CN 15 Years Logo

CN was privatized on November 17, 1995, ending a decades-long ownership by the Canadian federal government. Just under 15 years later, CN started applying a "The journey continues / L'aventure se poursuit" 15 year logo to selected locomotives. In typical CN fashion one side of the locomotive received the English version and the other received the French version.

It's not unusual for CN or CP to apply special liveries to their locomotives. CP decorated a number of their locomotives for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, and several CN locomotives have received stickers for Ecoconnexions.

CN applied the 15 year logo to six of the ex Union Pacific C40-8s it acquired: CN 2107, CN 2112, CN 2113, CN 2115, CN 2124 and CN 2128. I've seen 3:

CN 2113 in Winnipeg, June 25, 2016

CN 2115 near Winnipeg, January 20, 2014

CN 2128 in Winnipeg, April 21, 2014

Two other locomotives received the 15 year logo that I am aware of: CN 7505, one of the humpyard dogs at Symington yard in Winnipeg, and CN 7258, a Winnipeg-assigned switcher.

CN 7505 in Symington Yard, Winnipeg, March 25, 2015

CN 7258 in Symington Yard, Winnipeg, June 17, 2011

Have you seen any other "15 year" locomotives?

You might also be interested in LogoDesignLove's article on CN's logo evolution, Trackside Treasure's post on the logo's 50 year anniversary, and Oil-Electric's post on the "bent paper clip".

More Humpyard Dogs

Steve Vallis was out shooting at CN's Symington Yard here in Winnipeg last week and took some photos of CN's GP38 humpyard units (see previous post about humpyard dogs).

On the 11th he caught CN 7530 and 7513 (with slugs) working the yard. CN 7530 is definitely looking grubby.


CN 7513, on the other hand, is looking nice and shiny.


While he was there, he saw a train come off the Sprague subdivision. Here it is at CN Navin, with CN 5600 (SD75) and CN 2433 (Dash-8). You can see the shiny new signals on the right, installed when they extended the switching lead through Navin.


Gotta love those Dash-8s!


On the 17th, Steve caught one of the newly painted GP38s with the "15 Years" emblem, CN 7505. They are celebrating the 15 years since CN was privatized.


It was part of a set with CN 7522 and slugs 511 and 502.


Great shots, Steve!