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Try as I may, I just could not quite pin-point the location of this shot. So, took a stab at it. Belledune. The Matapedia & Gulf Railway was only in business under this name from 1998 to 2008. On Nov 3, 2008, CN purchased NBEC (New Brunswick East Coast) and the CFMG as well as the Ottawa Central in Ontario and a small road at Matane, Quebec from the Quebec Railway Corporation and that was it for the CFMG. Second unit behind 6903 is 6909. These SD40s were previously CN 5057 and 5070, acquired in 1999.
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Caption: Try as I may, I just could not quite pin-point the location of this shot. So, took a stab at it. Belledune. The Matapedia & Gulf Railway was only in business under this name from 1998 to 2008. On Nov 3, 2008, CN purchased NBEC (New Brunswick East Coast) and the CFMG as well as the Ottawa Central in Ontario and a small road at Matane, Quebec from the Quebec Railway Corporation and that was it for the CFMG. Second unit behind 6903 is 6909. These SD40s were previously CN 5057 and 5070, acquired in 1999.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2139] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/10/2001 (search)
Railway: Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe (search)
Reporting Marks: CFMG 6903 (search)
Train Symbol: unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: NBEC Newcastle Sub. (search)
City/Town: Belledune (search)
Province: New Brunswick (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    August 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    Assuming CN retired these after acquisition – or did they make it that long?

  2. Marcus Stevens
    August 9, 2020 at 11:06 pm

    Great shot! I heard CN scrapped these units pretty quick after take over. Glad I shot a couple many years ago.

  3. awmooney
    August 10, 2020 at 8:16 am

    Thanks. I did not know what had become of them, but it would be logical CN would have had their use of such old (read: tired) engines.

  4. Stephen C. Host
    August 11, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    Thank you Gents.
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