Railpictures.ca - Rob Smith Photo: Shiny and new CN 3862 and CN 3171 brighten up an otherwise dull day leading a westbound through Brantford. I lucked out with a brief appearance of the sun, you can see the impending gloom a few cars back in the train. With my luck it’s usually the sunshine that’s a few cars back! | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Shiny and new CN 3862 and CN 3171 brighten up an otherwise dull day leading a westbound through Brantford. I lucked out with a brief appearance of the sun, you can see the impending gloom a few cars back in the train. With my luck it's usually the sunshine that's a few cars back!

Caption: Shiny and new CN 3862 and CN 3171 brighten up an otherwise dull day leading a westbound through Brantford. I lucked out with a brief appearance of the sun, you can see the impending gloom a few cars back in the train. With my luck it's usually the sunshine that's a few cars back!

Photographer:	Rob Smith [379] (more) (contact)
Date:	03/11/2019 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 3862 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Not Provided
City/Town:	Brantford (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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5 Comments

Stuart Streit

March 12, 2019 at 12:18 pm

Is CN 3171 new or just repainted? Note the difference in radiator geometry between 3171 and 3862.
trainguyMike

March 12, 2019 at 3:53 pm

Nice !
jknott86

March 12, 2019 at 8:59 pm

3862 is an ES44AC and 3171 is a ET44AC, so that might explain the difference. They’re both part of the order of 200 from GE.
BradKetchen

March 13, 2019 at 7:42 am

Now compare this shot with James Gardiner’s: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=36817 a day later!! Both great work btw.
rsmith

March 13, 2019 at 10:35 am

To expand on James’ comment (thank you), CN 3862 is a Tier 3 ES44AC (Tier 4 certified), and CN 3171 is a Tier 4 ET44AC. They are indeed different. Both models are currently being built at the GE (now Wabtec) plant in Fort Worth, TX.

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