Comments on: Running “extra north” the symbol freight “VO” (Vancouver Omineca)” we paused at Alexandria for a quick photo of the 729. The unit had been recently overhauled and freshly painted. These wide cab MLW’s were not popular with the running crews account roll and sway as well as poor wheel slip control. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Driver8666 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=31427#comment-24418 Driver8666 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:23:41 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/729...jpg#comment-24418 Were the trucks salvaged to put under C40-8M's, like CN did with the C630M? Makes me wonder what MLW thought of these locomotives on the test track. I can imagine the roll and sway would cause someone to lose their lunch instead of their marbles. Were the trucks salvaged to put under C40-8M’s, like CN did with the C630M?

Makes me wonder what MLW thought of these locomotives on the test track. I can imagine the roll and sway would cause someone to lose their lunch instead of their marbles.

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