thager Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 i think only the front one or two were powered , yeah the rest were just along for the trip . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Sometime over the past month or two, CP #1422 showed up at the Alyth yard in Calgary, but it was always parked in a location that I could not get a photo of it. Recently it has now shown up by the employee parking lot on the east side of the Alyth yard and I finally got a photo of it. I hope to get a chance to get a day time shot of it at some point as well. http://www.flickr.co...ges/9606123132/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Well I guess this can be posted here seeing that they're part of CP. ICE 62215 by awstott, on Flickr Rolled through Edmonton this afternoon in a lashup with a pile of other locomotives. 6053 - Lead 6215 5878 8731 9553 9541 9669 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusRider Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 So there was three BNSF engines in the CP Yards today. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVRmEdnCIAA6g1P.jpg:large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Well I guess this can be posted here seeing that they're part of CP. ICE 62215 by awstott, on Flickr Rolled through Edmonton this afternoon in a lashup with a pile of other locomotives. 6053 - Lead 6215 5878 8731 9553 9541 9669 Nice, I caught ICE 6215 working in Fort Saskatchewan three weeks ago. The consist I got it in was CP5876 - ICE6215 - CP5961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Earlier today I was pretty happy to catch locomotives that were not GE's! Caught #5872 leading 6014, 6610, 6614 all leading a work train eastbound into the Alyth yard from the Keith yard in Cagary: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Earlier today I was pretty happy to catch locomotives that were not GE's! Caught #5872 leading 6014, 6610, 6614 all leading a work train eastbound into the Alyth yard from the Keith yard in Cagary: Plus 6711 (SW900) was sitting in Alyth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Plus 6711 (SW900) was sitting in Alyth. With the closing of Alyth, I suspect that one will be sold off soon like the other SW's used as shop switchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 With the closing of Alyth, I suspect that one will be sold off soon like the other SW's used as shop switchers. Odd, they just recently installed a new Turntable at Alyth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 With the closing of Alyth, I suspect that one will be sold off soon like the other SW's used as shop switchers. Alyth yard is not closing. CP was ordered to stop load testing and idling operations at Alyth yard. Only the locomotive reliability centre at Alyth yard will be shutdown but the yard will continue of be a major switching yard and all other operations are to continue as normal. All the details about it in the link below from the Calgary Hearld: http://www.calgaryhe...3546/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Alyth yard is not closing. CP was ordered to stop load testing and idling operations at Alyth yard. Only the locomotive reliability centre at Alyth yard will be shutdown but the yard will continue of be a major switching yard and all other operations are to continue as normal. All the details about it in the link below from the Calgary Hearld: http://www.calgaryhe...3546/story.html That's what I meant, although I probably could have typed it a little clearer though. 6711 was moved to and used as the Alyth shop switcher after Ogden closed. CP's been selling off their remaining SW's lately, I suspect the out-of-work 6711 is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Alyth yard is not closing. CP was ordered to stop load testing and idling operations at Alyth yard. Only the locomotive reliability centre at Alyth yard will be shutdown but the yard will continue of be a major switching yard and all other operations are to continue as normal. All the details about it in the link below from the Calgary Hearld: http://www.calgaryhe...3546/story.html Yes but CP has been selling off the SW fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 reports are that 2100 has been put back in yard service out of Calgary and 2101 back in yard service out of Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 reports are that 2100 has been put back in yard service out of Calgary and 2101 back in yard service out of Toronto According to the yahoo groups, both 2100 and 2101 were spotting in the Agrincourt yard dead line 3 days ago. That's what I meant, although I probably could have typed it a little clearer though. 6711 was moved to and used as the Alyth shop switcher after Ogden closed. CP's been selling off their remaining SW's lately, I suspect the out-of-work 6711 is next. I was in Calgary a month ago and I didn't see 6711 at all around Alyth. I wonder if its hidden deep in the yard somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 According to the yahoo groups, both 2100 and 2101 were spotting in the Agrincourt yard dead line 3 days ago. I was in Calgary a month ago and I didn't see 6711 at all around Alyth. I wonder if its hidden deep in the yard somewhere. If that is the case then figures CRO is wrong again then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 If that is the case then figures CRO is wrong again then Never trust what you read in CRO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Never trust what you read in CRO. True unless its a stolen photo from another site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 If you're talking about the 2 gensets, both are in agincourts shoptracks, coupled together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 First CP GP9 to be preserved: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=11815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 First CP GP9 to be preserved: http://www.railpictu...chment_id=11815 Someone needs to explain to me why they didn't select 1682 for preservation. Or 1501 for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Someone needs to explain to me why they didn't select 1682 for preservation. Or 1501 for that matter. Simple. They took an engine from St Luc yard. Closest yard to Exporail, plus they probably wanted a GP9 that worked the area too. Its all local favoritism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Simple. They took an engine from St Luc yard. Closest yard to Exporail, plus they probably wanted a GP9 that worked the area too. Its all local favoritism. Figures that CP's first geep or the second locomotive to roll off the GMDD assembly line would have less historical significance to them than a random locomotive from a local yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted October 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Figures that CP's first geep or the second locomotive to roll off the GMDD assembly line would have less historical significance to them than a random locomotive from a local yard. Are you going to pay to have the locomotive moved across the system to Exporail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Are you going to pay to have the locomotive moved across the system to Exporail? Well, 2212 could easily handle the job of moving all the cars loaded with the scrap those two produced. Also, it wouldn't have been that far for 1682 considering that it was retired at Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. DeLarge Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Figures that CP's first geep or the second locomotive to roll off the GMDD assembly line would have less historical significance to them than a random locomotive from a local yard. Well, at least 1608 is actually a runner, unlike 1682. If 1682 would have held on longer, it would have been in a better position for preservation: It received engine freeze damage while based out of London and was tied up. At the time there probably wasn't that much of a push to preserve any units yet, and it was thrown in the rebuild pool for the ECO Geeps. As it stands, scrapped are ex-TH&B units 1682, 1686, 1687, 1688 and soon 1690. 1689 sold off to Black River & Western, 1684 retired pending disposition, 1683 & 1685 active. 1683 and 1684 are actually part of the first order, and would probably make better preservation candidates than 1682 (which even then is the 2nd unit built: wreck-damaged TH&B 71 was the first). If you want a similar example, look at the Baldwin at the TRHA. The morons who initially bought it had requested that unit specifically, even though it had a cracked engine block and the shop staff had tried to persuade them to go after one of the other units that actually ran. As pretty as it looks now, the thing will probably never run again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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