Comments on: Five different types of GMD locomotive power this CN train on the Grimsby sub in mid-July 1980. Leading is CN 4003, second CN GP40 in the series built 1966; it would be renumbered CN 9303 in 1981. Second is GP38-2 CN 5530 built 1973, it would be renumbered CN 4730 in 1988. Following are SD40 CN 5036, GP40-2(w) CN 9650, and GP9 CN 4535. Based on current streetviews, looks like this train was heading west toward Hamilton.

By: cnnutbar

cnnutbar — Thu, 07 May 2020 12:02:54 +0000

I always enjoy seeing Reg Button’s photos—he is a legend for Hamilton railfans.

By: jp4pix

jp4pix — Wed, 06 May 2020 19:06:33 +0000

Reg wrote 432 ahead of the unit numbers, as if train number. For some years 422 has been a daily train along here.
Which locomotives are not painted as delivered?
The first and last, CN 4003 has received diagonal stripes, while CN 4535 originally wore CN’s pre-noodle olive green.
The auto is a red Ford Granada with at least one rust hole and a blue Mercury (Monarch) trunk lid.