Hello! On September 17, I went to CN Symington yard thanks to my friend, and was given the chance to take a cab ride of a CN SD70M-2. This gave me good reference for future soundpacks. I will post pictures soon, and will leave this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcXAyL0cyKs
A Day at Symington
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A Day at Symington
by simer4 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:13 pm
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Re: A Day at Symington
by TDHenderson » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:41 pm
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
Did it smell as new as it looked?
Trevor
Did it smell as new as it looked?
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Re: A Day at Symington
by JimM » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:57 pm
Better question....was the paint even dry??!! (And who was having more fun....the big folks or the little ones???) 
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Re: A Day at Symington
by PapaXpress » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:02 pm
When I started watching, what drew my eye first was the side view mirror... now I wish we had them in game.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: A Day at Symington
by simer4 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:23 pm
Well, the SD70M-2 and C40-8CW (there was one of those in tow) both had been recently painted. I say recently because the Dash 8 had some rusty water marks coming down from the radiator. As for the mirrors, I was thinking the same thing!
Anyway here are some pictures from that day (https://picasaweb.google.com/117026230424608009389/SymingtonYard170911 for the whole album):
A GMD1 hides itself near the engineshops.
Wheel bearings and cap.
A slug rounds the corner back to the yard on the turn-a-round.
SD70M-2 8913 and ES44DC 2301 round the corner.
This is the mentioned C40-8CW, number 2192. This unit trailed, engine off, behind our SD70M-2.
Well, this my ride.
What's this? A C40-8M?
My view of the road. I got to "be the conductor" the entire trip, which by the way went about a half-mile then reversed.
Gotta love those Dash 9's with Canadian Safety Cabs!
Overall, this was a great trip all together, even though me and my friend were waiting 3 and a half hours to get on. Once on though, it was like nothing I have ever experienced. It was really quite rough over that rarely used portion of line between CP Emerson and CN Redditt/Symington Yard. The cab feels really high off the ground, and in the video, I tried to show the movement of the SD70M-2's Isolated Cab design. You can barely see it jiggle around a bit in the video.
Can't wait for the next 2 years of school to be done to go on to conductor college!
Anyway here are some pictures from that day (https://picasaweb.google.com/117026230424608009389/SymingtonYard170911 for the whole album):
A GMD1 hides itself near the engineshops.
Wheel bearings and cap.
A slug rounds the corner back to the yard on the turn-a-round.
SD70M-2 8913 and ES44DC 2301 round the corner.
This is the mentioned C40-8CW, number 2192. This unit trailed, engine off, behind our SD70M-2.
Well, this my ride.
What's this? A C40-8M?
My view of the road. I got to "be the conductor" the entire trip, which by the way went about a half-mile then reversed.
Gotta love those Dash 9's with Canadian Safety Cabs!
Overall, this was a great trip all together, even though me and my friend were waiting 3 and a half hours to get on. Once on though, it was like nothing I have ever experienced. It was really quite rough over that rarely used portion of line between CP Emerson and CN Redditt/Symington Yard. The cab feels really high off the ground, and in the video, I tried to show the movement of the SD70M-2's Isolated Cab design. You can barely see it jiggle around a bit in the video.
Can't wait for the next 2 years of school to be done to go on to conductor college!
They exist everywhere. You may not see them, but they're there. Awww yeeeaaaahhhh, 20% Cooler! /)
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Re: A Day at Symington
by arizonachris » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:43 am
Fantastic! I'd say someone had a fun day.
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Re: A Day at Symington
by simer4 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:22 pm
arizonachris wrote:Fantastic! I'd say someone had a fun day.
Yup!
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