Canadian National Railway Funeral Train 

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

For me that's longest train I've ever seen , the tonnage alone must have been epic !

Back in the day, it was always cool to see a CN Blue Devil going by. Behind us are those days.😢

Makes me feel old I remember when those locomotives where new! As someone who worked on the BC rail I'm going to miss the old BC rail units

Now if it was me, I would try to restore those old engines with purchasing them and make them locals or switching or shoving engines, new paint schemes and make old classics brand new. I salute fallen soldiers

Thanks for sharing trains videos my friends

Those Dash 8 Locomotives, will always be remembered.

My best friend, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

CN most assuredly wants the BC Rail name to be permanently erased from history being that everyone in BC is still livid about their railway being "given" away......

One of the workers at CN was able to hook me up with IC blue devil 2462’s bell before being sent off for scrap

Awesome catch!

I’d love to know the full tonnage of that train! The dead locomotives alone were well over 3,500 tons by themselves. No wonder those two lead engines were screaming away and still moving slow!

Gosh that’s so sad 😢

What is amazing to me is how many cars on that train haven’t been tagged.

I do thank you for this video as I never seen it before, but i will add it to the lore of my n scale railroad when I purchase locomotives and add specific backstory to them.

Woah!!! A blue Canadian National locomotive that BC Rail locomotives!!! So amazing!

Eighty-ish year reign was a majestic EMD win. Nothing lasts forever, the two strokes do lack some efficiency we know.

It took me back a very long time when you would see similar trains of old British steam locos being being taken off somewhere for scrapping. I daresay that many had been built at Crewe Works, a huge complex when I was young.

Could someone explain to what extent is the train in this video part of 'the funeral'? Is it all of the locomotives, or are the lead engines viable and to remain in service? What about the rolling stock (if that's the term for the cars being pulled behind the engines)? Many of them look old and in poor condition. Obviously, the cars loaded with forestry products are still in service for now. Thanks for any/ all explanations!

Imagine a fire engine or ambulance waiting at the crossing

As they passed, I bowed my head in respect and hummed "Taps", for all those fallen work horses.

I believe you will find them behind SLM recycling on Brown road in Welland. I live here, and can see one of the BC units along with many from CN.

That’s one long train the front got there before the back even left 😂😂

That is sad ...I wish I could have one of them .

There's a few in there that look like they are switch engine material, but my guess they are just being stored. I worked for BNSF, and it was very common when coal sets weren't needed, that locomotives would be set out in either freight house yards or in some cases, long sidings that weren't in regular use anymore.

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What a sad end.

Some might be sold to short lines and regional railways.

Interesting catch. Some of those units certainly didn't *look* scrap worthy...:( The BC Rail units did, however. t'd be interesting to know the mileage on these units - they must have a gauge, right? or is it measured in hours? Or maybe not.

ARGH! I don't want to know that the BCR locomotives are being scrapped! Selling BC Rail to CN was a terrible decision by the BC Government when it happened.

Damn shame to see that future scrap

Close to Mac Yard north of Toronto from appearances.

Is the rolling stock being scrapped too? Must be welded rail. The train is so quiet.

Where do old locomotives go to die? Are they torn apart and every thing recycled or what? Thanks

A few of those locos didn’t look beat up enough to go to the scrapper. But, if the computer says your time is up, well, your time is up!

Yep, just like Australia, when you have to stop for the train at a level crossing park up and climb in the back seat and have a sleep for a while (OK long while). Sadly, reminds me of the Napier Deltics used in England and now also scrapped.

well that’s one way to beat the crap outa 2 locomotives

Amazing video.

20 of them.

All that being pulled by just 2 engines? Dang......

Those locomotives are all repairable except their value as scrap is more than the cost of repair because the write off for taxes is gone. So they scrap them.

Wow amzzing!!

How long is a piece of string?

I don't know why it's called funeral train. Happy Funeral Canadian Railways.

there seem to be many more than 20 units in the cortege...

Looks more like an efficient power move, maybe some of them are headed to the paint shop. 😢

This is heartbreaking

Was this train long enough or what??

what is this about a 4.5 mile long train?

Gostei valeu obrigado

Where did you film this at

I have never seen such a loooong train in my life. Wow😮

Like That Long Train Good

RIP BC Rail barns (

i miss the Turbos

That is longest train I have ever seen

What's sad is no caboose.

2038 looked still in fairly good shape..😮 or is 2036 not sure

Australia run locomotives much older than these and I’m sure many developing nations would appreciate them, seems like a waste to just cut them up.

Just out of curiosity what do you mean by funeral train

where do thy take them

15 locomotives, 100 wagons… Ça va où tout ça?

Um comboio só de locomotivas

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thats a very long train for 2 engines

Isn't the whole train on its way to the scrapyard?

Yup

A BEAUTY OFF TO BE RECYCLED AND NO CABOOSES WHY

Mientras alla en EEUU y canada la empresas desechan locomotoras en México ferromex esta teniendo falta de fuerza motriz en sus servicios 😅

Imagine if you had the ability to buy one? I’d put it in my back yard if my wife would let me. Lol. (We live in the country) 😂

In a time were there's a shortage of housing, the covered in goods wagons would make excellent homes with some money better spent than scrapping them...seems like a massive waste of money that's a lot of rolling stock turned to scrap

noooo not 2462!!

So are they going to the railway graveyard

Lot of GEs

dying....like America. :(

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Sorry to see the old guy put to rest, may they be reincarnated in some manner.

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What happened a locomotive passed away

Good Riddance

They should prob get parked up powering the electric grid for all the stupid ev’s being forced upon us….

I like trains, but dont know a lot about them. But I feel bad watching this video. It is a FUNERAL train.

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they don't look like they are being scrapped i worked for CN for 40 years they don't scrap units with that many usable parts still on them my guess they have been sold to another railway either in Mexico or farther south or they are leased out engines coming back after being abused and cannibalized down in the states. the American railroads have a habit of taking the parts off our engines that they liked like the comfortable seats, radios, hot plates microwaves and other things theirs didn't have. We got em back though we would steal their AC units from their engines and put them in ours until CN started ordering ours with AC in them

Is so sed

oh scrapping them because gas companies dictate they do not make enough pollution!!!!

How many locos were there, I counted 13. Each one of them is a diesel electric? Ok, use them in winter to supplement the grid that is grossly under resourced in the way of generation capacity. I forget how many mW each unit generates, but as an emergency generation source, makes sense. Sorry😢, my bad, nothing makes sense in the face of the mighty $.

Whose funeral? Which car is carrying the casket?

Cool but not as good as RFK's

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January 2024 👎👎 Terrible to lose BC Rail. Disgraceful

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