CN ES44's lose the teardrop windshields....
This saddenned me deeply when I found it, that the later part of CN's most recent order of ES44DC locomotives no longer have the trademark CN "teardrop" windshields (of course by trademark, I mean "on a GE locomotive", specifically the Dash 9's and ES44's)
From what I understand, it was a move to cut window replacement costs, since originally the teardrop shields were used so that they had the same windhsields as the SD70I and SD75I locos, and now they are being reverted to standard so they match the SD70M-2 shields.
Here is my one question....does anyone know specifically which ES44's first featured the standard GE cab, with the standard windshield? (and I don't mean standard cab as opposed to Safety cab, I mean GE's current stabdard).
I read one source that said #2270-2309 would have them, but I've seen photos of 2270 and as high as 2280 still with the teardrops.