Comments on: Rob Smith’s recent post of CN “CS-02″ reminded me of this encounter with the same unit only a couple hundred feet from his shot. CN 1379 was renumbered to CS-02 then back to 1379 again. I believe it acquired the extra posts and chains while on lease to an industry after being renumbered the second time.

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:32:24 +0000

Pardon this awful pic

13 years later, on March 7, 2026, CN 1379 still sits outside the locomotive facility at Walker Yard in Edmonton, AB.
I’ll be going through Edmonton on VIA 001 again at the end of July and will try for a much better photo.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/55153798200/in/photolist-2s2KCFb

By: mattwatson

mattwatson — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:20:51 +0000

Ah! thats interesting, thanks Bruce.

By: mercer

mercer — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:08:28 +0000

I don’t want to sound like Wheel Of Fortune, but….there were two CS-02.
The first one was, like you correctly surmised, the 1272. It was renumbered on or after Oct1995. Then renumbered back upon resale to Canac.
The second was 1379, renumbered on or after Apr1999.
CS-02/1379 was leased to Eurocan, Kitimat BC, which must be where it got that ” fall protection “.

By: rsmith

rsmith — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:18:14 +0000

Don’t know where I got 1272 from… that confirms it! Thanks Matt.