Railpictures.ca - A.W.Mooney Photo: With the recent chatter about the upcoming demise of the old Ingersoll, Ontario CN station, I felt it appropriate a time to dig up a shot of the structure in somewhat better years. Even 37 years ago there is not much evidence of activity as a westbound passenger train roars by. The locomotive assigned on this particular move is CN 4423. For some reason I just cannot seem to recall any GP9s of the 4400 series on passenger assignment. For me an unusual sighting on what was one bitter cold January day. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

With the recent chatter about the upcoming demise of the old Ingersoll, Ontario CN station, I felt it appropriate a time to dig up a shot of the structure in somewhat better years. Even 37 years ago there is not much evidence of activity as a westbound passenger train roars by. The locomotive assigned on this particular move is CN 4423. For some reason I just cannot seem to recall any GP9s of the 4400 series on passenger assignment. For me an unusual sighting on what was one bitter cold January day.

Caption: With the recent chatter about the upcoming demise of the old Ingersoll, Ontario CN station, I felt it appropriate a time to dig up a shot of the structure in somewhat better years. Even 37 years ago there is not much evidence of activity as a westbound passenger train roars by. The locomotive assigned on this particular move is CN 4423. For some reason I just cannot seem to recall any GP9s of the 4400 series on passenger assignment. For me an unusual sighting on what was one bitter cold January day.

Photographer:	A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date:	01/13/1982 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 4423 (search)
Train Symbol:	unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CN Dundas Sub. (search)
City/Town:	Ingersoll (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Stephen C. Host

January 27, 2019 at 8:48 am

Thanks for sharing this.
Jakob Mueller

January 27, 2019 at 9:13 am

A 4400 or 4500 series GP9 would only be assigned to a corridor passenger train in dire straits. They had 65 mph gearing, so they likely weren’t able to keep up with the schedule.

GP9s 4100-4107 had 89 mph gearing, as well as steam pass-through piping, so they could be anywhere in a passenger power consist. Any freight unit assigned (like 4423) had to be ahead of any units with a steam generator.
awmooney

January 28, 2019 at 7:53 am

Thanks for this, Jakob.
Noe

January 28, 2019 at 4:21 pm

It’s nice to see images of that station in better days and for some reason that little yellow car adds to the scene.

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Stephen C. Host

January 27, 2019 at 8:48 am

Thanks for sharing this.

Jakob Mueller

January 27, 2019 at 9:13 am

A 4400 or 4500 series GP9 would only be assigned to a corridor passenger train in dire straits. They had 65 mph gearing, so they likely weren’t able to keep up with the schedule.

GP9s 4100-4107 had 89 mph gearing, as well as steam pass-through piping, so they could be anywhere in a passenger power consist. Any freight unit assigned (like 4423) had to be ahead of any units with a steam generator.

awmooney

January 28, 2019 at 7:53 am

Thanks for this, Jakob.

Noe

January 28, 2019 at 4:21 pm

It’s nice to see images of that station in better days and for some reason that little yellow car adds to the scene.