What is it ?

[Randy_Stahl]

Wow, this is an old thread !

Randy

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

NDG- Not too often you even saw CN cars on CP and vice versa. Thinking there was a bit more cooperation in the mountains and BC.

Perhaps there was no choice in some instances. Do not think it is that way so much today.

I noticed that situation in 1976 around the Lakehead. If you watched a CP train go by, it appeared that about 90% of the cars were CP cars. The exceptions were usually cars from US railroads.

[BigJim]

I didn’t know that FM built anything with 4 AXLE trucks, you learn something new every day. Or did you mean 4 WHEEL trucks? Doug

He meant what he said. It may not be politically correct to you, but, that is the way we refer to them…4 axle or 6 axle locos.

[challenger3980]

challenger3980
I didn’t know that FM built anything with 4 AXLE trucks, you learn something new every day. Or did you mean 4 WHEEL trucks? Doug

He meant what he said. It may not be politically correct to you, but, that is the way we refer to them…4 axle or 6 axle locos.

Big Jim, there was Nothing about my post being Politically Correct, I am about the Least PC person you will meet.

unless there was an H16-44 that DID ride on 4 axle TRUCKS that I don’t know about, my post was just a Friendly (Note the Smile, Wink, Grin Smiley) point out about Randy’s typo.

If Randy had said “Rides on 4 axles” it would have been correct, but the H16-44 is a 4 Axle B-B type riding on TWO, 2 axle TRUCKS. To call it a 4 AXLE LOCOMOTIVE would be correct, to say that it rides on 4 AXLES would be correct, to say that it “RIDES ON 4 AXLE TRUCKS” is NOT correct.

MY reply was not meant in a Snippy manner, but maybe a course in READING COMPHRENSION would be time and money well spent for you, just sayin’.

Doug

[Randy_Stahl]

no biggie, the engine had 4 axles.

[NDG]

Thank You.

[Miningman]

Interesting story on that Baldwin.

Delta Alaska Terminal 1 660 HP DS4-4-660 BLW #73042 11/1946 Surrey, BC August 1969 David M. More

A lot of history here. This was the first Baldwin diesel in Canada, it was built for the Morrissey, Fernie & Michel Ry.
(Crows Nest Pass Coal Co., Michel, BC) as their number 1. When this very old (1903) shortline closed down (aban. 2/1958) it was finally sold 7/1964 to Johnston Terminals, New Westminster, BC. and later went to Delta Alaska Terminal (owned 1/3 each by GN, NP and MILW) where it switched the American Rail Express Co.'s S.S. Alaska a rail car ferry which operated a weekly service toWhittier, Alaska where it connected with the Alaska RR, leaving BC on Thursdays. It ceased service 3/1978. It went on to a number of different locations and owners, industrial, shortline and preservation. It is currently at the Portola Railroad Museum in California.

This was the only 660 HP Baldwin diesel in Canada. The only other new Baldwin’s were the CPR’s small fleet of 1000 HP units, both yard and road switchers.

[NDG]

Amazing the Data the Internet has provided.

Thank You.