Railpictures.ca - John Pittman Photo: About 45 minutes after catching this pair on the St John River bridge, NBSR 9802 is now the lead unit as they switch cars at a local industry, possibly one of the Irving Paper/Tissue plants. Location is approximate, I could not match it with “streetview”. It was about the maximum distance on foot from the Reversing Falls viewpoint that my wife would tolerate. NBSR 2610 was built by EMD in 1965 as GP35 SP 7742. It was upgraded into a “GP38-3″, losing its turbocharger, presumably converted from 567 to 645 diesel engine and electrically upgraded. It became SP 6639, SP 6340, and then PAL 6340 (road slug). As NBSR 9802 it appears to be a proper locomotive again, not a slug (GP38-3 label, apparent exhaust haze in some pictures). | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

About 45 minutes after catching this pair on the St John River bridge, NBSR 9802 is now the lead unit as they switch cars at a local industry, possibly one of the Irving Paper/Tissue plants.
Location is approximate, I could not match it with "streetview". It was about the maximum distance on foot from the Reversing Falls viewpoint that my wife would tolerate.
NBSR 2610 was built by EMD in 1965 as GP35 SP 7742. It was upgraded into a "GP38-3", losing its turbocharger, presumably converted from 567 to 645 diesel engine and electrically upgraded. It became SP 6639, SP 6340, and then PAL 6340 (road slug). As NBSR 9802 it appears to be a proper locomotive again, not a slug (GP38-3 label, apparent exhaust haze in some pictures).

Caption: About 45 minutes after catching this pair on the St John River bridge, NBSR 9802 is now the lead unit as they switch cars at a local industry, possibly one of the Irving Paper/Tissue plants.
Location is approximate, I could not match it with "streetview". It was about the maximum distance on foot from the Reversing Falls viewpoint that my wife would tolerate.

NBSR 2610 was built by EMD in 1965 as GP35 SP 7742. It was upgraded into a "GP38-3", losing its turbocharger, presumably converted from 567 to 645 diesel engine and electrically upgraded. It became SP 6639, SP 6340, and then PAL 6340 (road slug). As NBSR 9802 it appears to be a proper locomotive again, not a slug (GP38-3 label, apparent exhaust haze in some pictures).

Photographer:	John Pittman [288] (more) (contact)
Date:	09/25/2013 (search)
Railway:	New Brunswick Southern (search)
Reporting Marks:	NBSR 9802, NBSR 2610 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	St John (search)
City/Town:	St John (search)
Province:	New Brunswick (search)
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