Caption: There are only 9 of these units left now, with 7015's future still to be determined (It went dead to Chicago on 137 yesterday. Where it goes from there will speak loudly about its future). Trailed by KCSM 4077 ( a trailing KCS unit becoming ubiquitous on CP these days;' who saw that coming)and 8112, 137 flies through Drumbo with a cut of mixed freight just lifted in Wolverton. CP was just going Action Red when I started paying attention to trains, so I never got to see this scheme in real life on anything, much less the C630s and SD40s where it looked perfect. But I'll take as much of this as I can get; a scheme that harkens back to when railroading was still great, and service mattered just as much as shareholders; something a few CEOs need to contemplate IMHO.
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Hysterically, 7015 is on its way back to Toronto today on 734 after going to Chicago Thursday on 137……dead both ways…..