With train 235 in emergency ahead, CP train 643 slows to a stop at the east end of Spicer siding to wait for 235 to set out boxcar with a bad bearing at Port Hope. Proving why the ethanol trains h... (more)
As the hogger works the throttle to keep the train speed up, a smudge of exhaust quickly gets lost in the leaden sky as the Havelock makes it's way west. CP 3133, 3045, and 3114 have T07's 22 load... (more)
VIA 6408, one of two F40PH-2's decorated for the Coors Light Silver Bullet Express handles a somewhat lower profile train 57 near Port Hope, Ontario. 1501hrs.
Bearing down on the west siding switch, CP 5911, 5947, and SOO 6051 have 666's train well in hand at Port Hope, Ontario. The right unit is in the lead. 1303hrs.
Given their age, especially the trailing unit, and the proliferation of newer power, it is pleasant to catch a pair of SD40-2's still entrusted with 8000' of containers in 2011. CP 6031 and 5691 s... (more)