Comments on: The whole fleet of RSD-15 Alcos on the Cartier roster! Seen are: 96, 91, 93, 92, 95 and 94 tucked back in on Iron Ore Mine property. Known to me as “alligators” due to their long snouts.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:12:40 +0000

Thanks for the info. It has puzzled me that I have not seen any photos of this power actually working out there on the road. Perhaps I just hadn’t been looking hard enough.

By: philmignault

philmignault — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:33:43 +0000

This loco was principaly used on the Fire Lake train to Lake Jeannine

By: MrDan

MrDan — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:36:25 +0000

I’m not sure about them running as Cartier painted units, but I’ve seen one shot of an M636-RSD15-GP9 lashup on an ore train in a book once. The RSD15 was still in B&LE colours with a high-nose! I had no clue what the thing was until it finally clicked one day.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:31:13 +0000

****Indeed a surprise to see these locos. Come to think of it, I don’t know whether I have ever seen any Cartier photos of the RSD-15s in operation, and wonder if they were already stored at the time I saw them. (Ret’d in 1987 according to CTG)
Thanks for the comment.

By: mrdanno4050

mrdanno4050 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:09:11 +0000

Nice catch, finding photos of those (especially online) is a rare find!

By: A.W.Mooney

A.W.Mooney — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:08:41 +0000

OOPS!!! Forgot to enter the date, which should be June 25, 1981.

By: headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:36:30 +0000

Arnold what is the correct date of this pic?