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  1. What happend?

    What happend?

    I'm posting this in response to my own photo, showcasing two brand new SD70M-2's shining away. This is the other side of new motive power acquisition. CN 9551, a GP40-2LW is seen on a E/B manifest, travelling CN's mainline, from the same angle, at two different times in its life. I think...
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    • 346 9551 cn comparison gp40-2lw mainline manifest
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canadian National
  2. Then & Now

    Then & Now

    CP 3088 leads 541 from Regina (top photo) and is ready to head out on a wayfreight (bottom photo). It's only a matter of time before those stains on the long hood come back...
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    • 3088 541 compare comparison cp fresh gp38-2 multimark new paint saskatoon sutherland wayfreight
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  3. WC vs. WC

    WC vs. WC

    For starters, these aren't real WC engines. For over 30 years they were CN SD40's, the backbone of the fleet. Just like their SD40 brothers before them, who became CN 6000 SD40u series, they were sent for re-building to PSC in the 90s, who by that time was privatized by ALSTOM. Hence they got...
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    • 6906 6918 cn comparison mainline manifest roster rosters saskatoon sd40-3 watrous wc
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian National
  4. Twins?

    Twins?

    CP 8217 & 1501 nay look alike, but their lives are quite different. CP 8217, GP9 started life in 1954 as CP 8502; CP 1501 started life in 1952 as 8409. Today 1501 is a proud leader of the 1501+1566 belt-pack switcher set, while 8217 and sister 8218 are the elite roadswitcher units assigned...
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    • 1501 8217 comparison cp gp7u gp9u saskatoon sutherland tec
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  5. All year round.

    All year round.

    The CN mainline looking west. Autumn rain, winter cold and summer with a train in the distance. Mainline used by CN, BNSF, VIA, CEMR (shortline) and specials like AOE.
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    • autumn cn comparison jct mainline portage rain winter
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Track



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