GMD Covered Wagon
The last time I saw an F-unit in my old hometown of Provo was on April 14, 1983, when the Rio Grande Zephyr passed through town for the last time. I got to see an F-unit today, this time an FP9ARM, parked in the Utah Railway yard. It was built an FP9A for the Canadian National by GMD in April 1957. By Dec. 1983, it was remanufactured into an 1800 HP FP9ARM for VIA Rail in CN's Pointe St-Charles shops in Montreal. On Feb. 4, 1986, it was wrecked in a deadly collision working the 'Super Continental' passenger train in Hinton, Alberta. VIA 6300 survived the wreck with the addition of a rebuilt cab from a KCS F7. RPCX 6300 is scheduled to be trucked from Provo to its new home working for the Heber Valley Railroad.
GMD Covered Wagon
The last time I saw an F-unit in my old hometown of Provo was on April 14, 1983, when the Rio Grande Zephyr passed through town for the last time. I got to see an F-unit today, this time an FP9ARM, parked in the Utah Railway yard. It was built an FP9A for the Canadian National by GMD in April 1957. By Dec. 1983, it was remanufactured into an 1800 HP FP9ARM for VIA Rail in CN's Pointe St-Charles shops in Montreal. On Feb. 4, 1986, it was wrecked in a deadly collision working the 'Super Continental' passenger train in Hinton, Alberta. VIA 6300 survived the wreck with the addition of a rebuilt cab from a KCS F7. RPCX 6300 is scheduled to be trucked from Provo to its new home working for the Heber Valley Railroad.