Caption: This was a bit of a depressing trip, but one I was determined to make. If I was only able to make it a few years earlier I would have been able to catch active six axle Alco’s. Unfortunately Sydney’s era of being an industrial strong hold was over. The railroad here was barely hanging on to life as well. Today the rails are long out of service with no remaining motive power on this end of the CBNS. While nothing was moving this day we were rewarded with a large variety of motive power to photograph. The big and small Alco’s were still on the property but out of service and in poor picked over shape, most would be gone in the next couple of years. A variety of EMD’s were here as well, from GP7’s and GP9’s to a very familiar GP40 far from home. GEXR 4022 originally started life on the N&W roster. During its GEXR years it passed my view finder many times, but this would be our final encounter. It would survive on the CBNS for a few more years before finally leaving and from the reports I got it eventually was rebuilt into a Genset. Of note this day GEXR GP7 700 was also here in the yard. I don’t believe it survived very long here.