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COVER PHOTO
On March 8th, Chad Smith clicked GEXR 431 at mile 34.25 of the Guelph Sub with locomotives 3054, 3393 and 3394, Great Shot Chad!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Memory Lane
On May 1st, 1971, I took CP train #154 (1:30 pm)
from Montreal, Windsor Station, to Quebec City to visit my brother Bob for the
weekend.
The next morning my brother and I when to have a look at the power that brought
me to Quebec City. We caught CP E8 1802, one of the only two on the roster
at that time. What a beautiful loco, freshly painted, you could still
smell the paint!
Both the loco and my brother are gone.
Ron Visockis
Belleville ON
Regarding this CN Vignette photo last month of CN GP35 4000 (Peter Coulombe), and the disposition of CN's only two GP35 locomotives.
Will;
I can confirm that CN GP35 4000 wound up on the DMVW (Dakota Missouri Valley and Western), but was cut up over 10 years ago. Paul Leach's photo was in 2002 and she was already stripped of parts.
CN GP35 4001 was used as a parts source at Pointe Ste Charles before being cut up during the Eighties.
Jeremy MacPherson
Hi
Would you have any contacts from CN Pointe St Charles who might have some experience, recollection, or documentation on the CN Superintendents' cars rebuilt from the Hawker-Siddeley built CN centre-cupola cabooses? CN 61200-61202 were built 1976-77, and assigned to Kamloops, Prince George and Edmonton respectively, and given CN passenger-like black & white paint. I have an inquiry from a current owner of one of these unique CN 'business cars'!
Thanks in advance,
Eric Gagnon
Kingston, ON
A photo link showing CN 61202:
http://imagestorage.nerail.org/photos/1999/06/20/1999062021182200550.jpg
PHOTOSHOP ADVANTAGES
When you take photos of a moving train, you may
have surprises when you look at the pictures on your computer screen.
For example this picture of VIA 6451 leaving the Belleville Station
the other day. Compare the original with the photo shopped image, with the
magic of Photoshop or any photo programs, you could do some repairs to make the
picture look so much better! Photography today is fun, a few years ago, it
would have been much more complicated.
Ron Visockis
Belleville, ON
FROM THE EDITOR
Hi All,
Our new Locomotive Shop contacts have really boosted our numbers so we do thank them. (Of course it is best to not reveal their names). Suffice it to say, we appreciate their news contributions to CRO.
We also have a new guest contributor. Steve Rathke is a Norfolk Southern Engineer who will be editing a new column in SOUTH OF THE BORDER called "At the Throttle". His column will look at life as an engineer on the Thoroughbred railroad, and US news of interest to CRO Subscribers.
Some interesting shots this month!
First from Doug Smith, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) switcher no. 6253 and crew (From Doug's photo collection) .
Hi everyone,
I have been busy going through my slides and so here are some of my shots from the past.
1. BN 2075 with a business train southbound at Tacoma in 1990.
2. SP 8261 is westbound at Dunsmuir, 1990.
3. BN 9662 westbound on a coal train at West End MT on the MRL. 1996.
Tom Barasis,
Washington
On Moorhead, Minnesota on February 22nd , Chris Hennebry shot this local with a former BN GP38-2B in action. It's the only cabless GP38-2 on the BNSF roster. The Burlington Northern converted it to a "B" unit after it was involved in a wreck.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kCnqwHem_TQ
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