Comments on: Although its a regular, day to day operation, catching 7304 can be somewhat tedious. Only running from Parkdale Avenue to the connecting track to the East of Ottawa Street, it’s area is fairly limited and usually obscured by cars in the yard in Parkdale. Today however, luck shined on me, after watching the NSC 44 Tonner move around and Parkdale being next door, the decision was pretty clear. It still amazes me that 7304 has spent almost the last 4/5 years living at Parkdale. I could almost sit there all day and listen to the 12 cylinder do its thing.

By: jfriedrich

jfriedrich — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:01:13 +0000

@Stephen

With a brief hiatus in 2015, as 7304 went west to Sarnia March 7, 2015 on 331.

By: jfriedrich

jfriedrich — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 02:55:20 +0000

@Brad

Unless I’m mistaken it is infact a CN Facility/Operation. Much like CargoFlo is that’s a stones throw away in the yard at Stuart Street. As for the business of allocation of assets for internal use at owned facilities and how the costs are reported that’s up to the accountants.

Also if I’m not mistaken there’s another SW1200 that still exists that works the Steel transload at Mac Yard that’s no longer on the roster either.

No doubt both cargoflo and the steel transfer facilites are set up as independent businesses of the railway hence why these sw1200′s exist but are no longer on the “railways” roster.

@Brundle

In this instance that would be 567 cubic inches per cylinder, bore of the c block 567 was 8 1/2″ with a stroke of 10″. At one cylinder thats 567 ci. and therefore 12 cylinders would be about 6810 ci. displacement.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:28:19 +0000

Since 2014 Carson. 8 years now
It first arrived in 2013 though but never saw service that year

By: Brundle

Brundle — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 14:18:57 +0000

Cubic inch displacement. 1st generation, like the subject, are 567 cu.in. 2nd generation, SD40′s and the like, are 645 cu.in. Starting with SD 60′s and the like, 710 cu.in. My favourite has always been listening to the 567, least the 710. Never did hear the bark of the 4 cycle SD90.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:28:53 +0000

It’s interesting that they’ve retained the CN logo as apparently it’s not a CN operation and the locomotive is not on the roster. I remember hearing Rail link got in trouble at Stuart St, Hamilton for their ex-CN purchased locomotive and were instructed to remove the noodle.

@Brundle…sorry not following. Although it’s early in the ‘AM’.

By: hodgsontoaylen

hodgsontoaylen — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:02:07 +0000

Good to see it still working, especially in CN paint. This unit has the distinction of bearing the brunt of impact from the Northlander in 1991. ONR 1517 broke in half and was scrapped on site, while 7304 was shopped and repaired and returned to service with this paint job.

By: terry.oshell

terry.oshell — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:02:28 +0000

Great capture, it eluded me yesterday.

By: Brundle

Brundle — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:09:47 +0000

I wouldn’t mind hearing some of that 567 music right now. The stuff they play on station 645 is okay, the worst is on 710, doesn’t move me much at all.