Comments on: Although normally powered by an ex-CN FP9, occasionally No. 109 would be assigned a GP9 geared for passenger train speeds. Having moved to the prairies after years in passenger service out of Toronto, CN 4103 hustles the typically short train past the elevator at Dacotah (about 25 miles west of Winnipeg) on a cold but bright Saturday morning. In 1984, the 4103 will be chop-nosed and re-manufactured to GP9rm 4104. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58810#comment-67984 Stephen C. Host Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CN410320Feb1982109-Dacotahc.jpg#comment-67984 If the crew had enough seniority it would just be like a steam engine, since the front was the long hood on steam locomotives and just be normal to them. If the crew had enough seniority it would just be like a steam engine, since the front was the long hood on steam locomotives and just be normal to them.

]]> By: GMD-1 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58810#comment-67982 GMD-1 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:43:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CN410320Feb1982109-Dacotahc.jpg#comment-67982 I wonder how the CP crew felt about running a “long hood forward” GP9 from Winnipeg to Regina I wonder how the CP crew felt about running a “long hood forward” GP9 from Winnipeg to Regina

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