Canadian National Railways

SW1200RS

187 units

Brand new 1583 in Bathurst Street yard with 0-8-0 8384 switching behind. In background is Bathurst Street bridge with Loblaws warehouse at corner of Lake Shore Blvd. W, Tip Top Tailors on south side of Lake Shore Blvd, Molson's Brewery on north side of Fleet Street in CPR's Fez City. GR-12d 1575-1592 (18 units) renumbered 1204-1221. GMD A753 4/1956 Renumbered 1212 (see below).

Two views of three brand new units 1582-1585-1583 at Bathurst Street Yard.

Alco yard diesel partially hidden behind 1582. TTC PCC streetcar on Bathurst Street bridge. Loblaws warehouse in middle background. Second Loblaws building is their Green Grocer building on south side of Lake Shore Blvd.W.

GR-12d 1207 ex 1578 (1204-1221 18 units ex 1575-1592) GMD A748 3/1956

Extra 1212 may well be an auxiliary train judging by the OCS flat next to the engine. Note the row of oil handlamps on the rear deck. They were required to be lit at night so had to be outside the cab to avoid fumes. Previously these oil lamps were carried inside the cab however, a reinterpretation of the rule requiring them to be ready for use meant they had to be lit. Usually one red and one white were normal practice.

Extra 1235 (1227-1247 21 units) GMD A562 7/1956

Jim Parker Collection

1242 at diesel shop in MacMillan Yard, Vaughan, ON. 2/26/1966

1267 Bathurst Street (1248-1268 21 units) GMD A1039 3/1957

H.W.Petrie adv 1894 Below scene 1906.

1291 (1289-1304 16 units) GMD A1360 1/1958 Montreal 6/1963

GR-12r 1322 (1305-1337 33 units) Bathurst Street GMD A1559 9/1958

1205 GR-12d 1205 ex 1576 (1204-1221 18 units ex 1575-1592) GMD A746 3/1956

London October 1982 Jim Booth

GR-12f 1239 (1227-1247 21 units) GMD A866 7/1956

1247 last unit of order. Fort Erie, ON roundhouse. August 18,1983.

GR-12h 1257 (1248-1268 21 units) GMD A1029 12/1956

1316 (1305-1337 33 units) Parry Sound 8/14/1979 Digital restoration; Walter Pfefferle

1322 GMD A1558 9/1958 Parry Sound 8/14/1979

1330 (van 79765) GMD A1567 11/1958 Boston Bar, BC 8/09/1980
Subsequent owner: CANX 1330

GR-12u 1355 (1338-1357 33 units) GMD A1805 7/1959

Short-lived modified paint scheme actually looks pretty good.

1360 MacMillan Yard, Vaughan, ON February 27, 1996 Subsequent owner; 1998, CANX 1360

1362 (1358-1397 40 units last order) SW1200RS GMD A1847 4/1960

Sold 2000 Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd. 2008 Battle River

1371 (GMD's 1000th diesel!) GMD A1856 5/1960 Sudbury 7/07/1983

1380 GMD A1865 6/1960 Jasper 8/1975

SW1200RSM rebuild program 7300-7317 PSC 6-11/1987