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my, my ! Quite the CP Rail sight....love that multimark, and only forty short years since... Montreal 1970 built M-636 #4734 'pulls ' ( ! ) brand new GMD 1981 built SD40-2's #5987 – #5988 on an eastbound departing London town Maybe that crew preferred the ALCO powered MLW ride ? on the approach to Nissouri, CP Rail Galt subdivision, January 17, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko More interesting happenings on the Galt: entertainment provided by the big M's sdfourty
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my, my !

Quite the CP Rail sight....love that multimark, and only forty short years since...

Montreal 1970 built M-636 #4734 'pulls ' ( ! ) brand new GMD 1981 built SD40-2's #5987 – #5988 on an eastbound departing London town

Maybe that crew preferred the ALCO powered MLW ride ?

on the approach to Nissouri, CP Rail Galt subdivision, January 17, 1981 Kodachrome by S.Danko

More interesting happenings on the Galt:

entertainment provided by the big M's

sdfourty

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Date: 01/17/1981 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP Rail #4734 (search)
Train Symbol: CP Rail #4734 east (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Galt sub (search)
City/Town: London (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. awmooney
    January 17, 2021 at 4:09 pm

    Sure doesn’t seem like that long ago.

  2. cp5756
    March 22, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    strange to think both the 5987 and 5988 still pull for CP to this day… amazing photo!
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