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Don’t count those old girls out just yet my friend. I was lucky enough to have 4136 assigned to me on a work train for a few weeks when she was a brand new rebuild from Pt.St.Charles. I was so excited to get a “new” unit as I had run her sisters in high hood form too.
CN may have other plans for these units, who knows?
Whoa, who said these were on the way out ?? True, some GATX units are being leased and true the GP9RM’s are long in the tooth. But I wouldn’t throw them under the bus just yet.
Haha those GP9′s will outlive us all!!
I certainly hope the rumours are wrong and they even outlive the GEVO’s, LOL
If anything would short lines picked them up? And when will CN get around to repainting the GP38-2′s?
The GATX are being leased for the SOR/GEXR takeover, nothing should be retired for a while
I was wondering if that might be the case as the GEXR and SOR takeover will certainly require more units.
Not necessarily Marcus. Remember CN has excelled in the railroad industry at moving more tonnage with less locomotives. I doubt the leasers will be purchased. Its unfortunate that the builders no loger offer lower horsepower locomotives and in fact I can’t even remember the last time a new 4 axle domestic unit was built by GE or Muncie?
I think you will probably find that GP9RM’s will outlast many other “younger”locomotives.
It’s interesting how impressed CP has been with its GP20ECO’s but CN shows no interest in these newer units.