Comments on: Is this heaven? The sound of 567′s on the West Control pass a SOuth Control job working what’s left of L yard. Amazing what has gone there. The car shop, cleaning tracks (where box cars were cleaned out), engineers on yard jobs. They call it progress. I call it greed. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53539#comment-59582 Stephen C. Host Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:20:42 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/0H7A3789-copy1280.jpg#comment-59582 They retained the same block, they were modified to 645 by way of power assembly changes. The serial number of the 567 block remains the same but they changed it from 567 , scratched out the 567 and added a stamped 645 to denote the change. I can confirm that CN 4100 was a C block and I would imagine all CN GP9's would be C blocks as a result This thread can go into more technical detail https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,760634,nodelay=1 B blocks are somewhat rare and should have been converted to a B-C block by way of modifications. The former IC SW14's were B blocks, converted to C (B-C block conversion kit) and they remain problematic to this day. They retained the same block, they were modified to 645 by way of power assembly changes. The serial number of the 567 block remains the same but they changed it from 567 , scratched out the 567 and added a stamped 645 to denote the change.

I can confirm that CN 4100 was a C block and I would imagine all CN GP9′s would be C blocks as a result

This thread can go into more technical detail

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,760634,nodelay=1

B blocks are somewhat rare and should have been converted to a B-C block by way of modifications. The former IC SW14′s were B blocks, converted to C (B-C block conversion kit) and they remain problematic to this day.

]]> By: homerjay84 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53539#comment-59579 homerjay84 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:53:35 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/0H7A3789-copy1280.jpg#comment-59579 Awesome shot. 7058 is currently in Hamilton (or was as of around 12/21/23). The 567B/C blocks were removed during rebuild and replaced with 645 blocks. Or so I have always been told. Awesome shot. 7058 is currently in Hamilton (or was as of around 12/21/23). The 567B/C blocks were removed during rebuild and replaced with 645 blocks. Or so I have always been told.

]]> By: Noe http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53539#comment-59578 Noe Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:04:52 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/0H7A3789-copy1280.jpg#comment-59578 Great photo David. Great photo David.

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