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CN & ONR have a power sharing agreement, whereby CN gives them power for heavy coal trains, ONR in turn gives back whenever it can spare (or something close). Normally their units are capped in Northern Ontario, here however their newest power is taking an Intermodal out West! ONR 2105 is...
The view you'll see if you're being run over by a train. Shot from public property, obviously it wasn't moving. Looks a bit like a 2300 series ALCO with the short hood, round roof & no dithlights...
Two SOO SD60s lead a CP SD40-2 B unit on a grain train off the PNL. To compare, todays 344 has an AC4400CW leading and trailing in DPU mode yuck! Sadly all these engines are off roster now:
SOO 6014 - off long-term lease, to CIT Group (CEFX lessor) in 2006
SOO 6009 off long-term lease, to...
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Today when GE ES44DCs have taken over CN, while SD40-2s & SD50Fs are being retired in droves, its hard to believe that earlier this year CN was still leasing 50 Alstom SD40-3s, all ex-CN SD40s. Power policy sure changed quickly!
Back in 2004 I managed to catch three trio sets working the...
Freshly painted 6801, an
EMD SD60M, leads an eastbound coal train late Saturday afternoon, 31 January 2004, at Tuscarora Springs, PA.
Canon 10D and 70-200mm lens, 1/500 second exposure, f8.0, ISO 200.
Copyright Dave Kerr, 2004.
Ray Loran worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway for 45 years from 1926-1971. He was a Section Foreman in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in the 1950's until his Retirement in Indian Head. His father Chris also worked for the CPR for 38 years. The Section of track he maintained was from Mclean -...
This is the Melting Pot used in the making of a Liquid Rail, (Thermite Welding). This CP Rail Crew was joining the gaps in the rails where the siding connects to the Mainline plus the Mainlines East Crossing Area. Indian Head, Sk. Cdn. July 2003 Photo.
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