Railpictures.ca - Shaun Hinz Photo: Yard units idle in Sarnia at sunrise, new power set is now up to four units with a pair of GP9RM’s and GP38-2′s. Nice to see the GP9′s again as they are not as common now, they wont be around forever and the zebra stripes on the 7524 still look decent for a paint scheme from 30 years ago. Why they felt the needed a four unit set I’m not sure. CN 7052, CN 7016, IC 9607, CN 7524. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Yard units idle in Sarnia at sunrise, new power set is now up to four units with a pair of GP9RM's and GP38-2's. Nice to see the GP9's again as they are not as common now, they wont be around forever and the zebra stripes on the 7524 still look decent for a paint scheme from 30 years ago. Why they felt the needed a four unit set I'm not sure. CN 7052, CN 7016, IC 9607, CN 7524.

Caption: Yard units idle in Sarnia at sunrise, new power set is now up to four units with a pair of GP9RM's and GP38-2's. Nice to see the GP9's again as they are not as common now, they wont be around forever and the zebra stripes on the 7524 still look decent for a paint scheme from 30 years ago. Why they felt the needed a four unit set I'm not sure. CN 7052, CN 7016, IC 9607, CN 7524.

Photographer:	Shaun Hinz [25] (more) (contact)
Date:	07/21/2025 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 7052, CN 7016, IC 9607, CN 7524 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Strathroy Subdivision (search)
City/Town:	Sarnia (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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2 Comments

Dave Brook

July 21, 2025 at 6:59 pm

Remarkable to see those old hump units (the 7500′s) running around doing what they were really intended to do.
shaunhinz

July 21, 2025 at 11:57 pm

the 7500′s float around now just like other yard units, there’s usually one kicking around in Sarnia although I don’t think too many are still in the old zebra stripes, makes me wonder why they didn’t keep the 500 series slug boosters with the 7500′s? surely would have been a fuel savings over running a 3 or 4 set of units. Sarnia yard was run by 7200/200 GP9/slugs for years on their own without the need for these “big sets”

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Dave Brook

July 21, 2025 at 6:59 pm

Remarkable to see those old hump units (the 7500′s) running around doing what they were really intended to do.

shaunhinz

July 21, 2025 at 11:57 pm

the 7500′s float around now just like other yard units, there’s usually one kicking around in Sarnia although I don’t think too many are still in the old zebra stripes, makes me wonder why they didn’t keep the 500 series slug boosters with the 7500′s? surely would have been a fuel savings over running a 3 or 4 set of units. Sarnia yard was run by 7200/200 GP9/slugs for years on their own without the need for these “big sets”