CN 4618 arrives at the Alberta Railway Museum

[@AlbertaBoundRailfanning]

So awesome of CN to donate this! I was just grabbing some photos of it across the field yesterday. Sure wish the museum was open so I could go and see it up close haha!

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

I’m really happy that one of these was saved!!

[@joshthetrainfan]

I love this. I was hoping one of these would be preserved!

[@armandoperez7967]

Can’t wait to see it restored to BC Rail colors!

[@yeahman70]

This is very awesome this got donated, I was starting to worry there would not be a single C40-8M left with how CN has been scrapping them. Unfortunate that its one of the few that got repainted, but hopefully itll get repainted into BC Rail paint and restored at some point. Amazing work

[@meriachee]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@BCrailguy45]

I think the reason is why they chose a repainted one because it has very little frame sag

[@yeahman70]

@@BCrailguy45basically every C40-8M has a frame sag and you can see it on this one. It’s likely that they asked cn to buy one and then cn just gave them a random one and it happened to be the repainted one

[@bobsmith2637]

@@yeahman70 4618 got a new engine less than four years ago and is mechanically complete. It might be the last cowl unit to have gotten a major mechanical overhaul and is also one of the most recently repainted one, having been painted in the current CN colours around 2010 or 2011.

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

It is unclear what Alberta Railway Museum plans to do with BCOL #4618. I know for a fact that this giant is in good hands.

[@NERRP2017]

Holy cow. One of my favorite cn diesels is being saved this is truly amazing

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Excellent, nice that she was saved. Hopefully the ARM can get her running properly and use it at least on the main station track. She is a heavy one

[@meriachee]

Now then , about that 40-2 before they’re all gone…..

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

The Alberta Railway Museum will inspect this cowl giant for a possible return to service on the museum grounds. It's unclear if they will repaint #4618 or not.

[@CBrailfan]

It’s great that one of these got preserved let’s hope that another one gets luckily like 4618

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

BCOL #4618 has a new home now. Welcome to the Alberta Railway Museum BCOL #4618. Canadian National has finally listened to the community. Welcome to preservation, BCOL #4618.

[@GTKCF2023]

Yay

[@Dbodell8000]

How about donating one to the Railway museum of BC in Squamish?

[@CP-Lisa]

Great video! Very helpful for modellers 😊

[@meriachee]

Glad you enjoyed it! There will be some interior video in the near future.

[@CP-Lisa]

Awesome, can't wait to see the video@@meriachee

[@844SteamFan]

I’m glad one got preserved, there’s a few Dash 8s sitting in Council Bluffs, IA waiting to be taken to be scrapped. I managed to see them moving some around before about 2/3s were taken back in July. Not all of them are Cowls though, there’s C40-8s, C40-8Ws and the C40-8M. There was also an IC Blue Devil, but that’s gone.

[@Dbodell8000]

Nice it's preserved but why didn't it go to a museum in BC?

[@CoreythelordoftheIsles]

i hope it gets repainted into BC Color's and give it a K5H/L

[@stephensalloum7763]

Hope another one will be preserved At the Waterloo Central Railway

[@Coffee_Rail1112]

6 axel units are too heavy for that line and they don't have space for it seeing as they are already trying to buy a G5 pacific

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

The Waterloo Central Railway tracks won't be able to handle a 6 axle cowl unit like a C40-8M

[@Buford_Railfans2822]

They gonna repaint it to BCOL paint hopefully so

[@meriachee]

Start lobbying. :)

[@MLWQC]

Great catch and video. That is very good indeed. Question? The Dofasco trucks.. are they the M636 trucks? Part of the MLW traded in for Dash 8 - some of which had the MLW trucks.

[@meriachee]

That could be, Didn't the 636 have oddly spaced axles?

[@trainfan32]

Yes! CWP is proud!

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

You mean CUP? It's CUP not CWP. But anyways here's the correction for you: Yes! CUP is proud!

[@BmdZero]

Glad that she was preserved :)

[@AikenkneesRailway]

Right on.....! 👍

[@meriachee]

Thanks for the opportunity.

[@GTKCF2023]

@@meriacheewhat about the blue devils or the others like 4619

[@AjBProductions]

Well done!

[@meriachee]

Thanking you sir!

[@KendallTNRailfans15]

Nice!

[@GTKCF2023]

YEAHHHHH

[@olivei2484]

Cool you got the drone vids. What does BCOL stand for?

[@meriachee]

BCOL and BCIT are the reporting marks for BCRail. This unit was done out in the red, white and blue colours, you can see some evidence of that around the grilles on the aft end. I have a few hours on the new controller, the Cine mode is amazing, not well represented in this footage, it was quite windy, and the window was very small.

[@olivei2484]

@@meriachee DJI 3 Pro? Saw the shadow, but that was it.

[@meriachee]

@@olivei2484 I took the Air2s today. Normally for real close up stuff I’d use the mini (v1) because it doesn’t complain so much about being in the same timezone to immovable objects….

[@bobsmith2637]

@@meriachee BCOL stands for BC On Line, for stuff that stayed in Canada and predominantly operated on home rails. BCIT was used for cars that were intended for International Traffic and had the appropriate duties and taxes paid so they could legally be used for shipments into the U.S. And there is a third British Columbia Railway reporting mark, BCNE, which was used for coal cars that were jointly owned and operated by CN and BC Rail between Prince Rupert and the northeastern BC mines.

[@meriachee]

@@bobsmith2637 thanks Bob! A wealth of knowledge, as always!

[@GstarEdmsTrainProductions]

great!

[@meriachee]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nathanditton5011]

Ah yes, chug box

[@Coffee_Rail1112]

of course someone stole the number boards off it

[@StocktonSubber]

Those were off even before the unit moved to Alberta.

[@SEIC2K6IsImproving]

The numberboards taken off because the unit was originally supposed to be scrapped. However CN saved it and donated BCOL #4618 to ARM