Railpictures.ca - Paul O'Shell Photo: After seeing Seth B’s fabulous (as always) post this morning http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50903 I followed up on his comment about the numbering and rebuild history of lead unit CN 4609 by searching my files, and came up with this shot of CN 259 (ex-CN 4609, nee-NAR 211 Fort McMurray) at Thornton Yard Vancouver, BC June 6, 2022. Built in June of 1958 as a GP9, renumbered to CN 4609 in 1981, then rebuilt into this slug in 1990, it lives on, and looks good, 65 years later! :-) Should this photo get posted, it will be my 250th contribution to the RP.ca site. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

After seeing Seth B's fabulous (as always) post this morning http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50903 I followed up on his comment about the numbering and rebuild history of lead unit CN 4609 by searching my files, and came up with this shot of CN 259 (ex-CN 4609, nee-NAR 211 Fort McMurray) at Thornton Yard Vancouver, BC June 6, 2022. Built in June of 1958 as a GP9, renumbered to CN 4609 in 1981, then rebuilt into this slug in 1990, it lives on, and looks good, 65 years later! :-)
Should this photo get posted, it will be my 250th contribution to the RP.ca site.

Caption: After seeing Seth B's fabulous (as always) post this morning http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50903 I followed up on his comment about the numbering and rebuild history of lead unit CN 4609 by searching my files, and came up with this shot of CN 259 (ex-CN 4609, nee-NAR 211 Fort McMurray) at Thornton Yard Vancouver, BC June 6, 2022. Built in June of 1958 as a GP9, renumbered to CN 4609 in 1981, then rebuilt into this slug in 1990, it lives on, and looks good, 65 years later! :-) Should this photo get posted, it will be my 250th contribution to the RP.ca site.

Photographer:	Paul O'Shell [439] (more) (contact)
Date:	June 6, 2022 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 259 (search)
Train Symbol:	n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Thornton Yard (search)
City/Town:	Vancouver (search)
Province:	British Columbia (search)
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5 Comments

terry.oshell

January 22, 2023 at 8:12 am

Congratulations on #250. Lots of idling power there. Good photo.
First954

January 22, 2023 at 8:17 am

Congratulations Paul on #250. That track liner looks a little “elevated.”
Stephen C. Host

January 22, 2023 at 10:15 am

Quarter thousand. Cheers
Brundle

January 22, 2023 at 12:55 pm

It is a real identity crisis when becoming a slug. Pretty much the only feature linking it back to GP9 days are the blomberg trucks.
Paul O'Shell

January 23, 2023 at 10:40 am

Thanks for the comments guys! There were at least another half dozen locomotives sitting idle out of frame at that location. The projector buggy on that Harsco MK IV tamper/liner is raised and locked in the travel position.

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terry.oshell

January 22, 2023 at 8:12 am

Congratulations on #250. Lots of idling power there. Good photo.

First954

January 22, 2023 at 8:17 am

Congratulations Paul on #250. That track liner looks a little “elevated.”

Stephen C. Host

January 22, 2023 at 10:15 am

Quarter thousand. Cheers

Brundle

January 22, 2023 at 12:55 pm

It is a real identity crisis when becoming a slug. Pretty much the only feature linking it back to GP9 days are the blomberg trucks.

Paul O'Shell

January 23, 2023 at 10:40 am

Thanks for the comments guys! There were at least another half dozen locomotives sitting idle out of frame at that location. The projector buggy on that Harsco MK IV tamper/liner is raised and locked in the travel position.