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Caption: A stranger in town. On 4/24/03, NS SD40-2
#3329 painted in Maersk Sealand livery, awaits assignment on track 29 at CN's Mac Yrd diesel shop.
History: Originally built as Conrail #6358 in 1977, it was later acquired by Norfolk Southern.
The Paint Job: Painted in a striking light blue and white Maersk Sealand scheme in 2002.
Purpose: It was painted for a promotional campaign and grand opening of a new Maersk facility on Terminal Island, California, as well as to celebrate railway/shipping partnerships following the enlargement of tunnels for doublestack containers.
Current Status: It has since been retired from its Maersk livery and repainted into standard Norfolk Southern "Horse Head" black.
I think a trip through the locomotive wash track is in order.
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WOW…in all my years photographing I have never seen a unit like this. Great photo Phil, thanks for sharing!
Wow there it is! I shot it on the Guelph sub in 2003 in the winter. I guess it came back???
That was a rare bird and I wonder what it went out on back then…
Hi Todd. You are most welcome. Actually there was one other unit like this in a Maersk scheme. Sante Fe had 1 GMD built GP60 #146 painted in a Maersk Warbonnet scheme for a promotional purposes. It was quickly repainted back to Super Fleet colours.
Hey Stephen,I am surprised that it was on the Guelph Sub as most foreign power tends to go the usual route back to the USA
You lucky dog!!! Wasn’t that the unit that sat in Hamilton for a couple of days? I was in the States and thought I was the only guy that missed it, yet this is the first time I have seen a pic.
Hey AW. I have no idea if it was in Hamilton or its movements in Canada. If it made more than just one trip? I am not sure how many people managed to capture it. Stephen C said he has a shot on the unique unit on the Guelph Sub!
CN Cop .:o) Unfortunately; age and a lack of notes deprive me of actual facts. However, I do recall being in Oneonta shooting the D&H over a few days and returning home to find that the Maersk paint job had been sitting in Hamilton for 2 or 3 days and was open to photograph. The impression I got was word got out and a lot of guys made the trip into the city. Yet, I didn’t see any photos!! There must be somebody out there that recalls seeing this thing.
Phil, in February 2003 there were two derailments on the Oakville or Dundas subs which caused CN to re-route most everything through the Guelph sub. That’s when I got the Maersk unit 2′nd on an eastbound freight.
NS even re-routed NS 327/8 over the Guelph sub.
To think this thing roamed around here for months…. I wish I knew more back then and was in the loop – we could have had a bonanza..
where’s everyone’s photos. Rob Smith? Greg Smith? Glenn Courtney? All of you 2000′s gang… where was everyone when that thing was here