Caption:
Green Eye for CN transfer Extra 9547
Following Via CN train #98 Northland – due into Union at 08:00 – a CN transfer with empty bi level auto racks for Oakville rolls through the Don Valley,
powered by GMD 1976 built GP40-2L(W) #9647
and three ubiquitous Geep9's: GMD 1956 built GP9 #4575, GMD 1957 built GP9 #4102, and sister #4523,
At mile 6 Bala Subdivision, 7:50 a.m. April 23, 1977 Kodachrome by S.Danko
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There’s something about those GP9s that I really look a liking to. Just basic and sleek.
The 4523 in Aug 1978 got banged up pretty bad in a wreck caused by vandals tapering with a switch in Stoney Creek.