Comments on: Another of CN’s unique locomotives. The GP40-2L(W)’s wide cab was a harbinger of things to come to North American RR’s, albeit rather slowly. This was not a good thing. Personally, I think it is rather ugly on a narrow body locomotive – it looked like a bloody broken nose. Many, but not all, GP and SD-40′s suffered with this look. Luckily CN wasn’t quick to purchase new locomotives. The next generation of power arrived with another relatively rare characteristic – cowls. Although there were F-45′s in the ‘States, CN was the only company to order cowled SD 50′s, 60′ and their first dip into the GE pool

Comments on: Another of CN’s unique locomotives. The GP40-2L(W)’s wide cab was a harbinger of things to come to North American RR’s, albeit rather slowly. This was not a good thing. Personally, I think it is rather ugly on a narrow body locomotive – it looked like a bloody broken nose. Many, but not all, GP and SD-40′s suffered with this look. Luckily CN wasn’t quick to purchase new locomotives. The next generation of power arrived with another relatively rare characteristic – cowls. Although there were F-45′s in the ‘States, CN was the only company to order cowled SD 50′s, 60′ and their first dip into the GE pool http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1