Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the crew had to stop loading their train (seen in the distance) to wye the power because of "issues". ... (more)
Loaded out and ready to depart the United Taconite Fairlane plant with 144 loads after northbound traffic on the Missabe Sub clears they will head south for Proctor, MN.
CN 5244 leads Z243, a transfer train from Lang Yard to Walbridge past the Vickers interlocking.
Z243 (a CN run-through train) heads south through Vickers interlocking, heading from Lang Yard to Walbridge. Up front are a pair of grungy old SD40-2W's.
CN 5244 and CN 5500 lead 59 Herzog empties into Jasper for a crew change. The train is heading to Giscome, BC (Prince George) to be loaded.
CN 275 pulls out of Oshawa yard bound for Chicago after waiting on 369, 321 and 309. Conductor Trainee Mike Da Costa can be seen waving from the cab.
CN 275 screams up the York sub at Beare, with Conductor Trainee Mike Da Costa waving.
With BC Rail 3907, CN wide nose SD40-2 5244 sits in the Jasper yard
the 120 from Brampton,Ont (BIT) running eastbound on the north track to Halifax .
It looks like CN 5244 has been in some sort of altercation recently.
