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Well, this edition of the "Starlight" certainly was a surprise--powered by a pair of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U23Cs. Over the winter of 1969-1970, according to the UCRS Newsletter, CP leased three of these units (2300-2302) and based them out of Winnipeg...so catching them in southern Ontario was definitely unusual!
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Caption: Well, this edition of the "Starlight" certainly was a surprise--powered by a pair of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U23Cs. Over the winter of 1969-1970, according to the UCRS Newsletter, CP leased three of these units (2300-2302) and based them out of Winnipeg...so catching them in southern Ontario was definitely unusual!

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Doug Page [373] (more) (contact)
Date: 5/ /1970 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: LS&I 2302 (search)
Train Symbol: Starlight (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Bayview (search)
City/Town: Hamilton (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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5 Comments
  1. rsmith
    February 19, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    That is spectacular! I had no idea CP leased LS&I units. Fantastic photo Doug.

  2. awmooney
    February 19, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    Surprise? Its a bloody shock !!!!!

  3. mattwatson
    February 19, 2018 at 10:42 pm

    WOW thats a jaw dropper for sure.

  4. mercer
    February 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    CP leased LS&I units from 1965 to 1972 with the exception of winter 1967/68. The first number of years were RS2′s, RS3′s and RSD12′s; the final couple of years were all 5 of their U23C’s, 2300-2304.
    1970 was a real good year for leased power, from these to IC C636′s and all manner of other junk.
    I have a feeling we’ll see some other dandies from Mr Page’s travels.

  5. RonaldB
    November 28, 2020 at 11:58 am

    I recall seeing the pair of them one day in London, headed on a westbound for Windsor. I was in last year of high school in 1970 & crossed CP tracks every day & twice on some days. I should have carried a camera, because I saw a few trains over the years with ‘odd’ power.
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