Comments on: A snowy send off, with a CP Rail 8200 series GP9u and GP38-2 CP 3096 (last digit ?) leading a short train of new locomotives away from the GM Diesel Division Plant in London toward CP’s Quebec Street Yard. At the switch ahead they will leave GM DD track and enter CP’s Galt sub. The unit in primer is SD60i CR 5589, I guess Conrail paints it blue at Juniata Works in Altoona PA. On flat car CP 315502 are four 5′ 3″ gauge 3-axle trucks for Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) JT42HCW locomotives 229 and 231 on the last 2 flatcars of this train. Date provided based on approximate build dates and weather conditions.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 03:58:48 +0000

The train in the photo is on the GM test track and presumably his train is behind the photographer on the main track. This move by the returning ‘Ham Turn” was just a straight lift. The Conrail units were taken into Quebec St.and switched onto the next ‘Ham Turn’ headed east out of Quebec St. They went to CR at Buffalo. There is a misconception that the GM test track was the former Crumlin siding. It was not, the Crumlin siding connected to the Galt Sub main track just east of Industrial Road to a point just east of Crumlin Sideroad.

By: Driver8666

Driver8666 — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:01:59 +0000

Hey Ron:

That’s definitely heading back to Quebec St. From what I remember, the west end of the switch is not far from the west end switch from GMD. Part of the train is still on GMD trackage. They might run it around, but other photographs that I’ve seen, show them being dumped at Quebec St.

Aberdeen is quite the ways out from GMD, but if they were to head to Quebec St, and then back to Aberdeen (especially with the CR unit, since Hamilton is closer to CR tracks back then, and of course Altoona), that’s a possibility. Also a possibility to drag the IE units with them, since they will be heading to port. I have an old timetable here that I can definitely cross check. They do have special instructions for GMD units however, unless it’s their own.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:41:18 +0000

This looks like the “Ham Turn”. They sometimes had to stop & pick up units at GMD on their return trip from Aberdee/Kinnear. This was done to reduce workload for the yard engine at Quebec Street.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:29:09 +0000

A nice St. Patricks day post. Cheers!

By: Driver8666

Driver8666 — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 06:14:22 +0000

Nice how that’s green and not the typical primer grey.

You can’t beat the weather though. It does add to the pic in a very nice way.