by Keith MacCauley
M-630 BCOL 722 was delivered from Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in December of 1972, the last of a group of nine; BCOL 714 – BCOL 722. Among the first locomotives acquired by the newly renamed ‘British Columbia Railway’ (formerly Pacific Great Eastern Railway) No. 722 would be the last standard cab six axle MLW supplied to the railway. Subsequent six motor units from MLW (BCOL 723 – BCOL 730) would be equipped with so called ‘Safety’ cabs and known as M-630 (W)’s. While British Columbia Railway (later BC Rail) was an ardent MLW supporter, BCOL 730 would be the last six axle unit supplied by the builder. In 1990, after only eighteen years of service, BCOL 722 would be retired and sold to GE. This timing would coincide with GE supplying the first six axle Dash 8-40CM’s; BCOL 4601 – BCOL 4622. GE would subsequently convey the big MLW and several of her sisters to Mexico where they would toil for N de M/FNM for several years.
Just a thought, George, and feel free to delete this comment. The text in Keith's excellent posts shows up to me as 'taped' text i.e. on a white background contrasting with your normal text background.
ReplyDeleteThis happened to me sometimes when I copy/paste text from somewhere else into my blog using Ctrl-V. Instead, I have to use Option/Shift and Command/V. (Sorry, these are the Mac commands and I forget the Microsoft ones already!) but it's basically paste as plain text.
Just a minor point but I enjoy the posts no matter how they're formatted.
Eric
Yes I see that. I copy and paste some e-mails into the blog to save time retyping it all. Just don't have enough time lately to keep up. Better than no posts on certain days. Thanks for sharing you thought Eric. Maybe see you in Burlington. On the fence wither I will attend.
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