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A bit of history on these units (WC 6900-6949)
Originally CN SD40's in the 5000-5240 series, look like this:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16213
- rebuild by Ashtom in 1997/1998, look like this:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=24256
First...
3/5 trains that were waiting to head out west. CEFX 1012 with another CP AC4400CW on an intermodal, and in the backround, CP 5707, SD40-2, and a GP35 slug, CP 1127, powered by CP 3027, GP38-2. Those two were switching.
Who says toaster are bad smokers? All I see is a SD90MAC smoking and an AC4400CW wondering what's going on. Seriously, both units were smoking, but the EMD made beast won the contest by far.
On one of my first visits to Portage JCT (I visit that place about once/twice a week) I was lucky enough to catch a great traffic jam. I've seen bottlenecks since, but this one is by far the best. Let's break it down:
In the foreground, E/B CN local with CN 1435 & 7220 (GMD1u & GP9RM)...
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