Comments on: Windsor and Hantsport Railway FPB-4 6861 is a rather odd sight to behold at the Wainwright Rail Park in Wainwright Alberta. The unit was donated to the rail park by Canadian Pacific in 2000. Supposedly CP traded/acquired several of these units from WHRC to keep the C424 fleet alive in the later years. As for how a CP donated unit winds up in a CN town like Wainwright? I’ve got nothing on that one. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46844#comment-69445 MrDan Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:41:55 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/13-0187r.jpg#comment-69445 That's a shame Paul. It also seems like a shame to scrap CN 1404, they could probably get a good price on the market for a rebuilt and modernized switching unit like that. That’s a shame Paul. It also seems like a shame to scrap CN 1404, they could probably get a good price on the market for a rebuilt and modernized switching unit like that.

]]> By: Paul O'Shell http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46844#comment-69440 Paul O'Shell Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:21:06 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/13-0187r.jpg#comment-69440 <b> Did not survive </b> WHRC 6861 (ex-VIA 6861, nee-CN 6861) FPB-4 built in 1958 was at the defunct Wainwright Rail Park where I snapped it on October 21, 2022 from VIA 001 The Canadian. 6861 along with all the other locomotives, rolling stock, and Work Equipment once on static display at the Wainwright, AB museum had been gathered together for easy access for the scrapper who would dismantle them on-site. <b> https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/55393237311/in/datetaken/ </b> <b> https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/55393368633/in/datetaken/ </b> Did not survive
WHRC 6861 (ex-VIA 6861, nee-CN 6861) FPB-4 built in 1958 was at the defunct Wainwright Rail Park where I snapped it on October 21, 2022 from VIA 001 The Canadian.
6861 along with all the other locomotives, rolling stock, and Work Equipment once on static display at the Wainwright, AB museum had been gathered together for easy access for the scrapper who would dismantle them on-site.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/55393237311/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/55393368633/in/datetaken/

]]> By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46844#comment-65149 MrDan Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:13:52 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/13-0187r.jpg#comment-65149 Anyone know the current status of this unit? Apparently WHRC purchased a bunch of units, but most weren't delivered and resold to CP as parts units, in trade for CP RS23's. The CN 6765 at CRM/Exporail is, ironically, an ex-WHRC unit that CP acquired and donated to the museum. Anyone know the current status of this unit?

Apparently WHRC purchased a bunch of units, but most weren’t delivered and resold to CP as parts units, in trade for CP RS23′s. The CN 6765 at CRM/Exporail is, ironically, an ex-WHRC unit that CP acquired and donated to the museum.

]]> By: SD70Dude http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=46844#comment-48536 SD70Dude Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:42:20 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/13-0187r.jpg#comment-48536 Regardless of how it got there, the equipment in Wainwright may not be long for this world, the rail park there is going through a long, slow process of shutting down and disposing of all their equipment. Nothing there is roadworthy anymore (can't move on its own wheels), which complicates moving the heavier things like this B-unit. Did the ex-VIA units that WHRC bought ever make it to Nova Scotia? Or did they just languish in the dead line at one of VIA's maintenance centres? Regardless of how it got there, the equipment in Wainwright may not be long for this world, the rail park there is going through a long, slow process of shutting down and disposing of all their equipment. Nothing there is roadworthy anymore (can’t move on its own wheels), which complicates moving the heavier things like this B-unit.

Did the ex-VIA units that WHRC bought ever make it to Nova Scotia? Or did they just languish in the dead line at one of VIA’s maintenance centres?

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