Happy Holidays from the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club

The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club wishes all of its members, readers, friends and followers a merry and joyous Christmas season and a wonderful New Year! See you next year, and keep 'em on the rails!
 

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club’s first clinic carnival in two years was a success

Tyler Fedoroshyn displayed his collection of models, structures and dioramas at the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's Clinic Carnival held on December 10 at the Charleswood Legion.  

It was a long time coming, but it was well worth it! The WMRC’s first clinic carnival in two years had some terrific clinics and a very good turnout. Much thanks to Program Director Dave Downie for organizing this great event!

  Tyler Fedoroshyn wowed the club with his spectacular display of modelling he did by making custom parts with his 3D printer. He also displayed several of his scratch built structures, which had detailed interiors.

Long time WMRC member Marcel Blair showed off his expert skills as he resurrected a 40 year old brass diesel engine. WMRC Past President Larry Leavens showed us how to “tune up” an inexpensive freight car to NMRA standards with weights, Kadee couplers and metal wheel sets.

WMRC treasurer John Bate couldn’t make it to the meeting, but he still was able to give a great presentation via Zoom about building turnouts using Fast Tracks jigs and using servo motors to operate them.

The club also held their annual Christmas hot dog banquet. Much thanks to our gourmet chefs, Dave Downie and Arlene Fetch, for cooking up all of those delicious tube steaks!

 Larry Leavens (right) shows WMRC President Bob Harrison how to upgrade rolling stock.

 

Marcel Blair shows Gary Stempnick how to revive brass diesel engines.

 

John Bate did his clinic about building turnouts using Fast Tracks jigs virtually via Zoom.

 

Some more examples of Tyler Fedoroshyn's models and structures.
 

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club holds a Christmas Party

All aboard for Christmas at the Station! The Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club is having a Christmas party on Saturday, December 18 from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. There will be model railroad exhibits, hot beverages, snacks and more!

Admission is only five bucks. Kids under 12 will be admitted for free. The CP station in Portage is located at 251 - 3rd street NE. Proof of COVID-19 double vaccination is required for entry for everyone 18 years of age and older.
 

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club holds first Clinic Carnival in two years

 Come one, come all to the WMRC’s first clinic carnival in two years! The fun begins on Friday, December 10, at 7:00 PM at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. The starting time of our meetings has been permanently changed from 7:30 to 7:00.
   We will also be holding our Christmas Hot Dog Banquet, so bring your appetites! We have a great line up of Winnipeg’s finest model railroaders who will demonstrate their skills.
        
        Robert Weaver – Photo Editing: Robert is amassing a collection of old photos, slides and negatives. He will show how he tackles the job to improve the quality of the images. Robert will explain the software that he uses.
        Marcel Blair – Resurrecting an Alco Models Brass Diesel: Marcel will show how he gets an old brass diesel model to run again. Replacement parts for a 40 year old model need to be found and adapted to fit. Here is your opportunity to learn how you can rebuild it!
        John Bate – Fast Tracks turnouts: John is a N Scale modeller who builds his turnouts using Fast Tracks jigs. Whether you model in N, HO or O Scale, if you want to build your own turnouts, the Fast Tracks system will work for you. A demonstration of using servo motors to control the turnouts will also be done.
        Larry Leavens - Freight Car Tune Up: What do you do with that $5 prize freight car you bought at Mega Train when it will not stay on the rails? A little tune up is needed. Couplers, correct weight and new wheel sets will greatly improve the performance of any rail car. Most ready to run cars are too light and might derail on curves or while being pushed through a turnout. The NMRA has a standard weight practice that will keep them on the rails. The Kadee coupler has become the standard coupler for HO today. For most cars it’s a simple swap, but for others it may take some work. Replacing plastic wheel sets with metal ones will greatly improve the operation.    
        Neil Carleton – Weathering: Neil will show how you can weather your rolling stock and structures using pan pastels and AK pencils. He'll have some models that he's working on so you can see his technique.
        Tyler Fedoroshyn – Model Building: Tyler will show samples of custom detailed and weathered locomotives along with 3D printed detail parts that he's created with his 3D Resin Printer. Tyler will also display an early winter scene in a freelanced village.
        
              The Legion requires proof of full vaccination for entry. Masks will be required at the meeting. Please bring a "tin for the bin" for Winnipeg Harvest. We will have a photo display, but there will be no model display.  If you can’t make it, please email us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com and we’ll send you a link. Only the business portion of the meeting will be broadcast on Zoom.
 

John Bate builds an adjustable track aligner for a swing gate

 

WMRC treasurer John Bate submitted this model to the club’s monthly model display of a three level swing gate he is building to go across the door in his train room. It is based on a article in Model Railroader Magazine written by TLR member Gerry Leone.

John says that it may get out of alignment due to house shifting or humidity changes, but this design will allow a quick adjustment of the horizontal position. Vertical alignment is assured by a simple mechanism.

He used a 6-32 bolt, nuts an washers, a small 6-32 nut removed from a 1/8” toggle bolt, a Styrene strip and PCB ties purchased from Fast Tracks at handlaidtrack.com.

Dave Downie and Felix Lesiuk receive awards at Winnipeg Model Railroad Club’s September meeting.

                                 Felix Lesiuk displays his trophy of best digital prototype photo.

At the WMRC’s September meeting, the very first in-person meeting in a year, the executive was finally able to hand out a couple of awards to some very worthy recipients. This was usually done at our AGM and banquet, but the club hadn’t been able to hold this event for two years.

WMRC Program Director Dave Downie won the Peter Able Memorial Award for photo special event. Long time member Felix Lesiuk won the Nick Andrusiak Memorial Award for best digital prototype photo. Congratulations to the both of you!

                                  Dave Downie is seen holding his trophy for photo special event.
 

The closing of the Winnipeg Railway Museum puts the future of the Gateway Western Railway in jeopardy

On November 5 Via Rail served notice to the Winnipeg Railway Museum that the part of Union Station they use will no longer be available. Their last day of operation will be December 31, 2021.

Via states that tracks one and two need to be brought up to safety standards. The station is undergoing extensive renovations to its exterior wall. The museum occupies 37,500 square feet in the station. Via states that they will continue to house the museum’s artifacts and they will be working with the museum to find a new home.

Union Station is a national heritage site. Heritage Canada regulations require Via to keep it in a good state of repair. The west wall of the train shed has been slowly deteriorating for several years.

Construction of the new wall is scheduled to begin in January 2022, at which time the Museum space becomes a designated Construction Zone requiring suitable PPE for all personnel. Only construction personnel will be permitted on site during the construction.

After the new wall is complete, the current Building Code Occupancy Requirements will apply, and the space the museum occupies does not meet these requirements. When the museum was opened in the early 1990's it was in accordance with the occupancy requirements of the building code at that time.

The plywood partition between Tracks 2 & 3 needs to be replaced with metal/concrete/glass, the electrical plant and lighting must be upgraded, the sprinkler system must be replaced, to the tune of $3,000,000 in order to qualify for an occupancy permit.

The museum is home to the Gateway Western Railway, operated by the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club. The contents of the Gateway are the property of the club. The structure that contains the Gateway is owned by the museum. No notice has been given as to whether or when the club will have to remove their display.

It has been a very rough year for Winnipeg’s model railroad and rail fan community. Along with the closing of the museum, the Assiniboine Valley Railway and Cellar Dweller Hobby Supply have also closed this year.

For more information on the closing of the museum, please go to the following links:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/railway-museum-relocate-union-station-via-winnipeg-1.6245828

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-railway-museum-closing-at-end-of-december-1.5660148

https://globalnews.ca/news/8363527/winnipeg-railway-museum-to-close-doors-dec-31-seeks-new-home-for-2022/

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/winnipeg-railway-museum-to-shutter-at-end-of-year-575720112.html

 

Take a historic tour of the Banff railroad station at the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's next meeting

We have two great presentations on tap a our next meeting! Rob Badmington will present "Change is the only constant". He will show some of the changes that have taken place in railroading, and how you can use them on your layout. Ron has had a 35 year career in the Engineering and Purchasing departments at CP and CN. He is the editor of Highball, the PNR 6th division newsletter.

Then Don Thomas will do a clinic on the history of the Banff railroad station and its summer passenger train operations. He worked at CP with legendary Corporate Archivist Omer Lavallée and later worked in their regulatory affairs department for 33 years.He is a director of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s (CRHA) Calgary and Southwest Chapter, the National Dream Legacy Society and is a member of the Lexington Group and the Calgary Model Railway Society.

The canteen will be open, and we will be holding our monthly model and photo displays.

Our meeting time at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard,  has been permanently changed from 7:30PM to 7:00PM. Doors will be open at 6:30PM. Capacity at the Tank Room in the Legion is limited to 50. The Legion requires all visitors to the building to show proof of full vaccination before entry. The province has mandated that masks will be required in public places. If you wish to attend the meeting on Zoom please contact us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com for a link.

These are not kits! Tyler Fedoroshyn designed and printed these Jordan Spreaders!

These are not model kits! These Jordan Spreaders are entirely 3D designed and printed by WMRC member Tyler Fedoroshyn! They began as 3D CAD drawings, broken down into about 60 pieces, and printed on his AnyCubic Photon 3D printer. They were then assembled, painted and scaled to match the prototype.

The one difference between Jordan spreaders is the size of the side wings. Tyler has designed four different wing styles to match the CP, CN, BN and ONR Jordan Spreaders. Tyler is offering the Jordan Spreader model as a kit.

Along with the Jordan Spreaders, the snow plow and the SD-40-2 are representative of modern CP snow fighting trains which Tyler modified or custom built after the equipment around the Lake Louise station.
 

Rapido's Jason Shron gives the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club an exclusive tour of his layout on October 27

Mark Wednesday, October 27 on your calendar as Rapido's Jason Shron gives the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club an exclusive private tour of his layout! This is your opportunity to see one of Canada's most famous home layouts, which is still under construction. Ask Jason about his plan for the layout and its construction! The Zoom link will be sent to all club members. If you are not a member and wish to see this exciting event, please contact us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com for a link.

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club presents annual awards at October meeting

WMRC president Bob Harrison presents the President's shield award to Marvin and Arlene Fetch at the club's October 2021 meeting. 

The WMRC presented three awards at their October 2021 meeting. The recipients were awarded on-line at the club's virtual AGM, which was held in May. This was the first time since then that the club was able to present the awards in person.

WMRC secretary Marvin Fetch and his wife Arlene were awarded the president's shield for their volunteer work for the club. WMRC Program Director Dave Downie won the Peter Abel Memorial Award Photo Special Event, and Felix Lesiuk won the Nick Andrusiak Memorial Award for best digital prototype photo.

                Felix Lesiuk won the Nick Andrusiak Memorial Award for best digital prototype photo.

    WMRC program director Dave Downie won the Peter Abel Memorial Award Photo Special Event.
 
 

 

Two great presentations at WMRC's October 15 in person (and virtual) meeting

We have two great Zoom presentations at our second in-person meeting of the season. First, Tom Price of Calgary will present How the Railways Developed Communication Across Canada. Tom is a 37 year CPR veteran who worked in Engineering and Maintenance of Way.

Then former WMRC member Marc Simpson of Coquitlam will make a presentation called The Hudson Bay Railway and HBM&S - The Means to an End. Marc got interested in the Hudson Bay Railway and HBM&S railway operations in the 1990's while working in Flin Flon. He has researched the history and operations of CN and subsequent operators of the lines north of The Pas. He will cover the history, operations and modelling of the CN, HBR and Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting (now known as HudBay minerals).

On top of that, the monthly model display and the photo display is also being held, and the canteen will be open!

The meeting will be held at the Canadian Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. Please note that the date of the meeting has been moved from October 8 to October 15, and the time of the meeting has been changed from 7:30 to 7:00. The doors will be open at 6:30.

Capacity at the Tank Room at the Legion is limited to 50 persons. The Legion requires all visitors to the building to show proof of full vaccination before entry.  The province has mandated that masks will be required in all public places. If you wish to attend the meeting on Zoom please contact us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com for a link.

 

Revisit the 2021 Manitoba Mega Train Show on You Tube

 Did you miss the Manitoba Mega Train Show last week? Do you want to relive memories of the show? Well, here's your chance to do it in this great video done by the friendly folks at Canadian Model Railroad, producers of  the "It's Train Time" videos on their own You Tube Channel. They produced a great video featuring all of your favorite layouts and interviews with many model railroaders.  All you have to do is click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06M1DNvGEn4. Sit back, relax and enjoy an hour of model railroading fun!

Portage Model Railroad Club presents 2021 Running of the Trains Day this Saturday

The Portage Model Railroad Club will be holding their 2021 Running of the Trains Day this Saturday, October 2, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Canadian Pacific railway station at Portage La Prairie, 251 3rd street north. 

Members have reported that extensive renovations and improvement have been made to the station and to the club's operating layouts and displays since their last open house was held two years ago. Come see it for yourself! It's worth the trip!

Admission is $5.00. Kids under 12 admitted for free. All visitors must be fully immunized and show proof of vaccination. Children under 12 may attend if accompanied by a fully vaccinated member of their household.
 

The Manitoba Mega Train Show is happening this weekend!

 

The Manitoba Mega Train Show is back, and it's happening this weekend at Red River Exhibition Place! Social distancing will be practiced. That there will be larger aisles, fewer vendors and a controlled crowd flow.  Some of the layouts will not be in their usual spots. There will be no vendors or displays from outside of Manitoba. All vendors, exhibitors and attendees over the age of 12 must be double vaccinated to attend. You must show proof of vaccination to enter. Masks are mandatory, except for children three years of age and under.

The Manitoba Mega Train Show will be held on Sept 25 & 26th this year at the Red River Exhibition Place, 3977 Portage Avenue. Hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both days. Admission for adults is $8.00, youths aged four to twelve $6.00, family packs $25.00. Free admission for children age three and under. Admission includes unlimited free rides on the Mega Train.

Retired dispatcher Gordon Smith relives his days at the Delaware and Hudson Railway at the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's September 17 meeting

Gordon Smith as a young man is pictured on a classic Delaware and Hudson Alco unit.

The second clinic of our September 17 meeting will be held by Gordon Smith, a retired dispatcher for the Delaware & Hudson and Canadian Pacific. Gordon is a prolific rail fan with a treasure trove of material. His presentation will cover the D&H railroad operations over all four Subdivisions including some trackage rights shots, in the time period from 1969 until he was transferred to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1993 when CP consolidated the D&H train dispatchers with those of the SOO Line.

The meeting starts at 7:30 PM in the Tank Room at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard on September 17. Capacity at the Tank Room at the Legion is limited to 50 persons. The Legion requires all visitors to the building to show proof of full vaccination before entry. As of this writing, the province has mandated that masks will be required in all indoor public places. If you wish to attend this meeting via Zoom, please contact us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com for a link. Not a member? Not a problem! Guests are always warmly welcomed.
 

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club to hold a combination in-person and virtual meeting on September 17

The WMRC will be holding its first in-person meeting in a year on September 17. The meeting will also be seen live on Zoom. As both of our presenters will be doing their clinics outside of the province via Zoom, it was a simple matter to hold an in-person and a virtual meeting simultaneously.

The date has been moved from the usual second Friday of the month to Friday, September 17 as Tank Room at the Charleswood Legion is being used as an advance polling station.

Our first clinic features Gerry Schaefer, an accomplished modeller who is writes about trains and model railroading under the name of Hunter Hughson. He has had several features published in Railroad Model Craftsman and publishes two blogs, Ontario in HO Scale and The Niagara Branch. He has produced ten virtual RPMs under the brand Hindsight 20/20. His modelling is focused on the Penn Central and Lehigh Valley in the early 1970s.

Gerry's clinic tracks the construction of a Cannon & Company laser cut styrene kit of a Great Northern plate C double door boxcar. It covers techniques for working with styrene and a layered approach to weathering that starts with custom mixed paint colours to achieve a faded look under the lettering and progresses through weathering to the finished model.

Capacity at the Tank Room at the Legion is limited to 50 persons. The Legion requires all visitors to the building to show proof of full vaccination before entry. As of this writing, the province has mandated that masks will be required at all indoor public places. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM in the Tank Room at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard on September 17. Not a member? Not a problem! Guests are always warmly welcomed. If you wish to attend the Zoom meeting only, please contact us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com and we will send you a link.
 

Winnipeg Model Railroad club to hold its first in-person meeting in a year on September 17

The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club will hold its first in-person meeting in a year on September 17 in the tank room at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard.  The meeting has been moved from its usual date on the second Friday of the month to Friday, September 17 because the Tank Room is being used for advance polling. Capacity at the Tank Room at the Legion is limited to 50 persons. The Legion requires all visitors to the building to show proof of full vaccination before entry. This is important as the Tank Room is also being used as a day care center. If you cannot show proof of vaccination, you will not be allowed to enter. As of August 25, the province has mandated that masks will be required in all public places. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM.

There will be a Manitoba Mega Train Show this year

The Manitoba Mega Train Show is going ahead this year. Capacity at Red River Exhibition Place is limited 50%, but the organizers of the show don’t anticipate any problems with that, as the show doesn’t normally have 500 people present at one time.

Social distancing is a provincial government requirement, which means that there will be larger aisles and a controlled crowd flow. As a result, the number of vendors have been cut in half. Some of the layouts will not be in their usual spots. The organizers are proposing that vendors will be placed along the outside walls and the layouts and displays will be in open areas. There will be no vendors or displays from outside of Manitoba. There just isn’t enough room this year.

 All vendors, exhibitors and attendees over the age of 12 must be double vaccinated to attend. The organizers will be asking all exhibitors and vendors for proof before the show,  as they had to limit the number of layouts and vendors due to these health regulations. Everyone must wear a mask at the show, except for children three years of age and under due to possible suffocation. 

As of August 25, the province has mandated that masks will be required at all indoor public places. Masks will still be required at the Manitoba Mega Train Show whether or not the province decides to lift these regulations.  

The Manitoba Mega Train Show will be held on Sept 25 & 26th this year at the Red River Exhibition Place. the hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both days.

Metal railway signs for sale at Mulvey Flea Market

The Tin Man at the Mulvey Flea Market is offering railway themed metal signs at reduced prices. The signs are made by a local outfit called Tin Sign City. The Mulvey Flea Market is located at 421 Mulvey Avenue East in Winnipeg. They are open on weekends and holiday Mondays from 10 AM to 5 PM.

A wide variety of paint schemes on motive power on the CP line

Felix Lesiuk has captured some interesting images rail fanning along Highway 221, which hugs the CP mainline from the perimeter highway to Marquette, Manitoba and the Glenboro subdivision, which runs south of the CP mainline from Winnipeg to Souris, Manitoba.

He found some CSX and BNSF units, as well as a CP unit in its military paint scheme. His most interesting catch were some former CP SD40-2Fs(nicknamed as “red barns” when they were painted in CP colours) of the Central Maine and Quebec Railway coming off the Glenboro sub. CP purchased the CM&Q last year.

 

The WInnipeg Railway Museum and the Gateway Western Railway are open again

Great news! You can now visit the Winnipeg Railway Museum and view the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's Gateway Western Railway again! As of Saturday, July 17 the museum will be open seven days a week from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The Gateway Western Railway, the largest modular HO layout in the province, will be open for viewing. Only members of the WMRC and the Winnipeg Railway Museum are allowed inside the structure that houses the layout. The Gateway's Tuesday operating nights and maintenance sessions are still suspended pending on a decision from Via Rail to have the station open later. 

The museum is located on the second level of the Via Rail station at 123 Main Street. Admission to the museum is $7.00. Seniors get in for $6.00.  Students over 16 years of age with ID get in for $6.00. 

To enter the museum you must show proof that you're fully vaccinated. You also must wear a mask and practice social distancing at all times. Children under 12 years of age are not allowed in the museum at this time.

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club mourns passing of Vern Gibson

Vern Gibson (right) is pictured with his good friend Hilt Friesen in their store, Elmwood Hobby Works, on the cover of the Sunday Herald in 1999.

Long time WMRC member Vern Gibson passed away on Friday, July 16 at age 89, just short of his 90th birthday in August. He was a resident of Beacon Hill Lodge during his final years.

Vern spent most of his working life at the Centennial Concert Hall. He will be fondly remembered by the model railroad community as the founder of Elmwood Hobby Works, which he started in a small section of his good friend Hilt Friesen’s furniture, window treatment and blind shop. Hilt became a co-partner and the shop expanded to take over the entire building.

Vern and Hilt built the business up, providing an excellent stock of model train equipment for all gauges along with great service. Their mail order business was well received by hobbyists across Western Canada. Vern eventually sold his half of the business to Hilt and devoted the rest of his time to his favourite hobby. He and his good friend Marvin Fetch built a spectacular layout in Marvin’s house, which has been featured in several model railroad publications and posts on-line.

Vern was a lifetime member of the NMRA, and he encouraged almost everyone who entered his shop to join. He kept membership forms in a desk drawer right by the cash register. He attended many regional and national conventions, the last one being the 2006 TLR convention held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

CN Portage station makes top 10 endangered structures list for 2021.

This archive photo of the Portage CNR station was taken from the files of the Manitoba Historical Society.

 The CN Portage station has made the  Manitoba Historical Society’s top 10 endangered structures list for 2021. The station was originally built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908. It was later used by CN Rail when the Canadian government took over the bankrupt Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern Railway in 1919. Via Rail still uses it as a stop. For many years it was a bus depot used by Greyhound Bus Lines. It was closed  in October 2018, and it is presently vacant.

The Manitoba Historical Society tracks historically significant buildings around the province that they feel deserve to be preserved and better known. For Canada Historic Places Day on Saturday, July 3 2021, they released their annual list of the ten most endangered buildings and other structures, in order from oldest to newest.  To access this list, click here. 

This image of the CN station, taken from the files of the Manitoba Historical Society, was taken by our own Hilt Friesen sometime in the 1970's.

 

Exclusive images of a Loram rail grinding train on the CP main line

Our main man and ace photographer Felix Lesiuk captured these rare images of a Loram maintenance of way rail grinding train in action on the CP mainline this spring. Although he regretted not finding it later in the day when the sunlight would've exposed a shower of sparks, it's still great to see these unique units hard at work. He also took some neat images along the CN line, including a very short Via train. 

Local rail fanning in Winnipeg presents a plethora of possibilities

Some of our readers have asked about where they can take rail fan photos without having to travel to remote locations hundreds of kilometers out of town. Fortunately, Winnipeg has both the CN and CP main lines running through town, and there are many rail fanning opportunities, all within a short drive.

WMRC social media director Paul Ullrich cycled over to the CP yards last week and took these shots from Jarvis Avenue, the parking lot of the strip mall on McPhillips Street and the aqueduct off of Logan Avenue overlooking the Weston shops. He stayed at a safe distance away from railroad property and used a 25X zoom lens to capture the action. Pleased be advised that the rail lines are private property and take trespassing very seriously. 

Felix Lesiuk's springtime rail fanning reaps a harvest of great shots

Felix Lesiuk always has had a great eye for the unique rail fanning shot. Pictured above is a coal train coming down the track with a strong wind blowing an enormous cloud of coal dust from the open hoppers. He also captured a unique CP consist featuring a Milwaukee Road passenger car, a bunk car and a converted heavyweight passenger car seen outside of Rosser. He has also taken notice of the proliferation of Union Pacific motive power recently seen on the CP line.