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CN 524 is backing up to its train at Aldershot with CN 5739, GECX 2038, GECX 2034, GECX 2036, GECX 2035. CN now has 8 of the GECX ET44AC demonstrators in their possession, with another 4 supposedly on the way.
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Caption: CN 524 is backing up to its train at Aldershot with CN 5739, GECX 2038, GECX 2034, GECX 2036, GECX 2035. CN now has 8 of the GECX ET44AC demonstrators in their possession, with another 4 supposedly on the way.

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Joseph Bishop [717] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/20/2017 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 5739 (search)
Train Symbol: CN 524 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Oakville Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Aldershot (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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12 Comments
  1. rsmith
    December 20, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    And the sun even cooperated!

  2. Snake2
    December 20, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    Leasors?

    PS..did you have a permit to be in my area? :)

  3. Joseph Bishop
    December 20, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    Apparently leasors for now. We’ll see what happens.

    I had a travel visa ;)

  4. DoctaPinklaces
    December 20, 2017 at 9:21 pm

    Any idea on when the others are coming through?

  5. Marcus Stevens
    December 20, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    Wow! Sweet catch!

  6. Joseph Bishop
    December 20, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    No idea Docta, these were a total surprise. There were 4 on 422 on Monday also.

  7. Stephen C. Host
    December 21, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Lease.. own.. the rumour mill needs to make up their mind – or just leave it be, let the professionals figure it out first.

    Nice catch Joe. Docta subscribe to the Yahoo FPON group you might get a heads up there.

  8. Lukas Tyzuk
    December 21, 2017 at 1:52 pm

    The 12 GECX ET44ACs and 25 CREX ES44ACs are leased, not owned. As per a bulletin at work.

    The same bulletin stated that more leased units, SD75s and Dash-8′s are coming too, but it did not give numbers.

    The SD75s have started to show up since then, they are ex-BNSF units now owned by Progress Rail, and are numbered in the PRLX 200 series.

    I have not seen any of the latest batch of Dash-8′s yet, but have heard they are ex-CSX units now owned by GE (GECX).

  9. Todd Steinman
    December 25, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    Sweet catch Joe. Is that the Kind Road overpass in foreground??

  10. Joseph Bishop
    December 25, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    Thanks Todd, it is indeed the King Road underpass, once a grade crossing, now an underpass!

    Also a side note. I have confirmation from many sources now that the GECX units have been purchased by CN.

  11. Snake2
    December 27, 2017 at 10:34 am

    422 on Dec 27th has more of these…due into Aldershot by 1130 am…problems with power – might be these units per radio transmissions

  12. Stephen C. Host
    November 6, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    If cn owned them why did it take them 2 years to paint or mark any of them?

    I still think the claim of ownership was wrong in 2017. ‘Lease with an option to own’ sounds more like it. There had to be to allow them to roam without cn reporting marks for so long.
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