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CP 8526 suffers a blown turbo near mile 25 on the Fording River sub. You wouldn't know it but the unit is in no more than throttle 1 as the engineer pulls it up to where I am standing so I can shut it down. This is a quick shot from my cell phone camera.
Very interesting shot Mark! That cloud of smoke is amazing.

So how did you guys know the turbo blew? Did a message popup on the headend?

Nice pic!
 
Kind of looks like a steamer... Great shot though! Sad for the engine :(. How long might it be out of service for?
 
There weren't any alarms on the headend as this wasn't the unit that was linked to locotrol, we just noticed it smoking like this looking back. I believe the unit was back on the road in short order as this would have been an easy repair for shop forces, just throw in a new turbo and away she goes.
 
Surpirsed it wasn't one of them UP SD90s.

Good job on catching that though, if you hadn't you would have took the engine out of it.
 

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