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Trackside with Trains Vol. 308: "Decrepit diesels" is open for voting

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Posted by zardoz on Friday, July 21, 2017 8:36 PM

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That CP B-unit was just dirty from the hump retarders at CPR's Alyth Yard in Calgary.  Not exactly decrepit, and this many years later that pair of AC4400s probably looks far worse.  Not sure what vintage your picture is, but they left CPR's roster quite a long time back.

CP overhauled two B-units to be assigned to the Alyth hump, in company with GP9s.  While I believe they initially were working units, later their role was reduced to brake slugs when handling the long cuts.

 

The photo of the B unit was taken around 1995. It was a grab shot as I saw these while on my way to work; the image is the only one I could get in time, which is why the image is of lower quality. I did hear on my scanner that the "B" unit was heading for the scrapper. A zoom in on the "B" will show somewhat how decrepit it really was.

A decrepit camera used to take a photo of a decrepit locomotive.

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