http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:04:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1588#comment-70369 RonaldB Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:16:41 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_6171RP.jpg#comment-70369 please note, I'm old but not old enough to have worked in 1908..my note should have read "1980s" please note, I’m old but not old enough to have worked in 1908..my note should have read “1980s”

]]> http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=1588#comment-70368 RonaldB Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:15:25 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_6171RP.jpg#comment-70368 Great photo Cameron. I've been on trains that had water "issues" on a number of times over the years. Finding water sources on the road in such situations, is a difficult task. Usually there isn't a hose long enough to reach the unit, or no hose at all even when you find a water source. Regarding the 8200, I was working at Quebec Street on the 0800 yard job with engineer Jeff Willsie back in the late 1908s, when the unit showed up. Some ex GMD guys had started up ZTR, a company up that made a system to control wheelslip. They received permission to install & test it in the 8200. The crew including myself appreciated it, Jeff liked how it improved traction and gave the technicians feedback, and all of us liked the coffee & doughnuts they brought in each morning. One other note about 8200, your photo clearly illustrates the extra sand capacity at the rear of the unit,achieved by "squaring" off the body from the number boards down. Some leased B&M Geeps had this feature too. Apparently it was only applied to this, & perhaps a few other rebuilt units. Great photo Cameron. I’ve been on trains that had water “issues” on a number of times over the years. Finding water sources on the road in such situations, is a difficult task. Usually there isn’t a hose long enough to reach the unit, or no hose at all even when you find a water source.
Regarding the 8200, I was working at Quebec Street on the 0800 yard job with engineer Jeff Willsie back in the late 1908s, when the unit showed up. Some ex GMD guys had started up ZTR, a company up that made a system to control wheelslip. They received permission to install & test it in the 8200. The crew including myself appreciated it, Jeff liked how it improved traction and gave the technicians feedback, and all of us liked the coffee & doughnuts they brought in each morning. One other note about 8200, your photo clearly illustrates the extra sand capacity at the rear of the unit,achieved by “squaring” off the body from the number boards down. Some leased B&M Geeps had this feature too. Apparently it was only applied to this, & perhaps a few other rebuilt units.

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