Canadian Pacific

[UPBigBoy]

I've tried searching the net but can't find an answer; did CP ever use an Alco C630 High Hood and if so would anyone know what road numbers they used?

Thanks in advance

Jim

[T-Man]

DId you look here? CP diesel roster (http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/main.htm)

[UPBigBoy]

Yes I did but all I could find was the 'M' series which is the low hood; I'm trying to find out if the high hood was ever used.

Thanks for your help though.

Jim

[T-Man]

You could try an image search. Or find a museum for the Canadian Pacific and write to them.

I found the Century c630 with the CN logo 2002, The author may know. Larry's RR (http://sashart.org/loco.html)

To be truthfull I am not sure of the difference. Try blog searching and seek out some diehard CP fans that is your best bet.

[Canadian Car Knocker]

To my knowledge the only high nose C630 were owned by the Norfolk and Western.

[NIMT]

I would say Canadian Car Knocker is right, Here is more. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_Century_630)

[T-Man]

Was there a chance of confusing a high nose for a wide one?

[Canadian Car Knocker]

Not when it comes to CP. I dont think they had saftey cabs till the mid 80s. BC Rail I know for a fact used the C630(W). CP did however have some high nosed SD40-2.

http://trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/locomotive/5400s/cp5475.htm

[cv_acr]

I've tried searching the net but can't find an answer; did CP ever use an Alco C630 High Hood and if so would anyone know what road numbers they used?

No, they most certainly did not. CP had 13 C630M units, numbered 4500-4512 and 32 M630 units number 4550-4581. (The M630s have the same HP rating, but have significant carbody differences.)

None of them had high noses or wide noses.

The only "modern" high-hood units CP had were some second-hand ex-Norfolk Southern SD40-2s acquired in the 1990s.

[cv_acr]

BC Rail I know for a fact used the C630(W).

M630W technically. This model was unique to British Columbia Railway, although they did get sold to Mexico when BC Rail retired them

http://www.tamr.org/Andy_Inserra/mexico%20m630w.htm

(IIRC, BC Rail traded in the bulk of their MLW fleet to GE as trade-ins on new -8s or -9s, and GE sold them to FNM.)