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With dynamic brakes whirring, a loaded coal unit train from southeastern BC with CP 5811 + 5812 + 5772 + 4572 on the headend and unseen mid-train remotes 1017 + 5703 + 5642 + 5599 is descending from Notch Hill on the Shuswap sub. on Sunday 1976-10-17. The era of exclusive MLW power on CP coal trains was long gone.
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Caption: With dynamic brakes whirring, a loaded coal unit train from southeastern BC with CP 5811 + 5812 + 5772 + 4572 on the headend and unseen mid-train remotes 1017 + 5703 + 5642 + 5599 is descending from Notch Hill on the Shuswap sub. on Sunday 1976-10-17. The era of exclusive MLW power on CP coal trains was long gone.

Photographer:
Ken Perry [269] (more) (contact)
Date: 1976-10-17 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 5811 (search)
Train Symbol: Coal west (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Shuswap sub. (87.0) (search)
City/Town: Squilax (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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  1. awmooney
    April 20, 2026 at 9:07 am

    Now that is one beautiful scene. Have to admit I really miss these locomotives.
    I think 5811 was one of the last to sport its large multi-mark into the 2020s.
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