Comments on: It has been a long time since I shot this photo, just over 41 years ago, and my caption is open to correction. I believe these GP40-2L Widecabs, built in early 1974, are drained and stored due to a downturn of traffic a couple of years later. The column consists of CN 9408 thru 9419, minus the 9412 which was off on another track with long end damage due to a minor derailment of some sort. No idea how long these units remained stored.

By: fiddler

fiddler — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:44:03 +0000

NO difference in cab width…it’s the NOSE that is wider…
…a misnomer from the beginning perpetuated by railfans…

Stuart Streit — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:54:23 +0000

I recall reading that storing the almost new units some how preserved a portion of the GMD warranty. Several were also stored inside NSC in Hamilton.

ngineered4u — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:24:44 +0000

The units were in storage due to a downturn in traffic. Gear ratios normally would not affect if a locomotive is stored or not.

Extra 1014 — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:31:38 +0000

Is the 60/17 on the cab side about these units being geared differently? A likely reason they are sidelined.