Canadian Railroads > CN 102

This left Chicago a few days ago heading to Western Canada.


That's about all I know about it. Other than the first couple photographs made it look pretty bad, but this one now..... I could learn to like it.



I found the photographer. It is from Dave Schauer with these comments:

Heritage at Kelsey

Repainted 102 at South Kelsey on the Missabe Sub. The noodle will take some getting used to but give them a big thumbs up for adopting the heritage colors (the five passenger cars were painted the same color and looked great).



Ron



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I'm thinking that "His Eminence" probably has some idea of it's destination.
How about it Phil, can you help here?

Larry Dodgion
Wilsonville, OR

show some cars

Good way to screw up a nice paint scheme! But hey, it's better than the previous paint job!
Trevor

What the hell were they thinking? Lose the noodle!!

yes
we car geeks would like to see the train

This photograph shows a few of the 4 or 5 cars that they've also painted in the new colors.


Ron

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yes, thanks, Ron

truxtrax Wrote:
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> I'm thinking that "His Eminence" probably has some
> idea of it's destination.
> How about it Phil, can you help here?

The former BCR North Vancouver yard has been renamed CN McLean yard after a senior CN officer.

The business train was going to the dedication and then on to Whistler to celebrate.

I note the 102 still has the Maple Leaf emblem on the front. The CN noodle has been CN's trade mark longer than the maple leaf or cracker box symbol.

The train ran an inspection trip down the DW&P and DM&IR. It was rumoured that as a result of the trip the line down Short Line Hill in West Duluth, MN will be double-tracked.

Bring back the maple leaf with those colors and the CANADIAN NATIONAL. One of the best schemes ever IMHO.



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Ron Wrote:
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> This left Chicago a few days ago heading to
> Western Canada.
>
>
> That's about all I know about it. Other than the
> first couple photographs made it look pretty bad,
> but this one now..... I could learn to like it.

Did you take this photo, Ron?

eminence_grise Wrote:
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> I note the 102 still has the Maple Leaf emblem on
> the front. The CN noodle has been CN's trade mark
> longer than the maple leaf or cracker box symbol.


Second only to the UP shield in longevity.

PatternOfFailure Wrote:
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> Did you take this photo, Ron?


No, I did not take either of the two photographs I've shown here. The one of the locomotive alone was making the rounds on Facebook, and it was from Flickr.

Spent about 20 minutes digging into Facebook, it was passed from Flickr to Canadian Rail Observations to another group keeping track of CN Family locomotives.

I found the photographer. It is from Dave Schauer with these comments: Heritage at Kelsey

Repainted 102 at South Kelsey on the Missabe Sub. The noodle will take some getting used to but give them a big thumbs up for adopting the heritage colors (the five passenger cars were painted the same color and looked great).


The other one has the photographer's name with it.


Ron



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I love our new paint for the business train, and was fortunate enough to tour the 102 and ride it when it was moved at Homewood some time ago. Still has both 567s and the original control stand! The only thing we have added to it in the cab from what I could tell are a fridge, digital speedometer, alerter, etc.

NS successfully blended their modern corporate branding onto a classic paint scheme. CN... not so much.