Railpictures.ca - John Reay Photo: Trains 282 and 283 were the MOQ Ecorail intermodal trains in 1996. Similar to Roadrailer technology, but with the added feature of a control cab and distributed power modules instead of a conventional locomotive. That was the theory anyway. In practice, I never saw the power modules distributed within the train, instead they were always immediately behind the control cab. The train pictured is a typical late running 283, which had obviously had mechanical issues and was being rescued by a GP9. The trains’ unreliability led within a short time to their replacement by Roadrailer trains 182 and 183, which themselves only lasted for about a year. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Trains 282 and 283 were the MOQ Ecorail intermodal trains in 1996. Similar to Roadrailer technology, but with the added feature of a control cab and distributed power modules instead of a conventional locomotive. That was the theory anyway. In practice, I never saw the power modules distributed within the train, instead they were always immediately behind the control cab. The train pictured is a typical late running 283, which had obviously had mechanical issues and was being rescued by a GP9. The trains' unreliability led within a short time to their replacement by Roadrailer trains 182 and 183, which themselves only lasted for about a year.

Caption: Trains 282 and 283 were the MOQ Ecorail intermodal trains in 1996. Similar to Roadrailer technology, but with the added feature of a control cab and distributed power modules instead of a conventional locomotive. That was the theory anyway. In practice, I never saw the power modules distributed within the train, instead they were always immediately behind the control cab. The train pictured is a typical late running 283, which had obviously had mechanical issues and was being rescued by a GP9. The trains' unreliability led within a short time to their replacement by Roadrailer trains 182 and 183, which themselves only lasted for about a year.

Photographer:	John Reay [125] (more) (contact)
Date:	05/00/1996 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 4018 (search)
Train Symbol:	283 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	MP 279 (search)
City/Town:	Newcastle (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Mike Lockwood

September 18, 2013 at 10:03 am

The standard view of the front end of the Ecorail; pulled by a locomotive. Nice one, John.
headtailgrep

September 18, 2013 at 10:55 am

Beastly looking locomotive, that ecorail thing.
MichaelDelic

September 19, 2013 at 12:08 pm

Strange operation, not surprised it didn’t last. What was the Origination/termination points of these trains? Montreal-Toronto?
Mike Lockwood

September 19, 2013 at 5:13 pm

It was a Toronto – Montreal train, and IIRC it ran into Malport as a terminus in Toronto.

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Mike Lockwood

September 18, 2013 at 10:03 am

The standard view of the front end of the Ecorail; pulled by a locomotive. Nice one, John.

headtailgrep

September 18, 2013 at 10:55 am

Beastly looking locomotive, that ecorail thing.

MichaelDelic

September 19, 2013 at 12:08 pm

Strange operation, not surprised it didn’t last. What was the Origination/termination points of these trains? Montreal-Toronto?

September 19, 2013 at 5:13 pm

It was a Toronto – Montreal train, and IIRC it ran into Malport as a terminus in Toronto.