Comments on: A pair of MLW M420s are seen in the yard at Jarvis. 3551 had been repainted into this scheme in 1994.

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:14:55 +0000

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:55:05 +0000

Jakob, you’d be correct with 3 years. Bruce captured the rail train at Jarvis in May 1997: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=49411

By: smithgl

smithgl — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:11:52 +0000

The map logo only went on higher horsepower units, so this variant started the same time as the map scheme on GP9RMs, along with SW1200RSs and M420Ws. I don’t think any other MLW/BBD units got the CNNA scheme.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:17:12 +0000

M420′s sure, but any non M420 MLW’s?

By: Jakob Mueller

Jakob Mueller — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 04:38:17 +0000

Yeah, really early for this variant of the scheme – in late ’94 the first Dash 9s (2500 series) were getting delivered with the “CN North America” map.

Just as cool, this is getting pretty late to catch rail activity in Jarvis. This piece of the Cayuga had what, maybe 3 years left?

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:39:53 +0000

Digging through rrpicturearchives I’ve found at least 3 M420s other than 3551 in this scheme:

3502: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2408293

3536: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2067547

3567: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=227838

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:24:43 +0000

I’ll do some more digging but a handful of M420s got this paint, plus a few SW1200s.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:24:36 +0000

At first glance I thought this was SD70i…

Wild that A M420 made it into this paint scheme. I don’t imagine many MLW’s did.