Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

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Original – Canadian National Railway locomotives EMD SD70M-2, SD75I and SD60F (left to right) on a freight train in Alberta, Canada

Reason: Quality photo of Canadian National Railway freight train in Alberta, Canada. The train is fronted with three locomotive models, front to back: EMD SD70M-2, SD75I and SD60F. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Canadian National Railway
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator: David Gubler

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 00:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just above the locomotive, that stained-glass effect on the background is a heat distortion from smoke or something? It looks odd, so I'd like to figure out what it is before supporting. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8% of all FPs} 02:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is heat haze owing to the exhaust vent on the top of the loco. --Tagooty (talk) 03:27, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, that's the exhaust haze of the locomotive's engine. These locomotives run on a diesel engine. The power generated by the diesel engine is then converted to electricity. This electricity then runs electric motors which turn the locomotive's wheels. Therefore the name "diesel-electric locomotive". There is a brief description here: [1] and videos. In the nom photo, the front locomotive is a SD70M-2, it has a 16 cylinder diesel engine: [2] Bammesk (talk) 04:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support, then. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8% of all FPs} 10:18, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent image, good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 02:32, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm partial to trains... see [3] ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:26, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Me too, up to a point – but this pic. is seven years old. – Sca (talk) 12:39, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- So what? Here, we're still running engines that were built in the 1960s... such as VR_Class_Dv12 - they don't look any different in older pictures. --Janke | Talk 12:47, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful image! Even a non-train fan can appreciate it :) JungleEntity (talk) 16:52, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great photo with strong EV Nick-D (talk) 23:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 15:24, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:CN 8015, 5690 and 5517 Hinton - Jasper.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:18, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]