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L540 working Traxxside Transloading in Guelph on the south industrial spur of the Guelph Junction Railway, with some of CN's finest motive power in the lead. (Note: This is a railfan opinion - railroaders may see it differently!). L568 would instead take two CN GP38-2w's which would normally be assigned to 540. Why they swapped power I don't know, but it's nice to see the GMD1 return to my hometown.
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Caption: L540 working Traxxside Transloading in Guelph on the south industrial spur of the Guelph Junction Railway, with some of CN's finest motive power in the lead. (Note: This is a railfan opinion - railroaders may see it differently!). L568 would instead take two CN GP38-2w's which would normally be assigned to 540. Why they swapped power I don't know, but it's nice to see the GMD1 return to my hometown.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1535] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/29/2018 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1444 (search)
Train Symbol: CN L540 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Not Provided
City/Town: Guelph (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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10 Comments
  1. RLK2211
    December 30, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    GMD1 needs to go away!

  2. Noe
    December 30, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    Nice you got it switching as well!

  3. Joseph Bishop
    December 30, 2018 at 6:06 pm

    Might have to head back to Guelph…

  4. Jacob Patterson
    December 30, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    Now I wish I didn’t pick up that shift at work…

  5. rsmith
    December 30, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    The GMD1 seems better suited for L540 than L568… I would think L568 typically hauls more tonnage and would need bigger units.

  6. RLK2211
    December 30, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    That GMD1 is actually better suited for L542, where it doesn’t need to do anymore then 10 mph.

  7. rsmith
    December 30, 2018 at 10:43 pm

    I’m getting the train numbers mixed up. I agree RLK2211, L542.

  8. BradKetchen
    December 31, 2018 at 7:12 am

    Nice one Steve…guelph.ca on the water tower..sign of the times. ;)

  9. ngineered4u
    December 31, 2018 at 9:42 pm

    Nah, the GMD1 can stay. I hated to operate them but its 2019. Where else on any Class 1 can you get a photo like this!

  10. Stephen C. Host
    January 2, 2019 at 8:44 am

    1444 was sent back to Mac Yard last night.
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