Olympic CP 8872

I caught an eastbound intermodal train in Chaplin, Saskatchewan with Olympic-painted CP 8872 leading. I believe CP 9565 was the second unit, and CP 8846 was pushing on the end.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• freight
• train
• cp
• 8872
• 9565
• 8846
• olympic
• chaplin
• saskatchewan
• grain
• elevator

[PGONEIL]

Steve, notice the CPR runs distributed power on intermodal lots, does CN seem to?

[TrainGeek]

I understand they use it in the mountains but not so much on the plains. They have experimented with it here in the east but they have had technical problems.

[jamminjoel]

Cool horn on that 8872, Steve. Are you anywhere near Caron, SK?

[TrainGeek]

Chaplin is about half an hour west of Caron on the TCH (and railway). My father-in-law was raised in Caron, actually. How do you know Caron?

[jamminjoel]

Good friends of mine, Don and Ann Parent, and their son and daughter-in-law, Travis and Debbie Parent, are down the road from the CP line in Caron. I passed through there March 2007 with the Tim Milner band when we made a stop at Briercrest College in Caronport.  I saw two trains from a distance before and after our gig that day.

[TrainGeek]

Ah, OK. It's hard to find people from that area of the world. :)

[aaron13133]

its 8672 not 8872

[chiquito74]

I like the new Olympic engine.

[jon1111111122222222]

8872 was the first Olympic livery engine i saw, also seen it many times after that also

[jon1111111122222222]

well jus recently like since about 3 weeks ago every intermodal train i have seen heading west has has a DPU on the end. and some even had them when they were heading east, and this jus started recently

[ejvideos07]

Totally awesome video. The grain elevator makes an excellent backdrop which makes the train seem almost model like.

Excellent work.