Western Railroad Discussion > Yet Another GREAT CP 288

What started out as an ordinary Saturday turned into a GREAT Saturday when we received information that CP 288 was leaving the Twin Cities behind the CP 6309. A friend and I headed north and set up just south of Kellogg MN. I've always to photograph a train here and today with sun no less, it worked out. CP 6309 leads CP 288 as it crests the grade south of Kellogg, and the race was on!

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The nice sweeping curve at Minneiska MN was next and the middle and bottom images were taken in Homer MN as the clouds took away the sun.

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Nice chase of a good looking train. Great that you had sun today.

Larry

I thought all the SD60’s were gone or used for core rebuilds?
CM80.46.

Nice shots!

Fantastic series! A nice throw-back to the 80s...

Lance/199

NIICE..!!

CM80-46 Wrote:
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> I thought all the SD60’s were gone or used for
> core rebuilds?
> CM80.46.


6309 is an SD60-3 rebuilt from CP 6238 (SOO 6038)
 

CM80-46 Wrote:
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> I thought all the SD60’s were gone or used for
> core rebuilds?
> CM80.46.

Yhe first order of 21 Soo Line SD60s were returned at the end of their lease. The remaining 37 SD60 and 5 SD60Ms are still around as SD60s or SD60-3 eith upgraded microprocessor controls. CP's SD30C-ECO rebuilds used SD40-2 cores, 47 former CP, 2 former Soo Line, and 1 original KCS locomotive.