GMD1 in the Soo
Mike Hamer recently posted some pictures of the Edmonton railyards taken on his cross-country VIA odyssey. Among these are shots of CN GMD1s (third and fourth pictures down). So I thought I'd trot out these close-ups of a GMD1u that was operating at the north end of Steelton yard last fall, as our Algoma Central train returned to Sault Ste. Marie.
posted by Steve Watson at 7:21 pm
2 Comments:
Hey Steve, Great to see your fabulous pics of this rather unique diesel locomotive!
When you took the shot, were you on board another engine? The images are fabulous!
13/11/06 5:47 pm
Not an engine, Mike: we were in the open rear vestibule of the passenger train. We spent about half the trip, to Hearst and return, hanging out back there, taking pictures (that's also where I took last year's OVAR front-page picture of the McKay Falls bridge/dam).
Anyway, our train stopped for several minutes after entering the yard, and this GMD1 just happened to come out there to switch to a different track. It is an odd-looking engine, isn't it? I wondered if it might be a European import until I looked it up in Trackside Guide.
13/11/06 6:47 pm
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