Comments on: The grain extra has just passed through Redwater and will make a quick stop in Gibbons to pickup a string of empty flats. This will be the last bit of work they will do, Edmonton is only a short distance away. By this late in the 1988 summer, having pure GP9′s for power was becoming uncommon. The GP38′s had become the goto unit for heading up trains. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Larry Parks http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41913#comment-40911 Larry Parks Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:55:13 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN-4290.jpg#comment-40911 If I may add. The 4285 and 4290 are set up the same way, for operation on light branch lines. The 4604 is one of two exNAR GP9's (4602 the other) that received a CN paint job shortly after the takeover. The former NAR units have the blomberg trucks and no dynamic brakes, with shorthood forward. Also, instead of just a blip around the fuel fill, they have an apron along the frame with the oval cutouts. Thanks Brad. If I may add. The 4285 and 4290 are set up the same way, for operation on light branch lines. The 4604 is one of two exNAR GP9′s (4602 the other) that received a CN paint job shortly after the takeover. The former NAR units have the blomberg trucks and no dynamic brakes, with shorthood forward. Also, instead of just a blip around the fuel fill, they have an apron along the frame with the oval cutouts.
Thanks Brad.

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