Rusting away at Waterville
Photo Date:  4/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 11:01:41 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description:  Rusting away at Waterville
Photo Date:  4/27/2013  Upload Date: 12/25/2014 11:01:41 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  William Sweeney
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
MEC 470
Title:  MEC 470
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2015  Upload Date: 4/5/2023 9:37:32 PM
Location:  Waterville, ME
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
MEC 470's old tender
Title:  MEC 470's old tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/29/2022 10:52:51 PM
Location:  Washington Junction, ME
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 1
MEC 470 restoration
Title:  MEC 470 restoration
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/29/2022 10:52:47 PM
Location:  Washington Junction, ME
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MEC 470(4-6-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 1

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