CMQ SD40-2F 9023 and CP SD9043AC (ex UP... obviously) 3649 arrived earlier in the morning with a ballast train and are waiting for their next call to duty.

Heavy tonnage on the Saratoga to Albany (Kenwwod Yard) turn job lead to the unusual and unexpected sight of a Central Maine and Quebec blue barn passing the historic D&H Building in downtown Alban... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Toronto to Buffalo freight CP 246 makes the final leg of its journey into Buffalo. With a former CMQ SD40-2F in the lead, the train comes off the CN Stamford Sub and on to the C... (more)

Canadian Pacific Toronto to Buffalo train 246 has just crossed into the United States and makes its way across Unity Island and over the Black Rock Canal and I-190 on the Harbour Draw swing bridge... (more)

A Central Maine & Quebec Blue Barn makes an appearance on CP's Saratoga to Albany turn job. The unique draper taper design is highlighted as the 135 car train makes a pick up and set off at Moment... (more)

On June 21st, 2020, the day after the pair of CMQ barns lead train Q165 across CSX, Buffalo was treated to another barn leader in the form of CMQ 9023 leading CP train 246, the Frontier yard trans... (more)

253 heads north through Port Henry with a CMQ barn on the point.

Passing over the Mohawk River between Waterford and Cohoes, CP train D48 heads north from Kenwood Yard on their way back to Saratoga Springs, with CMQ 9023 on the point.

In what has been a memorable week for the D45/D48 local power, a rare blue face from northern Maine makes its inaugural run up the former D&H Colonie Sub as former CMQ 9023 leads the morning CP Sa... (more)

On a sticky summer morning, the stubborn low clouds refuse to budge as CP local D48 departs north on the west Kenwood Runner for the Colonie Subdivision. Making its inaugural appearance on this se... (more)

After having to take it slow due to CP's bridge over the St. Lawrence Seaway being raised, CP 253 with CMQ 9023 and CMQ 9022 for power is pouring it on, with the signal at Adirondack Jct showing a... (more)

Unexpected power. When CP completed its takeover of the CMQ last week, the last place one would have expected to see the CMQ's ex-CP barns was on Montreal-Saratoga Springs train CP 252 (whi... (more)

Two CMQ barns lead CP train 253 north out of Saratoga Springs, passing the Amtrak station as the rain begins to come down.

Canadian Pacific 253 is crossing over the Adirondack Subdivision at Delson on his last leg to Montreal

In a surprising move, CP sent a pair of Central Maine & Quebec Blue Barns down the former D&H on Montreal to Saratoga train 252. The pair is seen leading a 74 car CP 252 across the Hudson River. T... (more)