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Caption: Back last year in March we had a lively discussion over IC SD40-2's in Canada. This one has been here off and on for years, in Toronto toiling away in relative obscurity. Sure it doesn't have IC paint, but not only that, these SD40-2's which would sent the community into a frenzy on the mainline, toil from public property almost 24 hours a day without much of a care except for a few folks. Sometimes you get lucky and a pair of hump sets pass in front of you with a sound that reminds you why you like this hobby. There are about 6 SD40-2's assigned to hump service and they do rotate in and out but it's usually the same ones. Last week it was CN 6020, 247, IC 6201 pictured blasting down the north hump lead passing 6014, 244, 5328 which was reversing trimming their cut. Notice the construction, there's a new lead going all the way through here along with a new "mainline" going in on the west end of Mac Yard to the new Fuel transload facility. There are also very few 500 series slugs in service these days.
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Great capture! I did not imagine there were still SD40s that far out east, i think the last time i saw one was over 10 years ago.
Wild – what’s used for yard power in Montreal?
There’s even SD40-2′s often assigned to Sarnia yard, usually only one, and they come and go. I’ve seen about 4 over the last 5 years. Even had a SD60 with RCLS for a period – one out of the 6 daily jobs would get it purely for yard switching.
Montreal from what i have seen mostly uses old GP9s, they might have an SD40 but i never seen it out of the yard.
Thank you. The SD40′s seem to be used in the big yards only. To be fair the Sarnia “Plank Road” job is what gets the SD40-2 every once in a while. It had 5379 off and on for the last year until recently. Usually nose to nose with a GP9 (maximum front porch for the operators)
Last visit to Sarnia it was not being used.
All those SD40U, and the Dash2′s were the mainline power, now all GE’s everywhere. The IC SD40-2′s were quite common in Canada untill CN decided to basically wipe them from the roster. Same with the WC power.