Maintenance equipment.
Always power short in the 70's, a leased Chessie GP30 accompanies CP GP35 just about to enter Cote St Luc Yard in Montreal.
Still under CN control, an eastbound Turbo swooshes under the bridge at Norman St in 1977. Via rail had not yet officially started running Canada's passenger trains, hence the red 'CN' on the nose... (more)
A Westbound CN Turbo kicks up the dust in 1976.
An all MLW consist leads a westbound into CN Taschereau Yard in Montreal in 1987.
A meet of GP40-2W's under the Norman St Overpass in 1993. A scene repeated countless times in eastern Canada with CN's most common 4-axle roadswitcher.
Maintenance equipment (ballast compacter)
Built in 1955 by GMD (canadian division of EMD, London, Ont.), serial A786, nee CP 8543. Rebuilt by CP in 1985 and re-numbered 1604.
Built as a GP9 in 1955 by GMD (canadian division of EMD in London, Ont), serial A813, nee CP 2008, re-numbered 4459 in 1956. Converted as a slug in 1993 by AMF Technotransport in Montréal and re-... (more)
Built in 1959 by GMD (canadian division of EMD, London, Ont.), serial A1786, nee CN 4351. Rebuilt by CN in 1993 and re-numbered 7277. 248,000 lbs, 1800 h-p. Mother unit for yard booster CN 277 (se... (more)
Down on shot of a very weathered SD60F. The bridge off highway 20 at Norman St provides the overpass.
