The lease power has added a lot of variety and color to the CP, especially on the former DM&E.
A southbound manifest creeps towards the junction while NS signal crews prepare to install new signals.
Train #637 is even celebrating independence with the right leader!
The Saugus Local had a spray of color today (and a nicely un-defaced piece of rolling stock) in the form of HLCX leaser GP38-2 3846, pulling a UP GP40-2 for the run up to CP Honby.
Southbound wiih rare daylight move , with LVRR 2016 , NSRR 2004 , and LVRR 9050 on train. Possibliy due to the river flooding changing times.
NS train 137 glides over Waverly Parkway as an interesting assortment of locomotives pull today’s mixed freight, including a CSX visitor and a former C&NW SD60 now under the ownership of Helm Le... (more)
Crawling out of the shadows casted by the tiny town of Utica, HLCX 8089 leads train #277 west on the Weseca Sub under some epic storm lighting!
A Westbound CSX autorack train prepares to stop a mile ahead for a crew change, with a rare leader on the point. I have never seen one lead, so it was quite welcome!
HLCX 6328 & CSXT 4735 lead a westbound Autorack train through Depew Station.
This morning's hotshot stack train 182 features a pair of BN green SD40-2's, now lettered for the HLCX and NREX.
An ex-BC Rail SD40-2 waits for a new crew at the west end of Marquette Yard.