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KCS MW 902 is one of two exBNSF C44-9Ws converted to MW service by KCS after a group of 20 exBNSF units was acquired from GECX. (not to be confused with the other 50 C44-9Ws acquired directly from BNSF) Most if not all the other C44-9Ws have been sold or are off the roster, making the two in MW service qualify as "oddballs" on an otherwise all AC GE roster. It sure is weird to think of a 4400hp 6-axle GE relegated to MW service.
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Caption: KCS MW 902 is one of two exBNSF C44-9Ws converted to MW service by KCS after a group of 20 exBNSF units was acquired from GECX. (not to be confused with the other 50 C44-9Ws acquired directly from BNSF) Most if not all the other C44-9Ws have been sold or are off the roster, making the two in MW service qualify as "oddballs" on an otherwise all AC GE roster. It sure is weird to think of a 4400hp 6-axle GE relegated to MW service.

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Matt Watson [703] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/10/2026 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (search)
Reporting Marks: KCS MW 902 (search)
Train Symbol: N/A (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CPKC Swift Current Sub (search)
City/Town: Waldeck (search)
Province: Saskatchewan (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    April 17, 2026 at 8:03 pm

    That sure is an odd one, i wonder why they wouldn’t just use available power that’s laying around for these trains.

  2. awmooney
    April 17, 2026 at 8:35 pm

    Trust you to come up with something like this. The prairie so vast, yet you find time to cover it.

  3. RonaldB
    April 18, 2026 at 11:45 am

    Ian, I suspect that the reason they’ve gone to dedicated M of W units, is that they’re operated by MOW staff and the company gets the work done without paying for train crews. The second possibility is that it saves budgetary & loco distribution headaches to have units “owned” by the Engineering Dept.

  4. mile27
    April 19, 2026 at 7:37 pm

    Neat catch, Matt.

  5. MOWemployee
    May 24, 2026 at 11:11 pm

    I work on this train. This unit is the spare unit when our other ones breakdown. Normally we had old GP38s.
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