Thx for sharing this great shot Chuck. Love the classic paint schemes.
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This picture was taken on a rare nice day in Revelstoke, notice the lack of snow!! However, this excellent photo does fail to show the ubiquitous mosquitoes.
In 1968 I lived a stone's throw from this site. It was a filthy hovel even by Revelstoke standards. I wouldn't say it was on the wrong side of the tracks, though. Due to the lay of the land, ALL of Revelstoke was on the wrong side of the tracks. How's that for egalitarian town planning?
As a brakeman I've worked with a lot of locomotives. No engine was more user friendly than a GP9. The steps and railings were masterpieces ergonomic engineering. They were warm, comfortable, spacious and remarkably quiet. The hoggers seemed to have great speed control for gentle coupling. Whereas ALCOs were usually jerky beasts. When you sat in a GP9's cab while it was idling you couldn't feel ANY engine vibration. Some ALCOs would visibly bounce on their bogie springs at idle.
It's no accident that the only engines of their generation still in operation are GP7-9's.
BTW five GP9's equaled three SD40's on the Rogers Pass.
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