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Admittedly these big grubby looking MLW products aren't the most photogenic locomotives of the past, but they sure were a memorial event when they rumbled by. For those who have heard their unique sound will never forget it. I sure miss them!! Bringing in a long train and then dropping it off at the yard just to the east of Truro are CN 2008, 2021 and 2023. All these M-420(W) behemoths on CN were retired or sold by 1996.
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Caption: Admittedly these big grubby looking MLW products aren't the most photogenic locomotives of the past, but they sure were a memorial event when they rumbled by. For those who have heard their unique sound will never forget it. I sure miss them!! Bringing in a long train and then dropping it off at the yard just to the east of Truro are CN 2008, 2021 and 2023. All these C630M behemoths on CN were retired or sold by 1996.

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A.W. Mooney [2138] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/14/1981 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 2008 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CN Bedford Sub. (search)
City/Town: Truro (search)
Province: Nova Scotia (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Joseph Bishop
    November 9, 2014 at 5:49 pm

    Neat shot Mr Mooney, I spent a day in Truro this past summer and all I could find was Via 15! It’s funny…the line isn’t that busy and yet all the trains ran through under the cover of darkness, I certainly heard my fair share of trains during the night though!

  2. Mike Lockwood
    November 9, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    Sacrilege! They are works of art, Arnold. And unmodified air intakes, too.

  3. RLK2211
    November 10, 2014 at 12:06 am

    Awesome shot….I agree a truly unique sounding locomotive, especially when they are being worked hard.

    But….these are not M420(w) units, they’re C630M’s

  4. awmooney
    November 10, 2014 at 8:04 am

    Sheesh!!! Thinking about one thing and writing about another. Brain(bleep). Getting a lot of those lately. Age, ya know… :o )
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