Railpictures.ca - Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. Photo: CN only rebuilt 10 of its GMD F7B freight B-units as part of their F7Au/F7Bu rebuild program in the mid-70′s, but they got their mileage out of the cabless units and seemed to use them wherever they could, whether it was in pure A-B-A Sets of F-units or mixed in with other models at random. Here on a less-than-ideal day, Reg was out to capture a rather unconventional lashup: CN GP40-2W’s 9640 and 9656 splice F7Bu’s 9198 and 9196, flying white extra flags on train #431 (with pulpwood racks up front) as they roll into Niagara Falls at Portage Road. The purists would scoff, but I suppose this qualifies as an “A-B-B-A” consist. The figures on the hill in the background are golfers enjoying some time on the course nearby. Reg Button photo, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide (with some editing and cleanup) | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

CN only rebuilt 10 of its GMD F7B freight B-units as part of their F7Au/F7Bu rebuild program in the mid-70's, but they got their mileage out of the cabless units and seemed to use them wherever they could, whether it was in pure A-B-A Sets of F-units or mixed in with other models at random.

Here on a less-than-ideal day, Reg was out to capture a rather unconventional lashup: CN GP40-2W's 9640 and 9656 splice F7Bu's 9198 and 9196, flying white extra flags on train #431 (with pulpwood racks up front) as they roll into Niagara Falls at Portage Road. The purists would scoff, but I suppose this qualifies as an "A-B-B-A" consist. The figures on the hill in the background are golfers enjoying some time on the course nearby.

Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide (with some editing and cleanup)

Caption: CN only rebuilt 10 of its GMD F7B freight B-units as part of their F7Au/F7Bu rebuild program in the mid-70's, but they got their mileage out of the cabless units and seemed to use them wherever they could, whether it was in pure A-B-A Sets of F-units or mixed in with other models at random.

Here on a less-than-ideal day, Reg was out to capture a rather unconventional lashup: CN GP40-2W's 9640 and 9656 splice F7Bu's 9198 and 9196, flying white extra flags on train #431 (with pulpwood racks up front) as they roll into Niagara Falls at Portage Road. The purists would scoff, but I suppose this qualifies as an "A-B-B-A" consist. The figures on the hill in the background are golfers enjoying some time on the course nearby.

Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide (with some editing and cleanup)

Photographer:	Reg Button photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [938] (more) (contact)
Date:	05/22/1983 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 9640, 9198, 9196, 9656 (search)
Train Symbol:	CN 431 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CN Grimsby Sub (search)
City/Town:	Niagara Falls (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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