Railpictures.ca - Gord Taylor photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. Photo: CN SW900 7908 (leased by GMD London as a plant switcher at the time) switches around two new VIA F40PH-2′s under construction at the north end of GMD’s London plant at Oxford Street, both in an unpainted state still undergoing assembly. At the time, VIA’s third order of F40′s (6430-6458) was being built, and painted on the cab sides is the unit’s sequence number in the order: “17″ (for VIA 6446) and “19″ (VIA 6448). The new units would help displace some of VIA’s older aging secondhand power, notably the ex-CN FPA4/FPB4 units and FP9/F9B’s (the upcoming VIA cuts in a few months probably didn’t help either). Gord Taylor photo, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

CN SW900 7908 (leased by GMD London as a plant switcher at the time) switches around two new VIA F40PH-2's under construction at the north end of GMD's London plant at Oxford Street, both in an unpainted state still undergoing assembly. At the time, VIA's third order of F40's (6430-6458) was being built, and painted on the cab sides is the unit's sequence number in the order: "17" (for VIA 6446) and "19" (VIA 6448). The new units would help displace some of VIA's older aging secondhand power, notably the ex-CN FPA4/FPB4 units and FP9/F9B's (the upcoming VIA cuts in a few months probably didn't help either).

Gord Taylor photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Caption: CN SW900 7908 (leased by GMD London as a plant switcher at the time) switches around two new VIA F40PH-2's under construction at the north end of GMD's London plant at Oxford Street, both in an unpainted state still undergoing assembly. At the time, VIA's third order of F40's (6430-6458) was being built, and painted on the cab sides is the unit's sequence number in the order: "17" (for VIA 6446) and "19" (VIA 6448). The new units would help displace some of VIA's older aging secondhand power, notably the ex-CN FPA4/FPB4 units and FP9/F9B's (the upcoming VIA cuts in a few months probably didn't help either).

Gord Taylor photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Photographer:	Gord Taylor photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [938] (more) (contact)
Date:	04/18/1989 (search)
Railway:	VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks:	VIA 6446, 6448, CN 7908 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	GMD London Plant (search)
City/Town:	London (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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November 29, 2022 at 1:20 pm

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