Comments on: On a chilly but bright March evening, the 1500 or 1600 Hamilton Yard job performs its duties at NSC with one of, if not the only GMTX locomotive(s) ever assigned to the Hamilton Terminal. I absolutely despise these things, especially now in their CN patch-jobs, but after seeing this and rarely ever a photo of one in Hamilton, I figured it’d be an interesting addition to the site. I remember not being impressed that this was the engine facing the sun, as 7258 and 1408 were trailing behind it, but I made up for that on later dates :)

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:10:06 +0000

Also somewhat noteworthy, I am pretty sure they don’t do any lifts anymore off of the track they are pictured on here. And instead only lift from the two tracks at right.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:05:05 +0000

Didn’t see Steve’s comment when I started commenting. No, I don’t believe there have been any more assigned here since early 2020.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:02:05 +0000

Several GMTX were assigned to Hamilton over the first year or so.

This was likely the 1400. The equivalent at the time to today’s 1500. Never seen a 1600 do Steel Car, and 1500 at Steel Car is pretty rare. Nice catch.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:52:56 +0000

December 2018

August 2019

Jan Feb and March 2020. Any after that @james?

So was quite a few times for a while.

There are some restrictions with GMTX on some lines and its possible hamilton may be one but … may just be pure statistics.

Could have one assigned tomorrow.

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 19:22:20 +0000

Seeing GMTX assigned to Hamilton is a surprise indeed.