Railpictures.ca - A.W.Mooney Photo: While wandering thru Brandon many years ago looking for something ‘different’, I did rather poorly, save for this nice GMD-1 still in the old green/yellow paint. They were rather difficult to find in something other than white lettering on black even back then. Turns out this particular unit was the only “old paint” unit I ever got to photograph. Surprisingly enough, according to the 2016 CTG, this unit; now as CN 1433, is still out there. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

While wandering thru Brandon many years ago looking for something 'different', I did rather poorly, save for this nice GMD-1 still in the old green/yellow paint. They were rather difficult to find in something other than white lettering on black even back then. Turns out this particular unit was the only "old paint" unit I ever got to photograph. Surprisingly enough, according to the 2016 CTG, this unit; now as CN 1433, is still out there.

Caption: While wandering thru Brandon many years ago looking for something 'different', I did rather poorly, save for this nice GMD-1 still in the old green/yellow paint. They were rather difficult to find in something other than white lettering on black even back then. Turns out this particular unit was the only "old paint" unit I ever got to photograph. Surprisingly enough, according to the 2016 CTG, this unit; now as CN 1433, is still out there.

Photographer:	A.W.Mooney [2190] (more) (contact)
Date:	09/08/1976 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 1026 (search)
Train Symbol:	n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	CN yard (search)
City/Town:	Brandon (search)
Province:	Manitoba (search)
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6 Comments

Extra 1014

December 7, 2016 at 12:14 pm

Diesels, passenger equipment, whatever, they all looked so good in the green and gold. The CNR crest on the cab was tops also. Thanks for posting this one.
harricottbay

January 25, 2019 at 2:10 pm

A great find and a great capture Mr. Mooney! Some of the Newfoundland narrow gauge G-8′s (Nos. 800 & 803) made it as least as far as late August 1978 (as photographed by Rich Taylor) and perhaps even made it into part of 1979 with the Green & Gold! – Ken
awmooney

January 25, 2019 at 4:04 pm

Thanks for the comment. I came on the scene a little late for the old green and gold, but then most of us that remember this paint scheme are pretty much geezers now, aren’t we? )
james booth

March 15, 2019 at 1:25 pm

MR. Mooney! Thanks for the photograph of CNR 1026 in the Brandon yards. Having the pleasure of serving in the Cdn. Army @ near by CFB Shilo I managed to see similar painted units at the base during my 14 years there. In 1992 I went back to Brandon and managed to catch GMD-1 1153 in almost the exact same spot. As a side note all tracks in CFB Shilo belonged to the Military but were maintained by CN.
awmooney

March 15, 2019 at 7:18 pm

Glad you like! Never know what you’ll find snooping around on RP now that there are thousands of photos.
Paul O'Shell

December 7, 2022 at 8:16 pm

Mr. Booth. 10 years after you snapped CN 1153 in Brandon, I managed to capture her on August 20, 2002 in ONR’s yard in North Bay, ON in a dead line behind their car shop.
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