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5/10/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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CP AC4400CW 9501
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9501
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9501 was parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having its traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotive was waiting to be upgraded into an AC4400CWM.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 8:45:04 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 8501(AC44CW)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
CP AC4400CWs
Title:  CP AC4400CWs
Description:  Apparently the Canadian Pacific has a critical need for AC traction motors to repair flood-damaged units. The railroad decided to have the traction motor/axle combos removed from 10 AC4400CW’s that have been at the Wabtec-GE plant in Fort Worth waiting to be upgraded into 8000- and 8100-series AC4400CWM units and to have these trucked to Canada. The 9501, 9539, 9554, 9523, 9525, 9593, 9627, 9506, 9571 and 9536 have been moved to the north end of the 3-mile test track and the work is being done by CP personnel with the help of Hulcher out of Saginaw, Texas. The center combo on each truck is being completely removed, while the end combos are being replaced with idler axles.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2019 8:51:10 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9501(AC44CW)
Views:  1443   Comments: 2
CP AC4400CW 9501
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9501
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9501 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:04:27 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9501(AC44CW)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
CP units at Wabtec/GE
Title:  CP units at Wabtec/GE
Description:  Here were the snow plows and truck pieces that were left over after Canadian Pacific and Hulcher personnel had been removed the traction motor/axle combos from 11 CP AC4400CW units at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas. The locomotives were the 9501 and 9543, both with their traction motors and center axles removed. The track on the right is the BNSF main line from Fort Worth into Oklhoma.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 12:41:16 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9501(AC44CW) CP 9543(AC44CW)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
CP 9501 and 9543
Title:  CP 9501 and 9543
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9501 and 9543 were parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having their traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotives were waiting to be upgraded into AC4400CWM units.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 8:49:53 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9501(AC44CW) CP 9543(AC44CW)
Views:  340   Comments: 1
CP 9543 and 9501
Title:  CP 9543 and 9501
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 and 9501 were parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having their traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotives were waiting to be upgraded into AC4400CWM units.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 8:48:39 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9543(AC44CW) CP 9501(AC44CW)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
AC AC4400CW Pieces
Title:  AC AC4400CW Pieces
Description:  Here were snow plows and truck pieces that were left over after Canadian Pacific and Hulcher personnel had been removed the traction motor/axle combos from 11 CP AC4400CW units at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas. The locomotive on the left was the 9501.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/29/2019 11:42:19 AM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9501(AC44CW)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW Units
Title:  CP AC4400CW Units
Description:  Here was a view looking south along Justin Cemetery Road at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track, three miles north of the Fort Worth locomotive assembly plant. On the right was a group of Canadian Pacific AC4400CW units - 9506 in the foreground with 9627, 9593, 9525, 9523,9554, 9539 and 9501 just beyond - having their traction motor/axle combos removed by a CP crew with the help of Hulcher Services from nearby Saginaw, Texas. CP had an urgent need for AC traction motors to repair flood-damaged units.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/21/2019 2:58:08 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9506(AC44CW)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9506
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9506
Description:  A Hulcher crew from Saginaw, Texas was helping some Canadian Pacific personnel remove the traction motor/axle combos from at least 10 AC4400CW’s which were at the Wabtec-GE Fort Worth Plant waiting to be upgraded in to AC4400CWM’s. The center combo on each truck was being completely removed, while the end combos are being replaced with idler axles. Here the 9506 was being worked on. The work was being done at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2019 8:54:18 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9506(AC44CW)
Views:  479   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW Units
Title:  CP AC4400CW Units
Description:  A Hulcher crew from Saginaw, Texas was helping some Canadian Pacific personnel remove the traction motor/axle combos from at least 10 AC4400CW’s which were at the Wabtec-GE Fort Worth Plant waiting to be upgraded in to AC4400CWM’s. The center combo on each truck was being completely removed, while the end combos are being replaced with idler axles. Here the 9506 was being worked on while the 9627 awaits its turn. The work was being done at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2019 9:02:26 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9506(AC44CW) CP 9627(AC44CW)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9523
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9523
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9523 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:09:47 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9523(AC44CW)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9525
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9525
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9525 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:11:24 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9525(AC44CW)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9525
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9525
Description:  This was one of the steerable trucks under Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9525. The locomotive had been sent to the Wabtec-GE plant in Fort Worth to be modernized into an AC4400CWM, but was about to have its traction motors removed by CP to repair other locomotives. The railroad harvested the motors from at least 11 units and trucked the motor-axle combos back to Canada.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/21/2019 1:08:38 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9525(AC44CW)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
CP and CN Units
Title:  CP and CN Units
Description:  Here was a view looking south along Justin Cemetery Road at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track, three miles north of the Fort Worth locomotive assembly plant. On the right were Canadian Pacific AC4400CWs 9525, 9523,9554, 9539 and 9501, part of 10 such units which were having their traction motors removed by a CP crew with help from Hulcher Services out of nearby Saginaw because the railroad had an urgent need for AC traction motors to repair flood-damaged units. The flatbed semi just ahead was one of many such rigs that were used to bring the motor-axle combos up to Canada. In the distance new Canadian National ET44ACs 3193 and 3208 were going through their 50-mile certification process.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/21/2019 2:45:52 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9526(AC44CW)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9536
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9536
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9536 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant. The center axle of each track had been completely removed, while the outer traction motor/axle combos had been replaced with idler axles. The work had been done by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was waiting to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:18:39 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9536(AC44CW)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9536
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9536
Description:  Apparently the Canadian Pacific had a critical need for AC traction motors to repair flood-damaged units, so the railroad decided to have the traction motor/axle combos removed from 10 AC4400CW’s that have been at the Wabtec-GE plant in Fort Worth waiting to be upgraded AC4400CWM units and to have these components trucked to Canada. The work was being done at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track by CP personnel and a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw. The center combo on each truck was being completely removed, while the end combos were being replaced with idler axles.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/12/2019 9:08:35 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9536(AC44CW)
Views:  875   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9539
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9539
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9539 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:06:49 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9539(AC44CW)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
CP Snowplows at Wabtec/GE
Title:  CP Snowplows at Wabtec/GE
Description:  Here were the snow plows from 11 Canadian Pacific AC4400CW units at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas. These were left over after CP and Hulcher personnel had been removed the traction motor/axle combos from the locomotives and these parts were trucked back to Canada. Each plow wore the number of the loco it had been on!
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 12:54:04 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9539(AC44CW) CP 9539(AC44CW)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9543
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9543
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 was parked at the north end of the Wabtec/GE test track in Justin, Texas after having its traction motor/axle combos removed and sent back to Canada. The outer combos were replaced with idler axles, while the center combo on each truck was completely removed. The locomotive was waiting to be upgraded into an AC4400CWM.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/23/2019 8:46:43 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9543(AC44CW)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
CP AC4400CW 9543
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9543
Description:  This was one of the steerable trucks under Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9543 without traction motors, and without a center axle. The locomotive had been sent to the Wabtec-GE plant in Fort Worth to be modernized into an AC4400CWM, but it just had its traction motors removed by CP to repair other locomotives. The railroad harvested the motors from at least a dozen units and trucked the motor-axle combos back to Canada.
Photo Date:  4/19/2019  Upload Date: 4/27/2019 6:20:29 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9543(AC44CW)
Views:  946   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9554
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9554
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9554 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:08:17 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9554(AC44CW)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9571
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9571
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9593 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant. The center axle of each track had been completely removed, while the outer traction motor/axle combos had been replaced with idler axles. The work had been done by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was waiting to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:14:45 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9571(AC44CW)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
CP AC4400CW 9593
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9593
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9593 was at the north end of the Wabtec-GE test track three miles north of the Fort Worth plant, waiting to have its traction motors removed by CP personnel, with the assistance of a Hulcher crew from nearby Saginaw, Texas. The unit was going to be upgraded by Wabtec.
Photo Date:  4/12/2019  Upload Date: 4/19/2019 10:12:48 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9593(AC44CW)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
CP and NS Units
Title:  CP and NS Units
Description:  Eleven old General Electric locomotives were parked on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of Wabtec’s Fort Worth Plant, on their way to being remanufactured. These were Canadian Pacific 9597, 9598, 9588 and 9647; Norfolk Southern 9191, 9224 and 9212; and CP 8542, 9644, 9657 and 9664. The CP units were AC4400CW’s and are going to be rebuilt into AC4400CWM’s while the NS units were C44-9W’s and are to become AC44C6M models. The Wabtec plant was closed for the holidays, which explains the build-up of locomotives on the interchange.
Photo Date:  12/27/2020  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 8:16:03 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9597(AC44CW)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
CP and NS Units
Title:  CP and NS Units
Description:  Eleven old General Electric locomotives were parked on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of Wabtec’s Fort Worth Plant, on their way to being remanufactured. These were Canadian Pacific 9597, 9598, 9588 and 9647; Norfolk Southern 9191, 9224 and 9212; and CP 8542, 9644, 9657 and 9664. The CP units were AC4400CW’s and are going to be rebuilt into AC4400CWM’s while the NS units were C44-9W’s and are to become AC44C6M models. The Wabtec plant was closed for the holidays, which explains the build-up of locomotives on the interchange.
Photo Date:  12/27/2020  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 8:17:12 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9597(AC44CW)
Views:  446   Comments: 0
CP Units at Wabtec
Title:  CP Units at Wabtec
Description:  Eleven Canadian Pacific AC4400CW units were parked outside of Wabtec’s plant at Fort Worth waiting to be upgraded into AC4400CWM’s. From right to left were the 9622 (on the back track) and the 9620, 9658, 8574, 8511, 8560, 9605, 8514, 9664, 8528 and 9597. The first upgraded CP unit for 2021, the 8178, came out of the plant the next day.
Photo Date:  2/7/2021  Upload Date: 3/22/2021 7:46:43 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9620(AC44CW)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
CP AC4400CW 9620
Title:  CP AC4400CW 9620
Description:  Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9620 was parked outside of Wabtec’s plant at Fort Worth waiting to be upgraded into an AC4400CWM.
Photo Date:  2/7/2021  Upload Date: 3/22/2021 7:47:55 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 9620(AC44CW)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
CP and NS Units
Title:  CP and NS Units
Description:  Six old General Electric locomotives were parked on the west side of Wabtec’s Fort Worth plant, waiting to be remanufactured. These were Canadian Pacific AC4400CW’s 9654, 9603 and 9624, Norfolk Southern C44-9W 9228, and CP AC4400CW’s 9604 and 9589.The locos were on the south end of the west test track.
Photo Date:  12/27/2020  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 8:28:17 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9654(AC44CW)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
CP and NS Units
Title:  CP and NS Units
Description:  Eleven old General Electric locomotives were parked on the BNSF-Wabtec interchange just north of Wabtec’s Fort Worth Plant, on their way to being remanufactured. These were Canadian Pacific 9664, 9657, 9644 and 8542; Norfolk Southern 9212, 9224 and 9191; and CP 9647, 9588, 9598 and 9597. The CP units were AC4400CW’s and are going to be rebuilt into AC4400CWM’s while the NS units were C44-9W’s and are to become AC44C6M models. The Wabtec plant was closed for the holidays, which explains the build-up of locomotives on the interchange.
Photo Date:  12/27/2020  Upload Date: 12/28/2020 8:18:16 PM
Location:  Justin, TX
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 9664(AC44CW)
Views:  530   Comments: 0


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