CP Eastbound w/ ALCO's 4563 & 4573! Sept. 94

Train #202 gets a new crew at the CSX East Tower in Grand Rapids, MI. Then as it departs, it goes into emergency and has to cut out a set of stacks. This gave me a chance to get up close for some ALCO detail on these two. Sadly, never saw either one again... On a happy note, the 4563 which was the worst looking one of the two, was saved from being scrapped and now on display at the Canadian Railway Museum in Quebec!

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

I remember in the mid 90's, reading about these Alco's in trains magazine . St Luc shops, {hope that's right} in Canada and the sad story of the shop folks going through the Alco fleet seeing which locomotives still had life in them. Long live any ALCO !!!!

[@trainhound1732]

Prehistoric Dash 9's....I loved these MLW's. The crews always had a love/hate relationship with them though. They out pulled anything else on rails but the ride was like being on a bull for a lot longer than 8 seconds.

[@PGE564]

In Canada, you spell ALCO, as MLW! All BC Rail's big M's were gone in 1990!

[@thomasklimchuk441]

O the smell of those MLW's certainly bring back memories On sumner day while going eastern bound to Mac yard on the Halton sub The turbo failed and boy talk about the black exhaust that she put out

[@andrebouchard2036]

Eight Alco on the line at departure time,four at arrival with half your train park in side line along the Sherbrooke sub.Lot of oil on the running board.

[@alexpaumen3937]

You can see 4563 at the Exporail museum.

[@b3j8]

Very cool! Been many, many yrs since I last saw an Alco in actual svc. I mean like 40 yrs, believe it or not...

[@davebolyard6808]

I enjoy this video thank you for sharing it Dave Bolyard

[@JayJr2007]

Great video

[@tjmfishing]

Great Alco shots, when were those units retired they look old

[@tjmfishing]

Oh, whoops, what a shame

[@DH7409]

Very soon after this was shot. This may have even been their last run. Tim

[@tjmfishing]

Emergency?

[@jeffskene42]

yep these "centruys" alcos were saved if running and no magor problems from the scrapers torch in late 93 early 94 due to power shortages and never lead except for the cat repowered century(number escapes me) the ones not road worthy were scavanged at the old angus shops (montreal) of anything usable to keep the road worthy ones running and parts were shiped from angus to st luc for use keeping road worthys alive

[@9751asd]

4711?