Canadian Railroads > BCOL blue in Nova Scotia

December 30th at 10:18, CN L507 by Oxford Junction, BCOL 4646, CN 3328 with 244 axles
The other day CN 306 arrived in Moncton NB with two former British Columbia Railway
C44-9Ws in its consist. Neither returned west on CN 305. This one, BCOL 4646 headed
farther east to Dartmouth NS on L508. The Moncton-Dartmouth daily freights usually
get the same power for up to two weeks at a time. Apparently the other unit,
BCOL 4648, also in dark blue, cannot lead anymore.

December 30th at 10:18,
CN L507 by Oxford Junction, BCOL 4646, CN 3328 with 244 axles.

...John Reay, Springhill NS



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/24 04:23 by newtonville150.

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4646 sure gets around....
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/24 09:31 by hoggerdoug.

I wonder how the engineers back east like having four ditch lights. Do they prefer the extra lights or not?
Nice shot by the way, wish I was there.
cvrrr

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/24 16:22 by cvrrr.

cvrrr Wrote:
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> I wonder how the engineers back east like having
> four ditch lights. 

They seem to use them when they are available, so I guess that is an endorsement.  I think at least one of the former BC Rail diesels no longer has the cornering lights.

What they are not crazy about is the old fashion bell above the numberboards.  Apparently it is very loud in the cab.  An e-bell underneath the frame on the conductor's side is much preferred.

GTD

I was quite familiar with the 4 lights (ditch & corner) as well as headlights on BC Rail.  If we had a CN or RMR unit leading I really noticed the lesser illumination at night with only headlight and ditch lights as compared to basically 6 lights on a BC Rail loco.
Doug

cvrrr Wrote:
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> I wonder how the engineers back east like having
> four ditch lights. Do they prefer the extra lights
> or not?
> Nice shot by the way, wish I was there.
> cvrrr
>
> Posted from iPhone

Nice shots-Happy New Yr.