Comments on: Late afternoon Toronto-bound Penn Central power on what I figure was the TH&B Starlite (I’ve forgotten) rolling thru Bayview as seen from up on the hillside. Units are PC 8086, 8012 and 2101. The paint looks relatively new on the 2101, which I think is a GP20. Info on this loco would be appreciated.

By: mercer

mercer — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:32:45 +0000

NYC bought 15 GP20, initially 6100-6114; the 6106, 6109 were early wreck victims, so the remainder became NYC 2100-2112 for the PC renumbering plan which started a few years before the 1968 merger date. They were pretty ‘vanilla’ locos and hence were scrapped after CR took possession ( no dynamics, etc).

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:40:55 +0000

CP5756,

I know some fellers that have a collection of PC/CR stuff – John Eull continues to manage this collection, before him was Bruce Acheson and Bryce Lee (Rest In Peace to Bruce and Bryce). You can see a lot of it here:

http://www.railpictures.ca/author/doug-page

Doug page is still around too! Like I said he has an extensive collection as he photographed the Canada Southern frequently as he had a cottage near Canfield. 30-50 trains a day you are bound to see a few trains even in an hour.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:34:03 +0000

Thanks, Jakob. I could not recall seeing a 2100-series unit before.

By: Jakob Mueller

Jakob Mueller — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:09:12 +0000

So that is indeed a GP20. It is ex-NYC, and later these went to Conrail, keeping the same numbers the whole time. It is also fairly rare, as there were only 13 of these (2100-2112).

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:47:17 +0000

I wish!!! But most all of my early imagines were done with a camera that shot fixed at about 30th of a second.
So, no good, really. Thanks for asking.

By: cp5756

cp5756 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:34:03 +0000

If you have more PC/CR shots, PLEASE keep them coming!!!