Comments on: Torpedoes away! 9/5/2001 GTW “Torpedo boat” 4520 is the middle unit of my consist getting ready to depart Oshawa, Ont after making a lift of cars from the General Motors auto plant in Oshawa. I can’t tell the road number from this photo, but the lead unit is either a MLW 630 or 636. While my trailing unit is the ubiquitous GP40-2W #9519

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:44:55 +0000

https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=15896

Colin Arnot photo

By: bcr_766

bcr_766 — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:12:09 +0000

That unit #4520 was sitting at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton for years. I believe it finally is on its way to its new owner in 2026.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:10:59 +0000

Yeah. Maddening. Even worse is we are not the youngsters we used to be, with all the talents to deal with these annoyances.
Hang in there. You’ll know when your marbles are taking a hike when you find you have put your “golden reverser” in the microwave, set to High. Oops!!

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:19:33 +0000

LOL..AW!! how the heck are you buddy?
I am beyond embarrassed. I may have to give back my golden reverser. I hope i am not losing it. Sometimes the most frustrating part of digital photos is if you do anything to change or moderate them,original date that you took them disappears and the date of modification changes…grrrr

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:48:29 +0000

Don’t feel bad, Mr. Railroad Cop ) I sit frustrated over so many old slides here that I failed to write locations on.
I don’t know what possessed me to think I would never lose my memory. These days, my marbles are falling out………….

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:44:33 +0000

Hey Mr Dan, thanks for the info. It is possible i got my location wrong and it might be at Mac Yrd. I definitely know that the date is correct for the image.Unfortunately my photo does not show the location like the newer ones do. The photo looks just like A04 in Oshawa. I will let the boys know and thanks for the heads up. Even an old hogger like me doesn’t always get it right!

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:35:45 +0000

Hmm, I may have to dispute this one’s accuracy. Those GTW GP9′s were all retired in the late 90′s, as were the final M636′s. The unit on the left looks to be CN 2338 (that had some tape on the rear CN logo), maybe this was the deadline at Mac Yard and both were stored?