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Location DB > Canada > Quebec > Montreal > Glen Yards > Infiltration/ Alvin's View > IMG_0533.JPG 68 / 75   IMG_0533.JPG Description Very clean and shiny locomotive. Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by greywolf45 9/13/2004 5:37 PM | remove   wonder if it still runs? Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/13/2004 8:07 PM | remove   yes it does, it is the backup locomotive, as you can see its a former cn gp9 and not a cp, funny since it plys cp lines, the gp 9 used to do the south shore commuter train till they were shutdown in the 80s they were then moved in to help the carbodies that are in the beauce now Posted by SPEK Photo 9/14/2004 4:00 AM | remove   A stainless steel covered engine?!!! Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/14/2004 11:22 AM | remove   no its just painted silver, its a plain old cn gp9 low hood mod Posted by greywolf45 9/15/2004 4:26 AM | remove   Probably made out of aluminum (the shell, or body). I wish the UP had not taken the "Centennials" out of service. They are the DDA40X, GM's Electromotive Division's largest , and they were monsters. It was said that they looked like two locomotives mounted on one frame. Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/15/2004 8:24 PM | remove   they basically were, 4 2 axle trucks with 2 engines, they weighed a ton but were lacking in the traction department, and greywolf as for the picture, until they were sold for transit these locomotives were plain black and red with zebra stripes they are only painted silver as some of them have rust, these locomotives were modified with the low hoods by cn in their former point st charles shops, the ones that stayed with cn were re modified in 91 at the shops when they were owned by amf. the cn ones can be seen in lachine at dominion bridge around noon switching the esdc plant and around 4 pm in the lachine industrial park. Posted by Armchair Traveller 9/17/2004 7:30 PM | remove   If they were heavy, what was the traction problem? Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/18/2004 1:30 AM | remove   i mean, at low speeds they dont need horsepower they need start stop traction, so a slug is perfect. most railways use em in yard manouevers and norfolk southern has road slugs that even have dynamic brakes If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 531 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 740408909 pages have been generated.