Western Railroad Discussion > Several CN "Cowl" body Dash 8's lately...

Ah...what a group of survivors these are, the C40-8M. NOT...very many of these left ANYWHERE....let alone on the BNSF system. Makes sense to have them though I guess...with all the BNSF power that's been returned to the lesser or put into storage....they're short on power. And it certainly must be cheaper to borrow a locomotive from somebody else than it is to maintain and run your own. Who knows....but for what-ever reason...there's a group of about 3 of these "cowl" Dash 8's running back and forth between B.C. and Seattle, and Seattle to Chicago. We've had one of them in particular, the CN 2402, a couple times for trailing power in the consist. No chance to put one on the point, as they are not equipped with PTC. Hopefully they continue to materialize, and will stay with us for quite awhile...until their next mechanical failure anyways.

Anyways...here's the limelight on a rare locomotive these days.

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Another train with the same Dash 8...

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Great views. Plese bless us with any more angles you happen to catch in the future. These are indeed rare birds with seriously limited lifespans left in them. In a few years (or less), you (and the rest of us) will be greatful for the few images you captured of them while in serivce!


~ Mr. MRL

Looks like the SD-70Ace in the third photo has new wheels on all six axles.

It was in Columbia Falls, MT on February 12th. Sorry for the ties. It was siting as the rear DPU behind the ties.

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Nice shots!

RC Lundgren
Elgin, TX

Very NICE series!! I've lately had several Cowls roll thru the backyard.

Larry

That is really interesting to see these are on BNSF too. I just put a post up of a backlog of February CN photos, and a theme is that C40-8M's have lately become regular power in the main road freight on the Freeport Sub. When they scrapped a bunch last year, I never thought months later I'd be seeing them several times a week.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/21 09:53 by inCHI.

It's kind odd, There is lots of CN power on the BNSF right now, to the point it seems every other train has a CN unit. But I've been seeing a lot of BNSF power coming off the CP heading down UP's Ayer Sub.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

funnelfan Wrote:
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> It's kind odd, There is lots of CN power on the
> BNSF right now, to the point it seems every other
> train has a CN unit. But I've been seeing a lot of
> BNSF power coming off the CP heading down UP's
> Ayer Sub.

In that CN thread I posted today, I didn't post all of the pictures with part or entirely BNSF power sets on CN trains because I thought they would get redudant.

They have showing up in the California central Valley on grain trains from north of the border also.

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