Canadian Railroads > CN 9903

CN 9903 was photographed on October 12, 1988. I have Pickering Junction, Ontario as the location, but I am no longer certain.
Bob

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Solid shot, but I wish the trailing M-420 was on the point!

It has to be close to Pickering based on the high tension wires in the background more than likely from Pickering Generating Station (Nuclear)

Very good...we were just talking about CN and SD50s. See hoggerdoug's post.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON

moonliter Wrote:
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> Very good...we were just talking about CN and
> SD50s. See hoggerdoug's post.
>
> Gerry Gaugl
> Ottawa ON

I thought that these were in fact -60's.  Even though their builders plates state -50's?

I did a google and here is one of the results.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?15,4649648

Doug

Well a SD50 has a EMD 645 engine in it and while a SD60 has a EMD 710 engine.
So which engine is inside these beasts?

PHall Wrote:
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> Well a SD50 has a EMD 645 engine in it and while a
> SD60 has a EMD 710 engine.
> So which engine is inside these beasts?

krm152 Wrote:
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> This is a very confusing unit. According to
> Wikjipedia, #5503 is a pre-production SD60F,
> originally classified as SD50AF and built as CN
> 9903. It looks like an SD50F, but internally is an
> SD60F.
> Hope this clears it up.
> ALLEN
feclark wrote:
>>To chip in, I checked the Canadian Trackside Guide 2014 (nearest one to hand) and 5500-5503, former 9900-9903, were designated SD50AF >>when built, but are now SD60F. I guess it's what's under the hood, or in this case the cowl, that counts.

My answer to PHall's question. Because of the hybrid nature of 9900-9903 they were designated SD50AF/SD60F. They have 16-710G3 engines. 

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON
 

moonliter Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Well a SD50 has a EMD 645 engine in it and while
> a
> > SD60 has a EMD 710 engine.
> > So which engine is inside these beasts?
>
> krm152 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This is a very confusing unit. According to
> > Wikjipedia, #5503 is a pre-production SD60F,
> > originally classified as SD50AF and built as CN
>
> > 9903. It looks like an SD50F, but internally is
> an
> > SD60F.
> > Hope this clears it up.
> > ALLEN
> feclark wrote:
> >>To chip in, I checked the Canadian Trackside
> Guide 2014 (nearest one to hand) and 5500-5503,
> former 9900-9903, were designated SD50AF >>when
> built, but are now SD60F. I guess it's what's
> under the hood, or in this case the cowl, that
> counts.
>
> My answer to PHall's question. Because of the
> hybrid nature of 9900-9903 they were designated
> SD50AF/SD60F. They have 16-710G3 engines. 
>
> Gerry Gaugl
> Ottawa ON
>  


Wouldn't that make them SD60's?