Canadian Railroads > MLW Monday - CP 1100, Re-purposed FA-2

I never saw an MLW cab unit run on CP; I started shooting in 1975 on an old Kodak 127-film camera, got my Pentax in 1976. In 1981, while I was visiting family in Ottawa, LBC was headed to Montreal for the day, and wondered if I'd like to come along and get into St. Luc. Of course! Up very early, the rest of the household was also up early, if I recall correctly, for the wedding of Charles and Diana. The date was July 29, 1981, so anyone who cares about Royals can weigh in on the date. In the event, it was belting rain and totally miserable (I contemplated posting this tomorrow under Torrential Tuesday), but I did shoot Air Repeater Car 1100, made from FA-2 4085. Hiding behind it is RS-10s 8824, one of those numbering oddities in the middle of a group of GP9s. CP just numbered the 1500-1800 h.p. road switchers as they got them delivered, it seems, so you mixed MLW, GMD, and CLC models as far as numbering went. After all, a DRS-15 or -16 or -18 is the same thing, no matter who built it, right (I am kidding)?
Fred



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nice what kind of pentax was it thanks

CP 8824 started life as an FA-1, the 4016. In 1957 the 4016 was wrecked in Maine and the bits were given to MLW to make RS-10s 8824. Then in 1966 CP wrecked RS-10 8557 and using bits from it and retired 4014 made a "new" 4016. All very confusing.


Ken Goslett



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Dilworth Wrote:
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> nice what kind of pentax was it thanks

It was a Pentax Spotmatic II, the last year of thread-mount production. What a workhorse of a camera, never let me down in 35 years (1976 through 2010), and could take the cold weather. I still miss the Pentaprism focusing arrangement, which was razor sharp and flawless. The automatic focus on these DSLRs can get led astray by being distracted, and there's not enough travel in the focusing ring to do manual focus worth a d***.
Fred



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The Spotmatic II, the camera God used...

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More recently CP renumbered a C424 (4236?) to 1100 as a cab car. I think it's at Exporail now. Did they remove the propulsion equipment?



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kgmontreal Wrote:
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> CP 8824 started life as an FA-1, the 4016. In
> 1957 the 4016 was wrecked in Maine and the bits
> were given to MLW to make RS-10s 8824. Then in
> 1966 CP wrecked RS-10 8557 and using bits from it
> and retired 4014 made a "new" 4016. All very
> confusing.
>
>
> Ken Goslett

I see you've edited this; your first reply confused me, because the 8824 was built in 1957, according to the TSG, but I had a fuzzy memory of a roster shot from someone of the 4016, taken in the late 60s/early 70s. By the time I dug that out, and was coming back on to ask what was up, voila - you've answered the mystery. I've learned more from your MLW post, and your reply to mine, in one day than I often do in a couple of weeks. Thanks!
Fred