It will be a tough start to a long journey for the Canadian as it prepares to leave Vancouver, BC's VIA station for Toronto and Montreal. With blizzard conditions in Vancouver and through the Fras... (more)
CP 5567 offers assistance to a trio of VIA Fs on an eastbound Canadian out of Vancouver at Ruskin, BC as a result of a winter storm that snarled traffic in the area.
CP #435-CP 5567, 5788, 5841, local, 13 h/e woodchip loads, 3 boxcars, 28 mixed, 54 grain empties-410 axles @ 17:20
Built in February of 1972, serial number A2566.
Cab shot of CP 5567. Built in February 1972, serial number A2566.
239 with CP 5567 and 5675 for power. 239 has just gotten a fresh crew for the rest on the run to Obico.
CP and SOO SD40-2's are still common power on all types of freight between Montreal and Chicago. While GE's rule the rockies on CP, the east is still home to these well worn workhorses.
