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CN SD75i - 1997

Since my train vids date from the early-to-late '90s, most of the equipment featured is stuff that dates to an era that was fading out - MLWs, older GMs and the like, such as the trailing units - a wide cab CN SD40-2 and a rarely-seen Conrail SD45-2 tunnel motor. But the lead unit was something new - literally - the first appearance of a then-rare SD75i, a hint of the future that would change the landscape of railfanning for good. Back in 1997, the appearance of these shiny, gleaming powerhouses was a very big deal - little did we know that a few decades later, locomotives like these would be as common as stretch pants at Walmart. This particular unit was only a few months old when it rolled through Collin's Bay, Ontario one nasty-frikkin' cold afternoon, catching my friend Tim Reid and I by surprise. We almost didn't catch this, but when a cool locomotive was at stake... Tim was an absolute Ninja. We lost Tim in 2011, and I never fail to think about him when I'm trackside. There aren't many guys out there who would go out railfanning when it's twenty below zero. There were a few moments that day when, teeth chattering in the cold, we'd wonder aloud if we were both nuts to be out by the tracks waiting for a locomotive to roll by. We decided we probably were. The world misses you, Tim.