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Not tlong ago Canadian Tire containers were a CP exclusive. Then they signed a deal with CN and their containers started appearing one by one, eventually dominating the scene as you can see.
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CN MOW employees working the mainline. The way I cropped the shot, you might think that its two mainlines meeting at a diamond, when in fact its just a curve. The "MOW tractor" is lifting the other MOW onto the rails. A very neat operation to observe.
A special indeed! Even the weather cooperated!
Actually it was two business cars dead in transit:
CN 1060 1949 "Sandford Fleming" Track inspection car &
CN 1059 1954 "Tawaw" Reception-Marketing car
Trailing CN 5456 & BCOL 766 on an intermodal.
PS. The clouds...
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A bit of history on these units (WC 6900-6949)
Originally CN SD40's in the 5000-5240 series, look like this:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16213
- rebuild by Ashtom in 1997/1998, look like this:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=24256
First...
While CP's GP38-2 are everywhere, in the yards, on branchline duty and on mainline trains, CN GP38-2's tend to hang around large yards, which are often enclosed, being mothers to special hump slugs. That's why I was very exited when CN sent a GP38-2 on a local along with the usual GP9RM slug...
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I've been observing this local for almost two years now. It performs switching at Fort Rouge yard, local job to Fort Garry Industrial Park #2 (aka former Manitoba Sugar site) and to the cement plant, which is where this local is coming from. I've seen the following lash-ups for power, with an *...
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Three VIA F40PH-2's, with VIA 6435 & 6449 in the lead, take the Canadian Eastbound.
Ussually two units lead the tri-weekly train. Always running elephant style.
Here's the same train with two F40PH-2's leading:
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28579
All I...
CN 5456 & BCOL 766 lead an intermodal with two business cars on it:
CN 1060 1949 "Sandford Fleming" Track inspection car &
CN 1059 1954 "Tawaw" Reception-Marketing car
I have "rosters" of them from each side, which I'll post on the forums over the next...
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You can tell which one is which by the wing. While the Dash 9-44CW & SD75I and vice versa lash-up are very common on CN, it's not easy to zoom in and get this shot. You can see the minor GE/EMD differences by looking at the two 4000 h.p. beasts.
Caught him on a westbound intermodal. I really like the trailer, never seen anything like it. As it's small, has two doors and is very clean, I'm guessing its a circus trailer.
I couldn't find a better category to post it under.
On one of my first visits to Portage JCT (I visit that place about once/twice a week) I was lucky enough to catch a great traffic jam. I've seen bottlenecks since, but this one is by far the best. Let's break it down:
In the foreground, E/B CN local with CN 1435 & 7220 (GMD1u & GP9RM)...
Been wanting to get such a shot for a long time now. Procor tankers trailing a branchline mixed (mostly grain). It's a daily train, but the amount of cars various from 100 to about a dozen, with a SD40-2 for power...
Two Dash 9-44CW's, CN 2674 & BC Rail 4644 (http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=25354&cat=500&page=2) lead a lumber train into the city. A decade ago you wouldn't even dream of CN running all GE alsh-ups with BC Rail units as regulars.
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