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Date: September 1999 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description:The guts behind the monster: The 4300 h.p. GMDD 710 prime mover that powers CN SD75I no. 5795. This prime mover is 710 cubic inches per cylinder, with 16 cylinders. By comparison, it's about 38 times the size of a V8 engine found in many modern pickup trucks. |
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Date: September 1999 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A CN section truck on display at the CN MacMillan Yard Family Day. |
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Date: September 1999 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: CN MacMillan Yard Hump Tower, overseeing the classification of cars inside the yard. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A miniature CN locomotive, based out of Chicago. CN/IC uses this in various community events, in this case as part of MacMillan Yard's annual Family Day. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: Nose shot of a miniature CN locomotive, nicknamed "Little Ugly". |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A display used by CN Police to remind motorists and pedestrians to Look, Listen, and Live when crossing railway tracks. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A CN Hi-Rail truck on display. The truck is 3/4 ton GMC Sierra, equipped with larger wheels, a narrower wheel spacing, 4-wheel drive, and special flanged wheels that fit on rails, which can be raised or lowered. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: The Canadian National Logo at the top of the Administration Building at MacMillan Yard. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Goderich & Exeter Railway Description: A GEXR unit pulls a train into MacMillan Yard. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Goderich & Exeter Railway Description: The second of two GEXR units pulling a train into MacMillan Yard. The GEXR is owned by RailTex (now RailAmerica), which means not all the units are the same colour, but they carry the GEXR reporting marks. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A look inside the Locomotive Reliability Centre (Diesel Shop) at MacMillan Yard. SD75I #5726 waits for some servicing to be done. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: SD40-2W #5349 in one of the pits at the Diesel Shop. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: Outside of the Diesel Shop, SD75I #5735 sits. These locomotives turn out 4300 h.p. from a 16-cylinder diesel prime mover. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A string of locomotives sit outside the Diesel Shop. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: CN GP9u #7221, along with a slug, demonstrates the use of the BeltPak, a remote control for locomotives. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A CN Trackmobile outside of the Car Shop. These vehicles are equipped with both rail wheels and rubber tires, so they can be used on road and rail. They are also equipped with couplers and air lines, to move railcars around. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A look inside CN's MacMillan Yard Car Shop. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A look inside one of the multi-level auto carriers that CN is rebuilding. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: Part of rebuilding, and some routine maintenance, some CN boxcars used in newsprint service are having new wood applied to the interior of the cars. |
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Date: September 2001 Location: MacMillan Yard (Vaughan, Ontario) Railroad: Canadian National Description: A CN scale test car. |