Testing and evaluating track on the CN Keenan Sub at Wilpen.

CN's Track Evaluation Systems RDC-1 no. 1501 was out measuring the tracks of the Longue-Pointe spur, off CN's Saint-Laurent subdivision in eastern Montreal.

CN checking some of their infrastructure with their former passenger RDC-1 car on the CN Keenan Sub. CN 1501 is checking the siding at Wilpen. Note the remains of a DM&IR branch line that once ser... (more)

CN checking some of their infrastructure with their former passenger RDC-1 car on the CN Keenan Sub.

CN 1501 splits the rock cut at Eagle Mills Junction as it inspects the tracks into Eagle Mills.

A lonely RDC treks its way across Goose Lake on a cold and dreary day. CN 1501 was once used for hauling passengers but is now the track geometry car.

CN 1501 heads west across the Fox River where it'll cruise into CN's Green Bay Yard and tie down for the day. The bridge in the background is I-43.

CN's self-propelled RDC-1 1501 "Test Track Evaluation Systems" was busy testing some trackage on the CN's Missabe Sub, the Minntac Sub then the Keenan Sub before spending the night at Ke... (more)

CN's self propelled TEST train makes a westward run (operating as a track unit) across the Caramat Subdivision.

CN 1501 track evaluation car made from an RDC-1 slows to a stop in front of the former Soo Line depot (now a museum) at Colfax, WI. holding briefly in the siding, it will continue east to Chippewa... (more)

CN operated its former RDC-1 Test Track Evaluations Systems car between the Twin Cities and Chippewa Falls, WI on Friday morning, November 10, 2023. Here it is crossing County Hwy. N east of Colfa... (more)

CN 1501 RDC heads south under the Arches in Allen Park Michigan at the only searchlight remaining on the old DT&I Dearborn Sub.

CN's RDC-1 1501 "Test Track Evaluation Systems" was busy testing some trackage around Montreal this weekend, here seen returning from the port lead to Pointe-Saint-Charles, to continue from there ... (more)

O998 is tied down for the night in the Battle Creek Pickup tracks. The GEO car had done rail testing on the South Bend sub and will head East in the morning. CN 1501 Built as a Passenger RDC-1 no... (more)

CN 1501 Built as a Passenger RDC-1 now serves CN as a Rail Geometry Car. Here the 1501 is headed to its tie up spot for the night in Battle Creeks Pick up tracks. One the Right side of the shot i... (more)