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Old and not so old
Title:  Old and not so old
Description:  A pair of RS 18s, the near one a rebuild, the far unit an original, sit at the engine house at St Luc
Photo Date:  8/27/1985  Upload Date: 10/10/2014 3:18:57 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1812(RS18u) CP 8736(RS18)
Views:  974   Comments: 0
Detour train
Title:  Detour train
Description:  There had been a disruption on the B&M Connecticut River line, and trains were detouring over the D&H from Montreal via Mechanicville and E Deerfiled. One of the detour trains rolls through Mechanicville en route to Mass. The consist has a couple of unrebuilt RS 18s too.
Photo Date:  10/23/1984  Upload Date: 7/11/2014 3:51:20 AM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8769(RS18) CP 1816(RS18u) CP 8752(RS18) DH 410(C420) BM 2920(U33B)
Views:  1726   Comments: 2
Detour on the bridge
Title:  Detour on the bridge
Description:  A CP detour train headed for East Deerfield has left Mechanicville and is now eastbound on the B&M. Here it is on the Hudson Rive| bridge.
Photo Date:  10/23/1984  Upload Date: 8/1/2014 3:16:29 AM
Location:  Naples, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8769(RS18) CP 1816(RS18u) CP 8752(RS18) DH 410(C420) BM 2920(U33B)
Views:  1428   Comments: 0
CP 8769
Title:  CP 8769
Description:  CP detour train leaves Mechanicville yard headed for the Hudson River bridge and the B&M en route to East Deerfield and the Connecticut River Line
Photo Date:  10/23/1984  Upload Date: 2/27/2011 6:16:09 PM
Location:  Mechanicville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8769(RS18) CP 8752(RS18) CP 1816(RS18u)
Views:  1732   Comments: 1
Last days
Title:  Last days
Description:  The station at Dorval was down to its last days in 1987. Already 100 years old, it would be torn down and replaced by a modern platform in a year or two. Here we see train 937 rolling past behind a clean SD 40.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 4:08:09 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5514(SD40) CP 5726(SD40-2) BL 3717(GP40) CP 8760(RS18) CP 1813(RS18u)
Views:  1218   Comments: 0
One old, one not quite so old
Title:  One old, one not quite so old
Description:  Actually, the lead unit was a fairly recemt rebuild at the time. The trailing unit would soon be fodder for that program, updated an designate an RS 18u.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:28:07 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 1803(RS18u) CP 8797(RS18)
Views:  899   Comments: 0
CP van
Title:  CP van
Description:  This CP van was on hand at the yard.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 3:27:13 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8797(RS18) CP 1803(RS18u)
Views:  814   Comments: 1
Old style
Title:  Old style
Description:  An as built RS 18 sits in the Brownville Jct yard.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 2:40:06 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8797(RS18)
Views:  521   Comments: 0


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