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blue CN locomotives
Posted by rambo1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 4:01 PM

I saw one today on the cn line in toronto. What or where did they come from?rambo1..

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Posted by Leo_Ames on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 5:04 PM

I imagine that you saw a former LMX C40-8W leasor that Illinois Central had acquired. At least some of them are still in their blue paint, with the Canadian National logo applied to them.

Here's a photo that I quickly found on Google Images as an illustration.

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Posted by rambo1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 7:03 PM

i didn't see ic on the loco or that greyish area rambo1...

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Posted by GDRMCo on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 7:09 PM

Guessing you saw one of the 4 ex-Demo SD70ACe-P6s CN got from EMD earlier in the year.

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Posted by Leo_Ames on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 7:13 PM

Figured out yet what you likely saw the other day?

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Posted by traisessive1 on Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:35 AM

As mentioned above you saw one of two possibilities. 

An IC C40-8W or a CN SD70ACe. It would be one of the two mentioned above. 

10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ... 

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