Charlie---here's the only Honouring our Troops unit I've caught---the Air Force version #7023.There are 5 in total.
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Today was one of those special days in my hometown---I spotted SD70ACU #6644 with a Heritage unit #7016 as they passed through Kinnear Yard on train 246 south.#6644 is one of Canadian Pacific's "Support our Troops" specially painted locomotives to honour both Canadian and American Armed Forces---this unit is painted and numbered to commemorate D-Day---thus the number 6-6-44.
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(07-22-2020, 06:25 PM)cn nutbar Wrote: [ -> ]Today was one of those special days in my hometown---I spotted SD70ACU #6644 with a Heritage unit #7016 as they passed through Kinnear Yard on train 246 south.#6644 is one of Canadian Pacific's "Support our Troops" specially painted locomotives to honour both Canadian and American Armed Forces---this unit is painted and numbered to commemorate D-Day---thus the number 6-6-44.
Nice catches Ed. Was it luck or do you get a heads up? I have email alerts set up on heritageunits.com but I don't know if you can do that in Canada. I have mine set for a 75 mile radius of Salem Ohio so I do get timely heads up if someone posts. Not many are posting the older ones anymore, probably because the novelty has worn off.
Charlie
Hi Charlie---I belong to a facebook group :"CPR Hamilton Sub" and the members are very good in keeping everyone updated on train activity over this division.I'm familiar with the trains through Kinnear Yard---142/143,246/247 and 254/255---so whenever there is a notice on these trains and an approximate time I try to check out the action (when I can get off my leash)---lately the action at Kinnear has been very good with the rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives becoming regulars and occasionally something unique such as BNSF and Central Maine and Quebec power.Today I had a "heads up" 247 was heading through Kinnear around 1pm so I was down at the yard to catch this train---here's some photos.
If you get a chance check out the facebook page on google---CPR Hamilton Sub.
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With all the recent interest in CP's Heritage and Support Our Troops SD70ACU locomotives their "standard" units have been taken for granted---here's one of the undecorated versions at Kinnear Yard.
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I found this picture of a C47 Skytrain plane used during the D-Day invasion---this is the paint scheme used on CP SD70ACU #6644
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(07-24-2020, 09:22 AM)cn nutbar Wrote: [ -> ]I found this picture of a C47 Skytrain plane used during the D-Day invasion---this is the paint scheme used on CP SD70ACU #6644
If you ever get down here again make sure I take you to the Air Heritage museum which is only 10 miles away. They have a C47 as well as a Fairchild C123K provider called Thunderpig. Both are often flown. The provider has been in some movies too.
https://airheritage.org/museum/, and they too have a facebook presence.
Charlie
Recently I have been posting pictures of Canadian Pacific's "Support our Troops" SD70 ACU locomotives.Here's the tribute to the Air Force version based on the F18 jet fighter.
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I headed out today hoping to catch another one of CP's Heritage locomotives which was leading train 247 through Kinnear Yard.After a long wait without any sign of this train I decided to head down to the CN Stuart Yard to see what was happening there---within minutes I spotted a train heading into the yard with one of the Canadian Cowl diesels #2441 leading train 421.CN has been selling these locomotives so this may be one of the last of this type still in active service---it turned out to be a very good day afterall.
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Isn't it nice when a potential bad day turns itself around. Nice photos, Ed!
Very cool! I think it is really neat when a photo can be recreated or give inspiration in model railroading.