Railpictures.ca - James Knott Photo: 8779 leads rather short 254 southbound on the Hamilton Sub towards Welland Yard, where they would work before continuing on to Buffalo. I shot 8779 leading the northbound trip on 255 earlier this month, so at some point in the past couple of weeks they wyed the power somewhere. This is unusual for 254/255 (which has the same units assigned to it for weeks/months at a time) as I’ve grown accustomed to expecting one unit staying as the lead for a particular direction for extended periods of time. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

8779 leads rather short 254 southbound on the Hamilton Sub towards Welland Yard, where they would work before continuing on to Buffalo. I shot 8779 leading the northbound trip on 255 earlier this month, so at some point in the past couple of weeks they wyed the power somewhere. This is unusual for 254/255 (which has the same units assigned to it for weeks/months at a time) as I've grown accustomed to expecting one unit staying as the lead for a particular direction for extended periods of time.

Caption: 8779 leads rather short 254 southbound on the Hamilton Sub towards Welland Yard, where they would work before continuing on to Buffalo. I shot 8779 leading the northbound trip on 255 earlier this month, so at some point in the past couple of weeks they wyed the power somewhere. This is unusual for 254/255 (which has the same units assigned to it for weeks/months at a time) as I've grown accustomed to expecting one unit staying as the lead for a particular direction for extended periods of time.

Photographer:	James Knott [534] (more) (contact)
Date:	04/25/2020 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 8779 (search)
Train Symbol:	254 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Hamilton Sub (search)
City/Town:	Becketts Bridge (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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4 Comments

Kevin Flood

April 26, 2020 at 10:00 am

Very nice James. I’ll catch this train when they change the power out Here’s hoping for a heritage unit on this train…that way it will stay on for a while. Wouldn’t that be nice?
jknott86

April 26, 2020 at 10:23 am

Thanks Kevin. I don’t mind the big red GEs all that much anymore.. I don’t go out of my way to shoot them and quite often do pass on even taking a shot, but at the same time they have kind of endeared themselves to me with how reviled they are haha.
Larry Parks

April 26, 2020 at 12:07 pm

I have several photos of these CP units in my collection. If you go looking carefully, quality shots can be found in this vast sea of same old, same old GE’s. I am going to put my money on this being a repeat of the CP SD40′s. Years back, who cared about a CP SD40 photo. We sure care now though, don’t we. Same thing will happen here. Let those good shots you have caught lately, simmer on the back burner of your collection. There time is coming.
I’m with you Jamie. 5 years ago, I wouldn’t give these engines the time of day. That has changed, as ultimately, it was narrowing my enjoyment of the hobby. I enjoy trains to much to have my fun narrowed into a corner. I now look at these units quite differently. The fun factor has increased. Yay!
Kevin Flood

April 26, 2020 at 12:29 pm

@Larry Parks: Very true. A lot of railfanners overlook stuff because it’s mundane at the time, only to discover they missed a lot of opportunities later. In trains, never take anything for granted!

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