My Hometown---Part 2

[Charlie B]

I like the old Geeps, but my favourite was the U-25-b, not for looks, but when they got some age on the mufflers, their sound was only surpassed by steam.
My first trip to the Horseshoe Curve was made more memorable by a heavy ore train climbing the grade with 4 U-25s on the head end and 4 pushing. I never saw that combination after that. Somewhere I have a tape recording of that if it hasn't been lost in one of the moves.
The P&LE U28Bs sounded pretty good too, but there wasn't much of a grade in our area on the P&LE.
Charlie

[cn nutbar]

Sorry I can't compete with all those beautiful heritage units south of the border---hope you're not getting bored with the "same old same old " basics from my hometown

[Charlie B]

Hi again Ed.
I never tire of seeing the "red locomotives" I see mostly Penn Central black with Norfolk Southern patches.
Kevin and I spent the day trackside and managed to see lots of trains, including the Ringling Brothers red train heading west.
765 will be returning through here on Thursday.

Charlie

[cn nutbar]

Surprise---they're not red locomotives,well not all of them anyway.I had a chance to get out to Bayview today and get some shots of Canadian National power.They may not be Heritage units,but some interesting locomotives units just the same (IMHO) including a GMD-1 and my first shot of ex-Illinois Central 1002 in CN colours.Of course I had to include some CP power that was spotted at Kinnear Yard.

[Charlie B]

I sure hope you get the Heritage unit someday. Do any CSX locomotives get up your way any more?
All the NS Heritage locomotives seem to be going out Ralph's way every now and again.
It's nice to see the CN power. I like the stripes, a painters nightmare
Charlie

[Southern Tuxedo]

Great picture! I recently acquired a CN GP40-2 with the wide cab (man do I love those wide cabs!) and when Rapido announced their GMD-1 I was thinking of lashing them up just like this picture. Then, of course, I saw the price , but as I said before...resistance is futile!

Mark

[cn nutbar]

Hello Charlie and Mark---thanks for responding.Charlie,I haven't seen any CSX power in Hamilton for a long time---Norfolk Southern will occasionally show up in this area though.CSX was common long ago running trains on the old Canada Southern line which ran from Fort Erie (Buffalo) to Windsor (Detroit).This line was south of Hamilton.

Mark---I actually thought of you when I took this picture as you recently posted a thread on the upcoming Rapido model of the GMD1---these locomotives were produced when the CNR was still operating steam in the late fifties---I can imagine they looked great double-heading with a CNR Mikado which probably happened long ago at the same location my picture was taken.

I found some photos of Illinois Central's SD70's in their original colours---personally I like the CN version





Here's the GMD1 again

[Charlie B]

Our local shortline had a couple GMD-1 locomotives running for a couple years with the previous operator. I never got home to take any pictures of them. I wish I had. Those are a different looking locomotive. Modern locomotives are all starting to really look alike, It is getting like the automobiles. I guess form follows function.
Charlie

[Southern Tuxedo]

Mr. Nutbar,

Please stop posting those photos of the GMD-1 as I have a problem (one of many).

I am not even a big CN fan but I have always loved the Canadian comfort cab locomotives. Then I saw a pic of the GMD-1 and decided that my layout needed to be set so I could locate it anywhere in North America and run all sorts of engines from different railroads. The Southern Railway is my first love, but the Canadian National is quickly starting to look like a mistress.

Now lets see...a CN GP40-2 & GMD-1 could deliver the cars and a CP chop-nose GP9u could do the switching. Oh no, not another Canadian railroad.

PS, Ignore the first sentence. I always enjoy your photos.

Mark

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone --- I just missed a train heading east through CN's Stuart St. yard but I thought I might catch the head end power at Bayview Junction so the race was on.No luck at Bayview or Howard Rd. but finally I caught the train at King Rd. in Aldershot.Power on this train included ES44DC 2332,C44-9W 2718 and C44-9W 2557.Here's some photos









On the way home,I stopped at Hamilton West and caught SD70M-2 8810 and C44-9WL 2521

[Charlie B]

Great shots Ed. I am in North Carolina along the line that had a couple heritage units on it until I showed up. They went through my hometown this past week end along with 3 others I haven't seen yet. I even figured that would happen.
Charlie

[cn nutbar]

Hello Everyone---looks like a big weekend coming up as Canada celebrates Confederation Day on July 1st (146 years old).Looks like we'll have trains and boats and planes in my hometown as the tall sailing ships will be in the harbour,a Flying Fortress and our Lancaster will be flying but unfortunately no special trains will be running---oh how I wish we had Heritage units up here in the great white north .Looks like the railfans will have to be content with the "same old same old" such as CP ES44AC 8736 which I spotted switching the west end of Kinnear Yard today.





Hopefully my next post may be a bit more exciting with some pictures of the sailing ships and some planes

[cn nutbar]

Ahoy Mateys---some action down at the waterfront today with the tall ships in port---we're very fortunate to be the permanent home port for HMCS Haida as well.The B-17 Flying Fortress is scheduled to arrive tomorrow so hopefully my luck will continue with some more photos.

[jwb]

Congratulations to our neighbor to the north! I had a great Confederation Day once when I drove to Whitehorse, YT to ride steam on the WP&Y -- Confederation Day railfanning the BCOL, then the 4th of July crawling around the Whitehorse yard!

[cn nutbar]

My brother Jim drove in from Toronto on Friday to catch the tall ships entering Hamilton harbour---here's some of his beautiful shots







I'm going to have to get my brother to go out railfanning one day---I think his photos are great