Caption: Steam sits among first generation diesel power around the Belleville turntable. CN U-4-1 6400 is in town for the 1964 Belleville Railway Week festivities, taking place from Jun 23 - 28. Note the number plate is not on the nose, but it will be affixed before the activities begin.
Both 3807 and 3813 are part of CN's small fleet of RS10 units, numbered 3800 - 3814. Built in 1956, they would be retired by 1970. GP9 4326, built 1959, would be rebuilt in 1984 to CN 4111 and retired in 2010. It was sold to Mid-America Locomotive & Car Repair Inc. and lettered MALX 4111. As of 2018 it is assigned to the Evansville Western Railroad in southern Illinois and Indiana.
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Interesting photo. Neat to see 4326 before it became 4111.
Expanding on Noe’s comment, if you look carefully at 4326 you’ll see that it is a lightweight Geep with Flexicoil trucks. I assume they were changed out for Blombergs when it was rebuilt by CN.