Comments on: Rollin’ the 40′s into Brampton, elephant-style.Back in the “Foreign Power in Ontario” (FPON) era of the 2000′s, a lot of good stuff from the US showed up on CN as run-through power, but by this time most had a CN leader tacked on the head-end (due to union microwave requirements on leaders, IIRC). Sometimes it rolled through overnight, or in this case, at last light: an Extra 392 slams the CN-OBRY diamond as it eases downgrade into downtown Brampton, about to cross Mill Street on its trip to MacMillan Yard. CN SD40-2 5365 leads BNSF C44-9W 4079, BNSF SD40-2 6800 (with a massive 123″ snoot nose) and IC SD40-2 6119 (CN-painted). Despite the GE, the three SD40-2′s all elephant style was a nice catch (the lead ’40 was originally built for Missouri Pacific, the BNSF for Santa Fe, and the IC for Burlington Northern).Also neat in this image is the old CN-CP Brampton interchange track switch and dwarf signal still in place on the north track. Long disused, they would finally be removed later that year in the Summer of 2007 during diamond signal upgrades by CN.

Comments on: Rollin’ the 40′s into Brampton, elephant-style.Back in the “Foreign Power in Ontario” (FPON) era of the 2000′s, a lot of good stuff from the US showed up on CN as run-through power, but by this time most had a CN leader tacked on the head-end (due to union microwave requirements on leaders, IIRC). Sometimes it rolled through overnight, or in this case, at last light: an Extra 392 slams the CN-OBRY diamond as it eases downgrade into downtown Brampton, about to cross Mill Street on its trip to MacMillan Yard. CN SD40-2 5365 leads BNSF C44-9W 4079, BNSF SD40-2 6800 (with a massive 123″ snoot nose) and IC SD40-2 6119 (CN-painted). Despite the GE, the three SD40-2′s all elephant style was a nice catch (the lead ’40 was originally built for Missouri Pacific, the BNSF for Santa Fe, and the IC for Burlington Northern).Also neat in this image is the old CN-CP Brampton interchange track switch and dwarf signal still in place on the north track. Long disused, they would finally be removed later that year in the Summer of 2007 during diamond signal upgrades by CN. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:13:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1