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The abandoned Great Western sugar mill
poses as a backdrop while the Longmont Turn
pulls a string of cars delivered by the
Great Western Ry.
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 85mm
1/320 sec @ f/11
ISO 200
In the last 10 years CN shrank their GP40-2LW/GP40-2W fleet from ~280 to about 60. Hence these engines are now rare. I've only seen them three times this year and I railfan the CN main fairly often. Statistically the IC SD40 series (SD40-2/SD40-3/SD40-2R etc.) is twce as common in the area...
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Today's 452 is a very special train. It has about 1/2 the usual cars and a GP40-2LW leading. Although he had lots of tankers mid-train, he looks like a unit potash on the curve.
9:13am, CN 452, 56 cars
CN 9437-5359 (zebra-CN NA)
1 bulkhead, 3 coil cut, 30 hoppers (12 cut up front, 15 on the...
Romet
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452
5359
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bridge
cn
gp40-2lw
potash
river
saskatoon
sd40-2w