FEBRUARY 2011 CANADIAN NATIONAL As of January 30Th, 34
FEBRUARY 2011 CANADIAN NATIONAL As of January 30th, 34 of the 35 ex-UP, nee-CNW C40-8's were in CN livery: CN 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107*, 2108, 2110, 2111, 2112*, 2113*, 2114, 2115*, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124*, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128*, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, and 2134. The asterisk signifies the 15-year artwork. The final one to be completed is 2109, which at press time was inside the CN shop in Centralia, Illinois. CN 2128, which suffered fire damage in November, was moved from Winnipeg to Chicago on January 8th. On January 27th the newest one, CN 2119 popped out from the Centralia paint booth leaving only CN 2109 to be unveiled in our March 2011 CRO issue! (George Redmond) http://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/2011/feb11/cn2119georgeredmond.htm On January 4th, Chris Bodkin shot CN 2108 with UP SD70M 4573 and CN 2114 at Mount Vernon and Benton, Illinois. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2359162 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2359178 George Redmond photographed several newly CN uniformed C40-8's, and ex-UP and ex- BNSF GE’s around the CN facilities at Centralia, IL. On January 25th, he caught CN C40- 9W 2146 and CN C40-8 (ex-UP) 2110. CN (ex-BNSF) 2146 is yet to cycle through the paint shop, and 2110 is seen in fresh paint just after release. http://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/2011/feb11/bnsf2146gr.htm http://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/2011/feb11/cn2110gr.htm CN 2102 was released on January 21st, and shot by George Redmond at the CN engine facility in Centralia, IL.
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