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CP Rail E8 1802 on the e/b Atlantic Limited....ready to depart Windsor Station, Montreal for Saint John, New Brunswick in March 1975

Early the next morning the Atlantic Limited has just re-entered Canada at McAdam, New Brunswick after crossing through the United States overnight.

CP originally bought three E8s and used them in a pool with the Boston and Maine Railroad between Montreal and Boston. 1801 was wrecked but the other two eventually went to VIA.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/21 05:32 by ghCBNS.

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These were the only E8s owned by a Canadian railway but E units of Great Northern, New York Central, Penn Central, Erie-Lackawanna and Amtrak were regularly used in passenger service in Canada.

Nice looking E s. 

Did any survive post retirement?

How come E units never caught on in Canada ? 

They were rarely caught in Canada because they were very elusive...  Very simple, really.

SvenMolson Wrote:
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> They were rarely caught in Canada because they
> were very elusive...  Very simple, really.

I believe he was asking why they only sold three in Canada.