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It's funny the things you remember. 9303 on a Sunday afternoon, towing fresh power for 142 out of Woodstock arrives at Killean in a miserable mood based on the conversations with the RTC. They had a sea of empty racks behind them to fill up Killean Siding....and had to spilt the Dobbie Dr crossing meaning the hogger would have to open the west switch. Then, having more racks to back up the Waterloo Sub (for all this was in the days when Wolverton was just a siding) which meant crossing Hespeler Rd several times to peddle them out...flagging the crossing with the nightmares that entailed. I was more intrigued by the SD90 having more than double the horsepower of the trailing units combined. This was my only encounter when one was leaving.
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Caption: It's funny the things you remember. 9303 on a Sunday afternoon, towing fresh power for 142 out of Woodstock arrives at Killean in a miserable mood based on the conversations with the RTC. They had a sea of empty racks behind them to fill up Killean Siding....and had to spilt the Dobbie Dr crossing meaning the hogger would have to open the west switch. Then, having more racks to back up the Waterloo Sub (for all this was in the days when Wolverton was just a siding) which meant crossing Hespeler Rd several times to peddle them out...flagging the crossing with the nightmares that entailed. I was more intrigued by the SD90 having more than double the horsepower of the trailing units combined. This was my only encounter when one was leaving.

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David Brook [777] (more) (contact)
Date: 02/15/2004 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 9303 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CP Galt Sub, Killean (search)
City/Town: Cambridge (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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8 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    October 24, 2023 at 6:57 am

    I was there!!

  2. Aitch
    October 24, 2023 at 8:45 am

    Later that same day……. http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=6609

  3. Kevin Flood
    October 25, 2023 at 8:09 am

    There were only a couple of these if I recall correctly. Most were numbered 9100s. The early prototypes of the ACUs.

  4. Extra 5610 West
    October 25, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    Sure wish I could have heard the big 4cycle bark of the exhaust. You fellows were there, any comments on that. :-) Also, they were the only SD90′s on CP with that bevel on the long hood. Nice photo Kevin.

  5. Dave Brook
    October 25, 2023 at 10:36 pm

    There were 4 true 6600 hp SD90MACs. They were a disaster for everyone who bought them. UP downrated theirs to 4400 hp IIRC, but none lasted very long. They wee the beginning of the wend for EMD

  6. Extra 5610 West
    October 25, 2023 at 11:10 pm

    Wow! Very sorry about the Kevin, David. Reading Kevin’s comment as I was composing mine and, oops, wrong name is typed. :-(
    Terrific photo David.

  7. Ben Barker
    October 29, 2023 at 10:53 pm

    I’m surprised they were even allowed to bring that into the siding since most of the rail in that siding is 1940s 100lbs.

  8. Stephen C. Host
    October 30, 2023 at 10:41 am

    Hey Ben, that was a mainline siding. A couple to a few trains a day would meet there every day until the 2010′s. Six axles are still not prohibited and used it last winter :)

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