Yeah, that’s understandable! Despite being lacklustre, the GE’s have had highlights including the heritage/military paint schemes. But they don’t have the character like the old units.

Hated the 40s at the time, because I’d seen photos of what came before on the southern line. You know, CLCs and other first gen locos. Maybe one day we’ll talk of missing the present day GEs when they get replaced. Or maybe not.

I remember moving to Lethbridge in the early 2000s and seeing all the SD40-2s working the rails and not thinking much of them. Now when they come through, a person makes an effort to go out and photograph them.

Ditto. We kind of tire of the endless stream of GEs we see along the CPR mainline, but then again we said that about the SD40s that used to be so common. We look at old photos from the 1960s and there was so much variety.