At 09:16 3/10/2000 -0600, John Trotter wrote:
From: "John Trotter" <johntrotter@...>
Hi Russ
While FP7/9's with F7/9 "B" Units were certainly the intended power for "the
Canadian", there were many exceptions.If you have or can find a copy of
Nicholas Morant's book - "Canadian Pacific" , and look in the section at the
back that deals with "The Canadian" you can find shots that show road
switchers running with the "F's" (see pages 416, 440 and 432 as examples.
These shots show the road switchers trailing, and I suspect CP tried to at
least have a proper "A" unit in the lead.
When I worked as a telegrapher at Gleichen, Alberta, there were a number of
occasions when a GP or even (then-new) SD40 would be used on trains 1 and
2. If the unit was steam generator equipped, they would usually be used
as the trailing unit, but I have seen a few occasions where an SD40 would
lead account no s/g.
Bruce
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