Via Rail 6304 was missing, which was painted in the "Black Window" scheme of the southern pacific, it made some excursions in Montana, then the locomotive was painted in the "Western Pacific California Zephyr" scheme, number 806-A that made an excursion called: Domes Over Donner in 2004 along with 2 Amtrak P42DC and an amtrak domer car (Ex Great northern domer coach) and several old cars used on the California Zephyr, this excursion was called: California Zephyr recreation, later returned to the southern pacific Black Window scheme , in 2005 the locomotive made a special tour together with: 2 Amtrak P42DC, Western Pacific GP20 2001, and McCloud River Railway 37, which went to McCloud River Railroad, then I'm stuck at CeeCo in Tacoma, Washington in 2007 for a while, then made a tour in montana along with the Amtrak Cascades F59PHI 466, and three private rail cars, later it was rented by Mid-American Rail, which was being used by the Washington and Idaho Railway, the Ex via rail 6304 was transporting cargo until mid-2019, the Washington and Idaho railway ceased operations due to the termination of the state lines contract, A new operator took over in August 2019 and is called Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway, later the locomotive went to the Alberta Railway Museum in Alberta, Canada. It has been rebuilt and restored to its original Canadian National paint scheme as CN 6304 which it still has today, well it is not working but is parked in one of the museum's courtyards, we don't know if it will work again but we know it is preserved and that it was one of the locomotives that marked the history of excursions and railways.
The 567Cs weren't replaced by 16-cylinder 645s in the FP9ARM. They were rebuilt with 645 components. The 50HP increase came from modifications to the engine's governor.
6566: *Exists* Hinton Train Collision: I’m gonna end this man’s whole career. 6300: Haha. You thought you could kill me. Well I never really was on your side.
the FP9 6566 is gone because in the hinton train crash. the train was leading and it was completely destroyed that day and 6300 was in the hinton train crash too. it have cab damage,and nose damage
CN 6520 / VIA 6306 has recently been restored to the 1960's orange and black CN noodle scheme and given her original CN 6520 number. She is preserved at the WCRA Museum in Squamish BC.
Engine 6307 and 6313 for a brief moment went to the Ohio Central Railroad in central Ohio after Jerry Jacobson sold the railroad I honestly don't know where those engines ended up. During Ohio Central ownership they were painted Pennsylvania Railroad Tuscan red with 5 stripes as a tribute to the former Pennsylvania Road line between Pittsburgh and st. Louis on which the OC owns between Denison via Coshocton to Columbus Ohio
@VIARailFan6448 the old F units only received the VIA logo on the nose for about the first 3 years of VIA, then they were removed for reasons I forget but I think was covered in Chris Greenlaw's book same as to why 6307 and 6313 were adorned with VIA and Canada on their noses.
With regards to the "Ghost scheme" it was originally based off the LRC demonstrater unit. They didn't finalize the LRC paint until after the FP9 was done. No FPA's were painted in the Ghost scheme.
Just wanted to let you know. CN never owned any FP7's they only had F7's which were mostly used in frieght service. Some were used by Passenger trains with SGU's as they didn't have steam generators.
Just wanted to let you know that F stood for Frieght. The FP9r or u model was a rebuilt with Head end Power. The Ghost Scheme was supposed to be a LRC like paint scheme to match the LRC before they came with the different colours.
All the FP9s in the 6500-6542 were from CN. FP7s and FP9s acquired from CP Rail were eventually numbered from 6543 and up. CN units have true F9/FP9/E9 headlight housing, flush-fitted glass "window" with the black rubber seal, and have distinctive rain-strip over the nose door. All CP units, FP7s and FP9s in the 1400's numbers, are easy to spot: they all had F7 headlight housings, with the larger,rounded edge opening with the more recessed glass window without seal. When rebuilt into FP9Au and Arm, all selected ex-CN and ex-CP units were all renumbred in the 6300's, some with Dash-2 EMD electrical components. CN never rostered FP7s. The units you have in your video are F7Au's, made in 1972-73, and other throughout the 70's, from CN F7s and some F3s acquired from GTW. They were used for freight, but yes sometimes pulling CN, then VIA consists, especially in the Rockies. Unit 6300, formerly CN 6524, is the exception in term of headlight housing; the nose was rebuilt with the cab of a wrecked KCS F7 (maybe Wabash?) after the Hinton accident.
I remember growing up seeing the last gasps of the FP9's before they where totally replaced by the F40's and then the GE Genesis locomotives. While I got to see the FP9's in the late 90's, I never to to see the LRC trains :(
veru interesting..notice on the 1418 at 7:43..the blue go straight to the top,also front windows are blue,instead of black..interesting detail for the paint scheme
CN never had FP7s. "By the time CNR management was ready to order diesels for mainline passenger service, in late 1953, the FP7 had been replaced in GMD/EMD's catalogue by the FP9." - Ken Goslett & Kevin J. Holland
Dude. The 6300 series got 645 "packs" which is boring out the 567 engine block and changing the actual cylinders to 645 cylinder packs verse the 567 packs. CN did this to almost all of the rebuilds they completed.. including the sweeps (7100s. ) pretty ssure they also did the 7300s 1400 and 1600s. And i know for a fact. ALL gp9 rebuilds have 645 packs. All the 4000s. 4100. 7000. 7200. The reasons . Are for maint. Easier for parts inventory
Via Rail 6304 was missing, which was painted in the "Black Window" scheme of the southern pacific, it made some excursions in Montana, then the locomotive was painted in the "Western Pacific California Zephyr" scheme, number 806-A that made an excursion called: Domes Over Donner in 2004 along with 2 Amtrak P42DC and an amtrak domer car (Ex Great northern domer coach) and several old cars used on the California Zephyr, this excursion was called: California Zephyr recreation, later returned to the southern pacific Black Window scheme , in 2005 the locomotive made a special tour together with: 2 Amtrak P42DC, Western Pacific GP20 2001, and McCloud River Railway 37, which went to McCloud River Railroad, then I'm stuck at CeeCo in Tacoma, Washington in 2007 for a while, then made a tour in montana along with the Amtrak Cascades F59PHI 466, and three private rail cars, later it was rented by Mid-American Rail, which was being used by the Washington and Idaho Railway, the Ex via rail 6304 was transporting cargo until mid-2019, the Washington and Idaho railway ceased operations due to the termination of the state lines contract, A new operator took over in August 2019 and is called Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway, later the locomotive went to the Alberta Railway Museum in Alberta, Canada. It has been rebuilt and restored to its original Canadian National paint scheme as CN 6304 which it still has today, well it is not working but is parked in one of the museum's courtyards, we don't know if it will work again but we know it is preserved and that it was one of the locomotives that marked the history of excursions and railways.
The 567Cs weren't replaced by 16-cylinder 645s in the FP9ARM. They were rebuilt with 645 components. The 50HP increase came from modifications to the engine's governor.
6566: *Exists*
Hinton Train Collision: I’m gonna end this man’s whole career.
6300: Haha. You thought you could kill me. Well I never really was on your side.
@BRAD ROCK You'll have it eventually. I got a life too.
The 6505 and 6516 survived and are currently on Pan Am Railways Office car special after being run on Conway Scenic Railroad since 1996.
Miss seeing those blue and yellow cars, brings back memories in the 80s 🙂
VIA 6540 was sold to the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad located Boone, IA in 2002, although it's in Chicago & Northwestern paint now.
the FP9 6566 is gone because in the hinton train crash. the train was leading and it was completely destroyed that day and 6300 was in the hinton train crash too. it have cab damage,and nose damage
Love all your videos ,,, I used to work at the Spadina Car Shops ,,, Cheer's
CN 6520 / VIA 6306 has recently been restored to the 1960's orange and black CN noodle scheme and given her original CN 6520 number. She is preserved at the WCRA Museum in Squamish BC.
Engine 6307 and 6313 for a brief moment went to the Ohio Central Railroad in central Ohio after Jerry Jacobson sold the railroad I honestly don't know where those engines ended up. During Ohio Central ownership they were painted Pennsylvania Railroad Tuscan red with 5 stripes as a tribute to the former Pennsylvania Road line between Pittsburgh and st. Louis on which the OC owns between Denison via Coshocton to Columbus Ohio
@TexasRailfan21 CP bought them for the RCP train and they were renumbered 4106 & 4107.
the CP's were pretty damm cool. at 4:00 The Via is pulling a Mtl. commuter train !
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the old F units only received the VIA logo on the nose for about the first 3 years of VIA, then they were removed for reasons I forget but I think was covered in Chris Greenlaw's book same as to why 6307 and 6313 were adorned with VIA and Canada on their noses.
Not to mention a handful of the FP9s that ran on the Canada 150 Train this summer were ex VIA. (Some not even originally CP)
Railfanmatt4 I heard!!! I think it's really cool some of the FP9s are EX-VIA because it's good to see them in reuse service!!!
Brings me back the old blue and yellow livery
Nice. I'm doing Engines of GO Transit around August. And also got some footage of the rebuilt F40's.
Awesome!!! I will possibly be doing engines of The Goderich-Exeter railway
With regards to the "Ghost scheme" it was originally based off the LRC demonstrater unit. They didn't finalize the LRC paint until after the FP9 was done. No FPA's were painted in the Ghost scheme.
And Via 6505 & 6516 were sold to the Conway Scenic Railroad and the sold to Pan Am in 2010 and re numbered Par 1 & Par 2
Just wanted to let you know. CN never owned any FP7's they only had F7's which were mostly used in frieght service. Some were used by Passenger trains with SGU's as they didn't have steam generators.
Just wanted to let you know that F stood for Frieght. The FP9r or u model was a rebuilt with Head end Power. The Ghost Scheme was supposed to be a LRC like paint scheme to match the LRC before they came with the different colours.
Another thing, apperently one of the two ghost grey coaches MIGHT have been the legendary yet forgotten, Glen Phraser lounge/diner ish cars
That would make a lot of sense honestly.
All the FP9s in the 6500-6542 were from CN. FP7s and FP9s acquired from CP Rail were eventually numbered from 6543 and up. CN units have true F9/FP9/E9 headlight housing, flush-fitted glass "window" with the black rubber seal, and have distinctive rain-strip over the nose door. All CP units, FP7s and FP9s in the 1400's numbers, are easy to spot: they all had F7 headlight housings, with the larger,rounded edge opening with the more recessed glass window without seal. When rebuilt into FP9Au and Arm, all selected ex-CN and ex-CP units were all renumbred in the 6300's, some with Dash-2 EMD electrical components. CN never rostered FP7s. The units you have in your video are F7Au's, made in 1972-73, and other throughout the 70's, from CN F7s and some F3s acquired from GTW. They were used for freight, but yes sometimes pulling CN, then VIA consists, especially in the Rockies. Unit 6300, formerly CN 6524, is the exception in term of headlight housing; the nose was rebuilt with the cab of a wrecked KCS F7 (maybe Wabash?) after the Hinton accident.
I prefer the original rather than the revised F40PH paint scheme. The blue stripe width matched perfectly with the stripe on the Budd cars.
the via 40th and 150th wraps remind me of the ghost scheme using the gray and yellow.
The ‘Ghost’ Scheme reminds me of something similar worn by the Clinchfield (although they use yellow a little more stylishly).
nice! i have 2 F9s on my Ho scale. and a i will catch 85 at the station today, 87 and 88 in st mary's
The Taylor With Autism 2005 that's awesome
I remember growing up seeing the last gasps of the FP9's before they where totally replaced by the F40's and then the GE Genesis locomotives. While I got to see the FP9's in the late 90's, I never to to see the LRC trains :(
I love how in the background at 2:54 is the ontario Northlander pulling it’s HAlf of the trans Europe express trainset (rip the northlander btw)
veru interesting..notice on the 1418 at 7:43..the blue go straight to the top,also front windows are blue,instead of black..interesting detail for the paint scheme
I like the VIA 6532 ghost scheme
The intro was a quite long, but great video!
Wait,wait,wait.... isn't 6566 the one involved in Hinton Train Collision?
Yes. Oh 6300 Was Also In The Hinton Train Collision But Survived
CN never had FP7s. "By the time CNR management was ready to order diesels for mainline passenger service, in late 1953, the FP7 had been replaced in GMD/EMD's catalogue by the FP9." - Ken Goslett & Kevin J. Holland
Who are the FP nines were you in the train that was in the Hinton collision
What editing software do you use?
What about the locos that ran between Winnipeg and Churchill until the late 1990s/early 2000s?
Those were rebuilt straight F7s.
I like ghost Scheme and there is a switcher with ghost Scheme
Wat horn(s) did the FP7 and FP9/FP9Us get?
What moviemaker do you use?
the FP-9U is what brewster in chuggington is based off of.
these trains f9 are since hinton train collision of 1986
Dude. The 6300 series got 645 "packs" which is boring out the 567 engine block and changing the actual cylinders to 645 cylinder packs verse the 567 packs. CN did this to almost all of the rebuilds they completed.. including the sweeps (7100s. ) pretty ssure they also did the 7300s 1400 and 1600s. And i know for a fact. ALL gp9 rebuilds have 645 packs. All the 4000s. 4100. 7000. 7200.
The reasons . Are for maint. Easier for parts inventory
+Martin Doyle good to know thanks!
YAY
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I got a route on Trainz 2 the gave me a FP9 in cnr paint
3 of the fp9s crashed at hinton
They never put 645 V20's into the FP9r.
Cool
7:29 VIA Rail Freight run
What moviemaker do you use?
Camtasia studio 8