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Cooks is the former site of the Cooks Construction cement plant which has since been shut down. I like to watch for Amtrak here because they are usually still moving at about 70mph.
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HLCX 6216 & HLCX 6404 (MEC 613) at Cooks on September 30, 2009.
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HLCX 6404 (MEC 613) at Cooks on September 30, 2009.
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MEC 503 canned at Cooks in Scarborough on April 21, 2010.
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MEC 600 on WASE at Cooks on April 24th of 2010 still in HLCX paint.
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HLCX 6404 leads into Rigby at Cooks in Scarborough on the 11th of June 2010.
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Amtrak 685 at Cooks on August 3rd of 2010.
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HLCX 6329 & MEC 601 with NMSE at Cooks on August 17th of 2010.
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CSXT 721 SEPO at Cooks in Scarborough on October 16th, 2012.
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MEC 379, LTEX 2964, & MEC 377 as light engines at Cooks in Scarborough on January 30th of 2016.
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MEC 379, LTEX 2964, & MEC 377 as light engines at Cooks in Scarborough on January 30th of 2016.
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MEC 600 517 at Cooks in Scarborough on May 31st of 2018.
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MEC 7535, & 7875 come out to Cooks to back in on their train, POED, on October 6th of 2018.
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MEC 7535, & 7875 come out to Cooks to back in on their train, POED, on October 6th of 2018.
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MEC 7635 and one more engine bring AYPO into Rigby at Cooks in Scarborough on September 21st of 2019.
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MEC 506 leads POED at Cooks on Feb. 29th of 2020.
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MEC 7627 at Cooks on Feb. 29th of 2020.
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AMTK 90220 with Downeaster 688 at Cooks in Scarborough on July 22nd of 2020.
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MEC 7585 on the point of AYPO at Cooks in Scarborough, ME on May 1st of 2021.
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MEC 7643 riding second on AYPO at Cooks in Scarborough, ME on May 1st of 2021.
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MEC 7542 & 7517 Westbound at Cooks on January 21st of 2022.
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MEC 7542 & 7517 Westbound at Cooks on January 21st of 2022.
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CSXT 8872 leads POSE or M426 westbound out of Rigby Yard and through Cooks on June 24th of 2022.
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CSXT 101 helps 8872 haul POSE or M426 westbound out of Rigby Yard and through Cooks on June 24th of 2022.
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MEC 504 & 518 as PO-7 pick up cars at Cooks on June 24th of 2022 to haul them into Rigby.
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CSXT 477 SEPO/M426 dropping their train at Cooks on June 24th of 2022.
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CSXT 101 helps 8872 haul POSE or M426 westbound out of Rigby Yard and through Cooks on June 24th of 2022.
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MEC 504 & 518 as PO-7 pick up cars at Cooks on June 24th of 2022 to haul them into Rigby.
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CSXT 488 as the last engine on M427 POAY on August 4th of 2022 ready to back up to it's train.
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CSXT 467 at Cooks on October 7th of 2022.
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CSXT 3233 at Cooks on October 7th of 2022.
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CSXT 3334 at Cooks on October 7th of 2022.
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CSXT 486 on M427 at Cooks on April 26th of 2023.
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MEC 380, MEC 516, & HLCX 6428 at Cooks on January 28th of 2010.
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313, & 511 at Cooks on the 21st of September, 2011.
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MEC 615, & MEC 607 with POED at Cooks on October 5th of 2011.
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CSXT 594, & 5122, BM 326, MEC 353, 616 & 501 with SEPO at Cooks in Scarborough on April 3rd of 2012. Video by John Erickson.
Amtk 42 flies through cooks with 687 on the 10th of April 2012.
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CSXT 733 & 5121 at Cooks in Scarborough on October 25th of 2012.
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MEC 512 brings DO-1 west at Cooks in Scarborough on April 16, 2013.
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Amtrak 90213 and Amtrak 48 take the Downeaster 686 through Cooks on the 16th of April, 2013.
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AMTK 184, & 163 flying by on 682 at Cooks in Scarborough on May 31st of 2018.
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Amtrak engine 104 leads 691, and 90220 through Cooks in Scarborough on September 8th of 2018.
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Amtrak Cabbage 90214 leads 694 and Engine 130 through Cooks on September 8th of 2018.
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MEC engines 7535 & 7875 at Cooks Crossing, Scarborough backing on to their train on October 6th of 2018.
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Amtrak 10 flies past Cooks in Scarborough with 90214 on April 27th of 2019.
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MEC engines 7489, & 7835 lead POED westbound at Cooks, CPF 201 in Scarborough on April 27th of 2019.
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Amtrak 694 Westbound at Cooks (CPF 201) in Scarborough with AMTK 38 and 72 on September 21st of 2019.
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Amtrak 694 eastbound at Cooks (CPF 201) in Scarborough with AMTK 90213 and 27 on September 29th of 2019.
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AMTK 53 55 & 126 taking 693 through Cooks in Scarborough on November 16th of 2019.
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AMTK 53 55 & 126 taking 693 through Cooks in Scarborough on November 16th of 2019.
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MEC 3402 & 619 taking POED through Cooks in Scarborough on November 16th of 2019.
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AMTK 27 & 30 taking AMTK 696 through Cooks in Scarborough on November 23rd of 2019.
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MEC 7545 3401 & 7518 haul POED through Cooks in Scarborough on November 23rd of 2019.
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MEC 7727 joins forces with 7535 7541 and 7518 hauling westbound through Cooks in Scarborough on February 8th of 2020.
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MEC 506, 606, & 7627 haul POED through Cooks in Scarborough on February 29th of 2020.
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MEC 7835 brings EDPO up to Cooks on July 22nd of 2020.
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MEC 505 running light through Cooks in Scarborough on July 22nd of 2020.
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Amtrak 698 with engines 90224 & 92 flying west at Cooks in Scarborough on September 26th of 2020.
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AMTK 90213 westbound with AMTK 15 and 694 at Cooks on May 29th of 2021.
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AMTK 118 eastbound with AMTK 90220 and 691 at Cooks on May 29th of 2021.
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MEC 7575 eastbound with MEC 7627 and POAY at Cooks on May 29th of 2021.
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CSXT 484, 3206, & 488 back up to M427, POAY, from Cooks into the west end of Rigby on August 4th of 2022.
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CSXT 484, 3206, & 488 haul M427, POAY, out of Rigby and past Cooks on August 4th of 2022.
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