CN Retirements

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That would mean that WC 3012, 3027, 6004, 6006 and possibly 3026 and a second WC GP40 would be stored. WC 6004 was in a line of 4 SD40-2s at Homewood and 6006 was in the storage lines in Memphis.
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Toronto:

GTW 5935 SD40-2
GTW 5939 SD40-3

IC 6006 SD40R
IC 6016 SD40R
IC 6058 SD40-2
IC 6072 SD40-2
IC 6100 SD40-2

NEBC 1866 RS18

WC 3027 GP40

Also a note, WC 3026 is sitting behind the Woodcrest shop.

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ok here we go
Not likely that many of these will ever brighten up your lens again.
This is a onetime post, as everyone will agree, the numbers will surely grow in
the coming months.

Storage locations are Fond du Lac and Stevens Point WI; Proctor MN;
Markham/Woodcrest IL; Winnipeg; Toronto, Greenville Pa., and Memphis TN. [ GTW
5945 is the loner at Edmonton].

GTW 5930 to 37
5939
5941 to 50
5952 to 56

IC 3101, 3102, 3137, 3140
IC 6000, 6001, 6003 to 6008, 6011, 6013, 6014, 6016 to 6018, 6030, 6032, 6034;
IC 6050 to 6052, 6056 to 6059, 6063 to 6068, 6070 to 6072
IC 6100 to 6103, 6105,6106, 6108,6109, 6111 to 6114, 6117, 6119 to 6125,
IC 6127 to 6130, 6132, 6134 to 6137, 6139 to 6141,
IC 6251, 6258, 6264

WC 3002, 3011, 3012, 3026, 3027;
WC 6004, 6006

BLE 900,901,904,905,908,910;
BLE 868


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What do you think the chances are that the SD40-2's will end up on a regional or short line roster?
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It appears that some of the engines thatr were listed in Memphis are now at Homewood. I saw a couple of them last time I was at Homewood Yard. Homewood is pretty much log jammed with all the stored power as well as retired SD50Fs, IC SW14s and MLWs from BC Rail (the remaining CRS-20 rebuilds) Ottawa Central and NBEC, so it makes sense they are storing stuff elsewhere.
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5 of the SD50F's are headed out to DMVW they were on CP train 295? today.

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EJ&ESDM809 wrote:It appears that some of the engines thatr were listed in Memphis are now at Homewood. I saw a couple of them last time I was at Homewood Yard. Homewood is pretty much log jammed with all the stored power as well as retired SD50Fs, IC SW14s and MLWs from BC Rail (the remaining CRS-20 rebuilds) Ottawa Central and NBEC, so it makes sense they are storing stuff elsewhere.
They stopped using the IC SW14s?! Did they store a few of them or all of them?
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GTW 4635 has been retired and sold to the Minnesota Northern..CP was taking it north the other day.
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They still use the IC SW14s for switching but not near as much as they used to. In fact, last time I went by there CN was using a trio of SW14s for one switcher and a GTW GP38-2/CN GP9 for the other.
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Railnut wrote:GTW 4635 has been retired and sold to the Minnesota Northern..CP was taking it north the other day.
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> While the stored CN power is in flux ( 6 axles versus 4),, the
following are now retired ( as of 2/5) -
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> BCOL 752
> CN 5257, 5271, 5294
> IC 6000, 6003, 6009, 6014, 6034, 6057, 6065, 6067, 6070
> GTW 5935
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DM&IR 406 and 408 are o nthere way to Homewood seen at Stevens Point today.

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GTW 5939 was yanked out of storage. I saw him sitting in Lang Yard in Toledo as of 2-6-09.
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DM&IR 406 and 408 are indeed coming down to Homewood, but they are in for some kind of work, not to be stored. They'll head back north when the work is finished. At least one of the gray ex-KCS SD40-3s have been on the BNSF lately, perhaps paying back HP hours.
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GTW 4634 is now retired. also CB 7033 was seen today switching out kirk yard. EJ&E engines may start to be retired.

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GTW 5935 is retired.
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What is CB? And when I went by Kirk, yesterday afternoon, there was two SDM's in DMIR humping, one SDM 618? repainted switching, and everything else back at the roundhouse. A hand full of SD38-2's the one GP38-2, another SDM, and a CN painted GP9 looked like 70?? or 71??
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my bad CN 7033

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DMVW is getting two more of these units. We hope to have them on property next month sometime. Of the first five we have four in service now and are waiting on a temp switch control box to be repaired so we can put the 5454 into service. We really like the first four so we decided to get two more for ourselves. That will bring our total to five for DMVW and two for Basin. That will make eight six axle units for the DMVW with the three SD45 s we already have.

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Looks like more SD50Fs for DMVW. I can't wait to see this line in action!
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the Last SD-m on the DM&IR # 308 was retired last week.

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