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GT 4611 with a picture & question
GT 4611 with a picture & question
I was crusing down I-94 near Detroit this afternoon and saw this guy crusing along the tracks parallel to the highway. I got off at the next exit (Greenfield Rd.) and waited to get a picture as it approached the CN yard there (Melvindale?). So I'm wondering...how many locos are left with the GT paint scheme? I don't see them very often and a search online for "GT 4611" directed me a photo of the GP9 taken back in 1991 (from this site: http://www.railroadmichigan.com/grandtrunk.html )
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There are more than you think. That's a GP9R. Most of the engines left in GT paint are Geeps, I think there's only 3 SD40-2s left in GT.
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Since we are on the topic of GTW engines...
GET YOUR PHOTOS OF THESE ENGINES NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!Dave C wrote:From what I have read, the order has come down from the CN funnyfarm in Montreal that ALL GTW units still in GTW blue are to be repainted for CN. This means that the unit's will not be repainted "when needed", for example, after body work or an overhaul, but when ever the unit has a chance to go to woodcrest. Examples..late in 2006, GP9R 4615 left Woodcrest in CN paint, and the 4621 just got the treatment this month...saddly, expect more.
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I did my part.Gregg Pullano wrote:Since we are on the topic of GTW engines...
GET YOUR PHOTOS OF THESE ENGINES NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!Dave C wrote:From what I have read, the order has come down from the CN funnyfarm in Montreal that ALL GTW units still in GTW blue are to be repainted for CN. This means that the unit's will not be repainted "when needed", for example, after body work or an overhaul, but when ever the unit has a chance to go to woodcrest. Examples..late in 2006, GP9R 4615 left Woodcrest in CN paint, and the 4621 just got the treatment this month...saddly, expect more.
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That locomotive is currently being used to switch out the yard at the Ford Rouge complex, which is a holdover from the days when DT&I owned the line. When the locomotives aren't being used the GTW will usually place it where Schaefer Tower was located before it was removed in the last year or so. This is the junction of the former DT&I and the Junction Yard Secondary running between the NS Michigan Line and River Rouge. I also saw the 4611 at Schaefer Tower on the 11th while I was in town.
GP9R's in CN paint:
4615 (exCV-GTW 4555) Repainted November/December 2006
4621 (exGTW 4540) repainted January 2007
4634 (exGTW 4932) CN paint applied after rebuild was complete (March 1993)
4635 (exGTW 4901) CN paint applied after rebuild was complete (came online March 30th, 1993).
The only GTW SD40-2's in GTW paint are 5933, 5936, and 5937
The entire 4900-4934 series GP38-2's (of units active) is still in GTW paint (outshoped by Battle Creek between 1987 and 1991)
Of the GP38-2MP's (4994-4999), 4994, 4995, 4997 are still in GTW paint (the 4999 was sold off in 2002)
5800 series GP38-2's in GTW paint:
5812-14
5816-25
5827
5829-34
5836
5844(NOTE, there are no unit's in the 5837-43 slots)
5846-47
5849-58
5860
6200 series GP38-2's(6221-28)..all units in GTW paint
I belive only the 6420(?) is left of the GTW(DTI) GP40-2's in CN paint.
Dave C
4615 (exCV-GTW 4555) Repainted November/December 2006
4621 (exGTW 4540) repainted January 2007
4634 (exGTW 4932) CN paint applied after rebuild was complete (March 1993)
4635 (exGTW 4901) CN paint applied after rebuild was complete (came online March 30th, 1993).
The only GTW SD40-2's in GTW paint are 5933, 5936, and 5937
The entire 4900-4934 series GP38-2's (of units active) is still in GTW paint (outshoped by Battle Creek between 1987 and 1991)
Of the GP38-2MP's (4994-4999), 4994, 4995, 4997 are still in GTW paint (the 4999 was sold off in 2002)
5800 series GP38-2's in GTW paint:
5812-14
5816-25
5827
5829-34
5836
5844(NOTE, there are no unit's in the 5837-43 slots)
5846-47
5849-58
5860
6200 series GP38-2's(6221-28)..all units in GTW paint
I belive only the 6420(?) is left of the GTW(DTI) GP40-2's in CN paint.
Dave C
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These units were also the last to survive in DT&I orange (excluding the 1776 of course). This was due to these units being financed through Grehyound Leasing. At the time of the GT takeover, they went into storage due to the lease terms not being the best. Apparently they (GT) were able to negotiate better terms with Greyhound - or bought them outright when the original lease expired.
Railnut wrote:Thats 6221-6228...
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You know lest we forgett, that all of these railroads are owned by CN, and at one time, all off those railroads, DWP, CV, GTW, CN, had the same exact paint job, most here have probilly never seen it, but rember, first green and gold maple leaf colors, then a unified switch to black and red, and even at one time GTW F's in Zebra Stripe. Heck even until the CNNA paint came out, except for the CV, take the Zebra stripes off the side of a CN unit, and what do you have? A black body with red ends, kind of like a blue body with red ends? Besides what looks more crapy a Red and Blue (GT) unit with a stupid yellow frame stripe, or a Black and White (IC) one with a yellow frame stripe. They have already killed it with that choice anyway. CN is not a nasty railroad just because, they wnat a unified image. Everything that is old is new again!
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Personally, I'm not sure how big a fan I'd be if CN decided to change their corporate scheme to GT blue/red. I like it more so because it's not as common as other schemes (mustard yellow and gray comes to mind)...and it gives some variety to the way too uniform (for my tastes) CNNA paint schemes. While it's certainly not the case at this point in time, would anyone really be excited if CN announced a change of heart and that all future locomotive deliveries and repaints would have red ends and blue sides?