GMD-1s still in Service with CN?
GMD-1s still in Service with CN?
I was doing some reading on GMD-1's and came across the Wikipedia page which stated 3 GMD-1's are still in service at the Symington yard in Winnipeg. Google Maps with recent satellite data (2023) show 3 units still in the yard but I can't make out the road numbers. Anyone have any idea which road numbers they are? Everywhere else I've looked says the last units were all retired back in '21 with 1 given to a preservation society.
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Re: GMD-1s still in Service with CN?
I thought I had read than CN finally retired/stored the last few remaining GMD-1s earlier this year, though I may be wrong. The scuttlebutt is that once the new AC44C6M rebuilds enter service on the DMIR, the displaced SD40 types currently captive up there will be dispersed to local service across the system, which will spell the end for the few remaining GP9s and other 567-equipped power.
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Re: GMD-1s still in Service with CN?
It would also spell the end for every single Dash 8 left on the CN roster.SD80MAC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:29 pmThe scuttlebutt is that once the new AC44C6M rebuilds enter service on the DMIR, the displaced SD40 types currently captive up there will be dispersed to local service across the system, which will spell the end for the few remaining GP9s and other 567-equipped power.
You mentioned that some of the C6M’s are going to be exclusively in Iron Range service soon? Seems like a pretty good place to put them, other than the fact that some CN guys I know have nothing but bad things to say about them.
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Yes, the Dash 8s will be first to go, then the SD40s. They are currently having issues adapting the straight air system to the rebuilds.
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Re: GMD-1s still in Service with CN?
Because from where they sit, it’s still an old junky locomotive. They didn’t revamp the cab at all. Just mechanical and paintDavid Collins wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:49 pmIt would also spell the end for every single Dash 8 left on the CN roster.SD80MAC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:29 pmThe scuttlebutt is that once the new AC44C6M rebuilds enter service on the DMIR, the displaced SD40 types currently captive up there will be dispersed to local service across the system, which will spell the end for the few remaining GP9s and other 567-equipped power.
You mentioned that some of the C6M’s are going to be exclusively in Iron Range service soon? Seems like a pretty good place to put them, other than the fact that some CN guys I know have nothing but bad things to say about them.
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They received all new Gevo cabs as part of the rebuild. A lot easier to tell on the CN units since they lost their distinctive tear drop windshields.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:46 pmBecause from where they sit, it’s still an old junky locomotive. They didn’t revamp the cab at all. Just mechanical and paintDavid Collins wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:49 pmIt would also spell the end for every single Dash 8 left on the CN roster.SD80MAC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:29 pmThe scuttlebutt is that once the new AC44C6M rebuilds enter service on the DMIR, the displaced SD40 types currently captive up there will be dispersed to local service across the system, which will spell the end for the few remaining GP9s and other 567-equipped power.
You mentioned that some of the C6M’s are going to be exclusively in Iron Range service soon? Seems like a pretty good place to put them, other than the fact that some CN guys I know have nothing but bad things to say about them.
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