Photo of the week – January 12, 2026

CN train #411 is approaching Mansewood, on the north side of Milton, Ontario on March 10, 1991. Mansewood is mile 32.3 on the Halton Subdivision. Train #411 operated between MacMillan Yard and Sarnia, Ontario. The three locomotives powering #411 will all be off CN’s roster within a decade.

The lead locomotive is GP40-2W 9644, trailed by SD40 5239 and M-636 2334. No. 9644 was retired on March 31, 2000 and sold to Helm Leasing, it went to Maine Central as No. 511, part of a group of 20 GP40-2Ws that went to Maine Central. No. 5239 was retired on April 26, 1999 and was rebuilt by Alstom in Montreal as Burlington Northern Santa Fe No. 7339.

No. 2334 retired on October 25, 1995 and was stripped for parts by Caulfield Ltd in Bellevue, Michigan before being Midwest Metal in McCook, Illinois for scrapping.

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