Comments on: Monday – Friday train 986 from Guelph pulls into Brampton behind GTW GP18 4702 on a hazy late summer morning. Scan and editing by Jacob Patterson.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:41:56 +0000

Correct Stefan, GTW had GP18 freight service units 4700-4707, and it looks like they did have three passenger GP18 units numbered 4950-4952. All EMD-built, as GMD kept building the GP9 model for Canadian railways until the GP30 model (skipping the GP18 and GP20).

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:57:22 +0000

CN/GTW had GP18′s???????????

By: MrDan

MrDan — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:47:13 +0000

4702 is even more odd and rare in that it’s 1) a freight unit, and not one of the normal steam generator equipped passenger GTW 4900′s that frequented the Maple Leaf, and 2) it’s a GP18, a model that didn’t frequent Canada much (most of the GTW 4900′s were GP9′s).

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:11:45 +0000

I’ve seen a Peter McGouch shot of a GT black GP9 parked with this train at CN Guelph Jct.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:52:35 +0000

Very nice. I wonder how often the GT’s were on these trains back then? I find it strange the GT’s were around, then that stopped only to have them come back out for the laser and on locals in the late 2010′s… you didn’t see GT power on locals in the 90′s?

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 14:46:11 +0000

Nice scene, John, and lots of details. The empty semaphore mast with CTC signals in the distance, commuters moving down the platform, with one making a last minute call from the phone booth. Plus the yellow guard “rails” seen at left that used to be seen everywhere.