Comments on: A long way from the Burlington Northern…. Leased GATX GP40G 3080 and Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway (CBNS) C630M 2035 are viewed building their train for Goderich at Stratford yard on February 6, 1994. The winter of 1993-1994 was a brutal one for Goderich-Exeter Railway’s (GEXR) fleet of second-hand GP9’s and by early February, most were either out of service or severely ailing, which forced RailTex to lease power or transfer from their other operations.

By: Noe

Noe — Thu, 28 May 2020 19:32:48 +0000

Thanks for the comments Kevin and Arnold. Yes it was a bad winter for GEXR that year.

That’s a neat shot 10 days later and they wyed the GATX unit too!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 28 May 2020 16:04:55 +0000

Thought this looked familiar. I shot this same unit with GEXR 177 under conditions a little bit worse,(RP #35359) and it was 10 days after this image!
It was a terrible year up that way.

By: Kevin Flood

Kevin Flood — Thu, 28 May 2020 00:40:07 +0000

Cool. Had no idea this happened. GEXR has really seen it’s share of various power over the years.