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Although normally powered by an ex-CN FP9, occasionally No. 109 would be assigned a GP9 geared for passenger train speeds. Having moved to the prairies after years in passenger service out of Toronto, CN 4103 hustles the typically short train past the elevator at Dacotah (about 25 miles west of Winnipeg) on a cold but bright Saturday morning. In 1984, the 4103 will be chop-nosed and re-manufactured to GP9rm 4104.
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Caption: Although normally powered by an ex-CN FP9, occasionally No. 109 would be assigned a GP9 geared for passenger train speeds. Having moved to the prairies after years in passenger service out of Toronto, CN 4103 hustles the typically short train past the elevator at Dacotah (about 25 miles west of Winnipeg) on a cold but bright Saturday morning. In 1984, the 4103 will be chop-nosed and re-manufactured to GP9rm 4104.

Photographer:
John Eull [437] (more) (contact)
Date: 02/20/1982 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 4103 (search)
Train Symbol: 109 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Dacotah (search)
City/Town: Dacotah (search)
Province: Manitoba (search)
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2 Comments
  1. GMD-1
    April 14, 2026 at 10:43 pm

    I wonder how the CP crew felt about running a “long hood forward” GP9 from Winnipeg to Regina

  2. Stephen C. Host
    April 15, 2026 at 8:42 am

    If the crew had enough seniority it would just be like a steam engine, since the front was the long hood on steam locomotives and just be normal to them.
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