Switch point indicator. CN 327 is passing a switch point indicator that lets approaching trains know if the switch is lined for the main or for the siding. Power is a solo SD40-2, with 29 c... (more)

Solo SD40-2. With only 49 cars on the drawbar (20 of which will be set off ahead at Coteau before continuing south), CSXT 8135 (an SD40-2 built as LN 8135 in 1981) is barely breaking a swea... (more)

Class leader for a transitional model. CSXT 9000-9052 were built with both some Dash9 features (i.e. 4400 horsepower and the new split cooling system) but are similar to Dash8-40CW's extern... (more)

CSXT 54 & CN 2179 lead CN 327 through Pointe-Claire with 55 cars to be set off at Coteau and the rest of the train for interchange to CSXT.

Warbonnet leaser. PRLX 201 (an SD75M built for the ATSF in 1995) is the surprising leader on CN 327 (with CSXT 5323 & CSXT 45 trailing), as these units rarely lead in Canada. Also somewhat ... (more)

An 85-car CN 327 is westbound through Dorval with CSXT 712, ex-CSX unit GECX 7865 & CN 2274 for power.

CSX, ex-CSX & CN power. An 85-car CN 327 is crossing the Ottawa River with CSXT 712, ex-CSX unit GECX 7865 & CN 2274 for power.

Under threatening skies, Montreal-Selkirk Canadian National 327 is crossing the Beauharnois Canal part of the St Lawrence Seaway at Valleyfield.

CN 327 has repainted AC4400CW CSXT 145 & Dash8-40CW CSXT 7849 for power as it rounds the Valleyfield Sub wye at Coteau before setting and lifting cars and then heading south.

CSXT 7885, CSXT 4749 & CN 2230 are the power on run-through train CN 327 as it rounds a curve in Pointe-Claire.

After shooting CN 327 at Dorval, I was able to shoot it a couple of miles further west at MP 14 of CN's Kingston Sub in Pointe-Claire. Normally it would be impossible to beat the train to this sec... (more)

Another endangered group of units. After retiring all of their Dash8-40C's and all of their ex-Conrail Dash8-40CW's, CSX has started retiring their remaining Dash8-40CW's (which were built ... (more)

An endangered leader. CSX has been retiring a number of SD60's recently, so it was a nice surprise to see ex-Conrail SD60M CSXT 8761 leading CN 327. It's passing under a signal gantry at Do... (more)

BNSF 3864 and CSXT 8014 are the power on a 77-car CN 327 which is crossing the Ottawa River.

The odd couple. Built 36 years apart, BNSF 3864 (a GE ET44C4 built in 2015) and CSXT 8014 (an EMD SD40-2 built in 1979 as L&N 8014) are the power on a 77-car CN 327 which is passing MP 22 o... (more)