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Lead Locomotive	Recording	Photo	Information
SLQ 8749 EMD GP11	Analog, 44 kHz MP3 0:36	No photo	Date: 2001-02 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Nathan P5 Category: Light work
8749 once again demonstrates its unusually melodious P5, and ever pleasing engine sounds. Here it leads a CN GP40-2L(W) on a short freight. Leased CN units were a common sight on the SLR in early 2001, when the three GSCX GP40's (3702, 3717 and 3733) were off for an overhaul and the LLPX GP38-2's used in 2001 had not yet arrived.
SLQ 8749 EMD GP11	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:00		Date: 2001-09-13 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Nathan P5 Category: Light work
Returning from Waterville on a local freight (recorded heading up an hour earlier) 8749 rolls downhill with 3579, one of the last MLW M420's still in service on the line. Both units would soon make way in the coming months for a fleet of GP40's that have characterized the SLR's motive power fleet ever since.
SLR 803 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:37		Date: 2011-06-22 Location: Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: Running the mainline
RM-1 803, GP40-3 3806 and GP40s 3206 and 3004 accelerate a medium-length train 394 (55 cars) out of Sherbrooke, QC, south toward Lennoxville. This was recorded from Galt St. in Sherbrooke, which passes over the SLR line. This is the first recording to use the Roland R-05 digital audio recorder I now use in place of the previous tape recorder.
SLR 803 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:58		Date: 2011-06-22 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Running the mainline
RM-1 803, GP40-3 3806, GP40s 3206 and 3004 head up the Waterville, QC grade, with the engines throttling from run 7 to 8 as the train passes. The medium-length train 394 proved relatively light work for the locomotives.
SLR 803 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:41		Date: 2011-06-22 Location: North of Compton, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Running the mainline
The same train eases toward Compton, QC, with the locomotives in run 6.
SLR 803 RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:09	No photo	Date: 2012-08-03 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
SLR 803 (leading a pair of slug sets) has train 394 well under control cresting the Waterville grade in run-8.
SLR 803 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:37		Date: 2015-04-14 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
SLR RM-1 803, GP40-3 3803 and GP40-2 3035 (formerly SLR 3206) make their way up the Waterville, QC grade with train 394 and about 64 cars in tow. Despite the relatively long train for only 6,000 horsepower, the units were able to maintain about 15 mph.
SLR 803 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:41		Date: 2015-04-14 Location: North of Compton, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Running the mainline
After exiting Waterville, SLR RM-1 803, GP40-3 3803 and GP40-2 3035 pick up speed with train 394.
SLR 804 EMD RM-1	22 kHz MP3 1:34	No photo	Date: 2007-01-03 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Distant echos
RM-1 804, GP40M-3 3804, GP40 3002, GP40M-3 3806 and RM-1 806 have over 80 cars moving along at the foot of the Waterville, QC grade, on train 394. Noteworthy in this recording is the excessive whine coming from an imbalanced turbocharger rotor on GP40 3002.
SLR 804 EMD RM-1	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:13	No photo	Date: 2007-01-05 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Running the mainline
RM-1 804, GP40M-3 3804, GP40 3002, GP40M-3 3806 and RM-1 806 roar up the Waterville grade at a good clip. GP40 3002 is once again the source of the turbocharger whine.
SLR 804 EMD RM-1	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:45	No photo	Date: 2007-10-20 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
SLR 804, GP40-3s 3804 and 3803, and RM-1 803 crest the Waterville grade at 8 or 9 mph. Wet rail and a very long train (94 cars) made this one of the few occasions where I've seen the slug sets fight for traction. A couple of fluctuations in the rpm of the engines are indicative of wheelslip, and a subsequent automatic reduction in power to correct it.
SLR 804 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:27	No photo	Date: 2015-10-01 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
SLR RM-1 804, GP40-3 3805, and GP40's 3035 and 3047 crest the Waterville, QC grade with 63 cars of mixed freight. By 2015, it seemed many SLR trains had a higher power-to-weight ratio than in previous years, allowing them to crest the Waterville, QC grade at 15-18 mph. This train was an exception, with a large percentage of loaded cars bringing the units down to 12 mph in notch 8. The two GP40's were running in power-matching mode to reduce wheelslip.
SLR 805 EMD RM-1	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:23		Date: 2005-04-10 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
Although standard practice for much of 2004 was to have GP40-3s leading with RM-1's in the middle, subsequent locomotive mix-ups sometimes placed RM-1's on the point. Such was the case with this train, where RM-1 805 leads GP40-3 3806, RM-1 804 and GP40-3 3804 on an 80-car freight headed up the 1% grade in Waterville, QC. They were managing about 10 mph in run-8 but sped up to over 20 mph after the train crested the grade—a typical performance of the slug sets.
SLR 805 EMD RM-1	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:03		Date: 2005-06-06 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Riding the brakes
Talk about whining! Seven locomotives—RM-1 805, GP40-3 3805, RM-1 804, GP40-3 3804, RM-1 806, GP40-3 3806 and GP40 3206—hold back the 121 cars of a late-running Westbound 393 freight easing down the grade from Waterville, QC. GP40 3206 is the source of the peculiar fluctuating whining sound, a result of a minor problem with the control system of the dynamic brake fan. This was another horn greeting from the SLR crew.
SLR 805 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:16	No photo	Date: 2015-08-21 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
With a little over 50 cars in tow, SLR RM-1 805, GP40-3's 3806 and 3805, and RM-1 804 roar up the Waterville grade in run-8 at about 15 mph. Several years ago, the crossing signals were changed to reduce the wait time for slow trains, with the result that somewhat faster trains cresting the grade (such as this one) may have one or two horn blasts before the signals activate.
SLR 805 EMD RM-1	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:58		Date: 2015-08-21 Location: North of Compton, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Running the mainline
SLR RM-1 805, GP40-3's 3806 and 3805, and RM-1 804 accelerate toward Compton, QC, after cresting the Waterville grade.
SLR 3008 EMD GP40	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:14		Date: 2011-06-29 Location: Bromptonville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Leslie S-5T Category: Light work
SLR GP40 3008 has been in possession of a spectacular Leslie S-5T for several years, and I was finally able to get a recording of it. It was paired with QGRY GP40 3102 on a local freight headed North after performing some switching in Sherbrooke, QC.
SLR 3035 EMD GP40-2	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:44		Date: 2016-06-06 Location: Yard, Richmond, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
SLR GP40-3 3803, GP40-2 3035, RM-1 805 and GP40-3 3805 are being prepped to leave Richmond, QC, with Train 394 at around 5:00 PM on June 6, 2016. This is the sound of 3803 idling (it had just been started) and of 3035 being started up.
SLR 3202 EMD GP40	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:22	No photo	Date: 2007 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5L Category: Uphill battle
GP40 3202 and several other units roar up the grade into Waterville, QC, at a relatively high speed for the grade (about 18 mph). I've lost data regarding the date and consist, but I recall two RM-1/GP40-3 slug sets following. GP40 3202 previously had turbo problems that led to turbo barking, accompanied by a reduction in rpm and an orange glow out the exhaust stack, but these seemed to have been remedied by this time. The first whistle blasts are for the main road crossing in Waterville; the second ones (after passing) are for a factory road.
SLR 3202 EMD GP40	22 kHz MP3 0:33	No photo	Date: 2007-06-14 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5L Category: Light work
Compared to the first recording of 3202, this is the same location, with the same local train, five years later. Some people may bemoan the loss of the unit's Leslie S5T, but it was in a sad state after a few years—and the horn that replaced it is arguably the prettiest on the line. By this time, 3202 had the only K5L on the SLR; most other units had a K5LA.

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