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Comment by 'GN400' in media 'Oakway leading a Westbound Grain Train.'
I always liked those big units but the old girls are starting to show their age.- GN400
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BN MP 1751
Westbound BN manifest near Index Washington.- GN400
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- Category: Western United States
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Glacier Green at Hillyard
Hillyard in Spokane Wa. was Great Northern's main Steam & Diesel shop in the West. After the BN merger in 1972 the new Company decided to use Northern Pacific's Parkwater facility in Spokane as their repair facility and Hillyard became redundant. A few years after this picture was taken...- GN400
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Comment by 'GN400' in media 'Two Main Lines'
It's an ex BN F7B unit. The prime mover & traction moters have been removed & an early version of locotrol installed. It is deadheading in this eastbound train but will be placed mid train along with a couple of Dash 2's for loaded westbound movements.- GN400
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Grain Train
A CN Westbound unit grain train winds it's way around Fraser Lake BC on a cold ( -30F) day in December 1986.- GN400
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Lake Pend Oreille
A Westbound BN freight crosses Lake Pend Oreille between Sandpoint Idaho & Washington State. This is the former Northern Pacific main line which became part of the BN merger on March 2 1970.- GN400
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F's in Winter
Burlington Northern, Vancouver BC to Seattle WA heads south through Burnaby BC with two former Northern Pacific EMD F9's & an ex Chicago Burlington & Quincy GP30.- GN400
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Old Warrior
Alco C-636 Born as SP&S 330 in December 1967. It was renumbered in the BN merger as 4360. Purchased in the declining years of Alco production the 3600 HP unit was not a popular item with BN's mechanical department & was retired in Nov. 1980. Railfans loved them & it was a sad day...- GN400
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Garrison Local
Local freight from Helena to Garrison Montana heads up Mullen Pass lead by three GP9's. The line formally owned by the Northern Pacific Railroad became part of the BN merger in 1970 & was sold several years later to Montana Rail Link.- GN400
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Two Main Lines
An eastbound CP train heads up grade towards the 5 mile Connaught tunnel in Rogers Pass BC. The adjacent main line leads to the 9 mile long Mt. McDonald tunnel which was completed a few months before this photo was taken. The latter provided a grade reduction to a maximum of 1% for westbound...- GN400
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Pushers
Canadian Pacific unit grain train gets help on the 2.2% grade in Rogers Pass BC. Power for Unit Grain & Coal trains before the 9 mile Mt. McDonald Tunnel was completed in 1988 consisted of 4 units on the head end , 2 units running remote mid train & 6 units cut in 20 cars ahead of the...- GN400
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A Cold Foggy Morning a Long Time Ago
CN Super Continental lead by an FP9A & two F9B units is about to cross the Fraser River Bridge on the last lap of it's journey from Toronto to Vancouver BC in 1977. One year later VIA Rail Canada took over Passenger Trains operated by CP & CN.- GN400
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Daily Northbound CN ex BCR train to Ft. St John BC- GN400
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Via Classic
Via Passenger train through the Canadian Rockies near Lake Louise Alberta. The train no longer runs on CP's rails & now takes the more northerly route on CN's line through Yellowhead Pass.- GN400
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