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Canadian Railroads > A face only a mother could loveDate: 09/12/19 00:03 A face only a mother could love Author: xcnsnake Having missed catching Norm and TIOGA PASS roll through Field a few days earlier (RR duty called), the afternoon/early evening of Sept. 11 found this CN Locomotive Engineer deep in CP territory as I was on 23 hours personal rest and took a quick drive down the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff to rendezvous with a seller on a bike purchase. On the way home I thought I'd take a portion of the pastoral 2-lane of the Bow Valley Parkway (that more or less parallels the CP Laggan Sub.) from Castle Junction heading west. Passing near what I believe was Eldon I thought I caught a glimpse of something approximating armour yellow through the trees... behold one of CP's MoW trains, I believe manufactured by Relco, tied up for the night.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/12/19 00:06 by xcnsnake.    Date: 09/12/19 04:40 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: joemvcnj 2nd cousin once removed from the Talgo cab car ?
Date: 09/12/19 05:03 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: JPB Check out the Specialty Locomotive page of the Relco Locomotives web site that has a video showing what the powered end of this MoW train looks like: http://www.relcolocomotives.com/Specialty/
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/12/19 05:05 by JPB. Date: 09/12/19 18:17 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: cn1063 The units were rebuilt from CP GP38ACs (3000-3020 series). Currently two trains in service....
Date: 09/12/19 18:43 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: CM80-46 Looks like it’s about to cry! Some one add the correct eyes to make it lovable!
Date: 09/12/19 22:33 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: SP4360 Mater's Mother.
joemvcnj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 2nd cousin once removed from the Talgo cab car ? Date: 09/13/19 10:53 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: F7sForever If that was rebuilt from a geep, they didn't leave much geep behind. That looks like a flat car modification, with the freight car trucks and fishbelly frame.
cn1063 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The units were rebuilt from CP GP38ACs (3000-3020 > series). Currently two trains in service.... Date: 09/13/19 11:49 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: PHall F7sForever Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > If that was rebuilt from a geep, they didn't leave > much geep behind. That looks like a flat car > modification, with the freight car trucks and > fishbelly frame. > > cn1063 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The units were rebuilt from CP GP38ACs > (3000-3020 > > series). Currently two trains in service.... The power unit on THE OTHER END OF THE TRAIN was built from a geep. Date: 09/14/19 09:52 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: 462pacific Interesting. The attached photos show a very similar HERZOG setup that was here in Redding, CA last week.
Sure makes for a different show than usual. I assume that the train is utilized for picking up used wooden ties. I note that there are two apparent sources of power one front and one rear. Further the units are stenciled for attachment to the rear of any other train.    Date: 09/14/19 12:30 Re: A face only a mother could love Author: Hookdragkick #1--that's Rocky, and no, not the Sly Stallone.
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