Comments on: CP SW1200RS 1268 handles SP 9726 and 9725, two brand new SP GP60′s built at GMD London, seen at London East on May 8th 1991.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:48:36 +0000

There’s something intriguing in this photo. While it was a regular occurrence back then for the yard engine to retrieve new GMD locos for furtherance on CP freight trains, what is a steel car doing behind the locos? Did it come from GMD, or was there some other reason for it being in the consist? The only cars typically handled on this move were empty paper boxcars from the nearby factory.

By: RonaldB

RonaldB — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 04:29:45 +0000

Some trivia…the actual spelling is ‘Bucke’ named after early London psychiatric pioneer Dr. Henry Bucke, who was a friend of Walt Whitman. The diamond is located just east of “Asylum Road” crossing. Bucke ran the large hospital “The Asylum” in the latter 1800s, the name was later changed to London Psychiatric Hospital.

By: Alex Sanders

Alex Sanders — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:22:47 +0000

Buck diamond is quite a bit more grown at this angle now