Canadian National's 'Rent-A-Wreck' Era

The memes in 2018 were ridiculous, like Thanos Car, Bowsette...Engines of Amtrak sorta... What else was crazy that year? The variety of leaser locomotives on CN ! From Former CSX Sticker Units to Warbonnet SD75Ms, There wasn't many dull moments when you were trackside on the Canadian National Railway in 2018.
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0:00 - Intro
1:40 - why tf did bro do that
2:29 - Engines of CN - PRLX SD75M
This'll make you feel old; 2018 was 5/6 years ago... bro HOWWW-
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[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

HAYYYYYYY!!!! Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed a look back at some cool engines that CN leased. I don't think I've advertised it in a while but if you want, you can join the discord server! Make sure to share with your mom, your friends, your teacher, as i pledge to go railfanning oiled up at 10K subs! discord.gg/5eSSjn6WHQ

[@gloryannbatista6211]

Hey nice Mario kart WIIIII MUISC ALSO GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[@Michrailfan]

Was not even baked out of my mind and still laughed like a hyena at engines of Amtrak. Best series ever fight me.

[@rivitedrailfan]

It was an awesome year on the CN! I actually saw so many of the ex CSX C40-8Ws that I got bored of them. Until they disappeared, where I started to miss seeing them because they’d at least been different lol. What a great year to Railfan!

[@Henrytherailfan]

1:41 WEEZER🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣😃😃😃

[@SalouYTOfficial]

This is a work of art. Keep up the good work!

[@BFLOPlanesandTrains]

As for the leasers in this video, I saw one CITX SD70M-2 trailing, a handful of ex CREX CN ES44ACS, three bluebirds and multiple Dash 8s

[@bipbipletucha]

Definitely agree it was fun to see the grey ex-leasers breaking up the monotony

[@wrrail]

bro den done unlist the video 🙏🙏🙏

[@YaLikeJazzEh]

I live near a CSX sub, and we have a CP Potash train that comes down every one in a while, ive heard talks of CN powering the potash train during the 2018s

[@JadenGGvam]

We getting out the shops with this one 💯

[@AMRailfan11]

We had PRLX9555 stored on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad for a handful of years before it was scrapped last year

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

WTF they scrapped all of them? Damnnnn lol

[@EuropeanRailfan]

NS also had a lot of leased units in 2018

[@BNSFTrains10]

7:49 however as for CN 3974 it was spotted with a Conrail Graffiti Logo on the right side while the left side is none. and for 3972 it still has it's CITIRAIL Logo

[@Txloganc]

yo what’s up with the anime thumbnail i thought i came for trains 😭 great vid doe

[@warriorrealm9864]

Now NS is in their Rent a Wreck era

[@NorfolkAnd]

Hey I happened to see NS 3982, it's sitting in Altoona by the road I'm not sure if it's going to get scrapped or repainted but it's a cool sight to see

[@labradorite8760]

As someone born in Labrador city, I love the use of a Cartier ac44 at 6:17.

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

The mining roads up there are awesome! Like the QNS&L, Wabush Lake, Arnaud, etc

[@labradorite8760]

@@TheWinnipegRailfanwhen I lived up there I always had to catch a QNS&L ore train when I could. It was an amazing part of my childhood. My cabin was also around 100 feet from the QNS&L main line, so me and my father would walk along side the tracks and look at signals to see if anything was coming.

[@labradorite8760]

@@TheWinnipegRailfanmy father also works for Tacora owned Wabush mines.

[@cocorailfanning6331]

Plrx 201 and 219 could be stored in fort smith arkansas. There is storage of plrx units there. But I can’t 100% confirm they are there

[@callumnichols7652]

I actually caught PRLX 219 and sister engine 200, along with PRLX 4002, an unknown GP40. This was back in March of 2021.

[@donhssm]

Yup. I remember them before I retired I 2019 in Hornepayne, Ont. Had a SD-70 Mac once still in demo scheme paint. Blue/silver/black # 8001. CN just put a "wet noodle" on the side. Nice unit. Leatherish seats. I liked the seats. CN took them out and installed fabric ones that just collect dust and if they get wet, GRRR! Had a UP unit trailing one day and it actually had windshield washer fluid.

[@503railfan]

The CITX SD70M-2s were all scrapped in 2023, along with CIT's SD60Ms, most of the CIT SD90MACs have also been scrapped at this point. I believe most if not all of the PRLX SD75s and SD70MACs have also been scrapped.

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

another banger vid

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

thank you Sgt. Pepper ! !

[@WildWildWeasel]

Lmao bowsette in the thumbnail 😂

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

god damn, i remember being 16 at the time and thinking she was the hottest thing out there...

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

LMAO same Down astronomically bad back then

[@molossis]

i lit saw like 3 CREX units in flint michigan on 3 trains, it was insane

[@navinmcrazy1]

i like this

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

NAMCRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

[@Hopen111YT]

Epic

[@Trainboy9159]

utopia theme by todd rundgrens utopia :)

[@GTKCF2023]

ELGIN JOLIET AND EASTERN TAKEOVER

[@railroadhistoryarchives]

I miss trains

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

Me when the

[@ThePrairiesRailfan]

there a submissive bowser femgirl in the thumbnail… GOD… also I saw CP 7023 thru my school window leading and I wasn’t able to record it!!!! GODD… also very nice video and now I will disappear

[@CNRailfan.]

I remember seeing 7332 on the CN Holly Sub trailing on a CN train. I thought it was funny.

[@CentralManitobaRailfan]

Leaser1!1!!11

[@Straight2_OfficalGaming]

This may be happening again, I've seen 3 HLCX leasers on CN trains.

[@bigiron2572]

Imagine if CN and CSX merged to compete against CPKC

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

CNSX lmfaoo

[@cac_deadlyrang]

2018 was the year Bluey aired, and also I think the TY the Tasmanian Tiger remaster was released.

[@mamarussellthepie3995]

More UP SD70Ms then too 😮‍💨

[@therailfan5412]

Around 7:30, slight correction. Of the 125 CREX ES44ACs, CN bought 122. Of the 3 remaining, one had been scrapped prior and 2 had been sold to a company in Africa. I'll respond to myself after I look up specific numbers.

[@therailfan5412]

The units in question are CREX 1331 (scrap), CREX 1504, 1505. The latter 2 were sold to Arcelor in Liberia, and are lettered AMMC 1504 & 1505

[@CentralCanadaRailfan]

GECX 9520!!!!

[@MVF_2024-]

At least it was bowsett not a vapeora-

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

Did you know that va-

[@wirtr]

You dont know how much I miss that decade that was the 2010s I saw tons of great things like CN 8952 before repaint with GECX 7383 and a UP dash 9, also yes nobody asked but idc, also they killed the leasers. Also the CITX SD70M-2s were stored in St. Louis, MO and were allegedly scrapped.

[@tueypjr4823]

All ex ATSF 75M's were killed. Edit: I legit saw CSX 7376 back in 2018 with fresh paint with patch out along with its sticker.

[@stuew6]

CITIRAIl unit were Bought back to CN new power but Not Repaint.

[@kodachromerailroadvideos6571]

Nah, I've never been baked and I thought the parody series was funny as fuck

[@Indianarailproductions]

The Roku background is crazy… wherd you get it..?

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

From My TV LMAOOOO (Jk it's on YT)

[@Indianarailproductions]

@@TheWinnipegRailfanoh

[@bub-e2592]

Railroads don't lease them anymore... Just Buying used Locomotives for their Rebuild projects, and maybe reactivating old ones from Storage as an Interim. (In the case of CSX)

[@canadianbacon2205]

bros still using the 2018 og amtrak guy 365 intro

[@milepost26.69]

all of the CITX SD70M-2s were scrapped

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

damnnn RIP lol

[@johndeerefan725]

Wow, SD70M-2s aren't common to spot. I've heard NS brought their SD70M-2s back onto their fleet.

[@orbitsrailfanvids]

Braw!

[@MrAsianPie]

Rent a wreck? Sounds like the adoption system

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

I want to adopt 7303 so baddd

[@RailfanVal]

And did the GECX ET44AC Gone from CN?

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

some went back but most are still on CN (re painted and re numbered)

[@therailfan5412]

​@@TheWinnipegRailfan CN bought all 12 they leased, have since repainted 8 into 31XX numbers. They still have 4 holes in the 31XX fleet for the remaining blueberries.

[@am2261]

I thought/hoped some of the zebra stripes on their recently received rebuilds would break up the procession of mediocrity.... But no. 😕

[@Duck64906]

No wonder why the sd60f pulling UK locomotive

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

I'm pretty sure they were being delivered from the factory to the port of Halifax to be sent over

[@canadiantrainperson]

sd70mac's arent too rare on CN... I one caught a CN with an SD75I and a SD70ACE

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

I kinda meant the couple executive scheme MACs they leased lol

[@canadiantrainperson]

@@TheWinnipegRailfan Oh yeah those are pretty rare tbh I think theyre in storage somewhere... :(

[@CSXincyRailfan]

TWR (Tat Wat Rak)

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

the winpig :)

[@Ayden2008]

Bro loves PSR *your joking right?*

[@Csxfan2010.]

It's obvious sarcasm. You can tell by the sound of his voice.

[@TheWinnipegRailfan]

i am dead serious, psr is so good!!! joking of course, lol

[@Ayden2008]

@@TheWinnipegRailfan PSR: Precision scheduling railroading More like: death of the railroads

[@Asillytrainboy2011]

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