After letting VIA #2 by, G834's train tips over the grade at Yellowhead with IC C40-8W 2459 leading.
IC C40-8W 2459 is still earning her keep, seen here leading an empty grain train east on CN's Albreda Sub.
Illinois Central Dash 8-40CW 2459 is the former LMSX 732. In the mid-90s, LMS leased a group of these Dash 8s to Conrail and Canadian National subsidiary Illinois Central – LMS 700-739 – with... (more)
IC 2459 is still in Conrail blue as it leads CN 323 in Montreal. This unit was originally leased by Conrail half the year, with CN leasing it the other half of the year.
CN 323 is back from Vermont with IC 2459 & CN 2544 for power and only 27 cars as it approaches Turcot Ouest.
One of the more unique paint schemes is this Illinois Central / Canadian National 2459 (C40-8W) spotted waiting
IC 2459, an Ex-LMSX unit, leads on the CN SB sub.
Emerging from the Paul M. Tellier tunnel beneath the St. Clair River, CN westbound train M38331 heads into Port Huron, MI behind IC C40-8W 2459 and CN C44-9W 2574.
Ending Era - The end of the DM&IR is eminent. Another tunnel motor is retired and leaves the north country with an uncertain future. 336 pulls in the hole at Ackerville for a small fleet of northb... (more)
The daily southbound intermodal to New Orleans departs just a tad bit late with a couple of former LMS Dash 8's.
Loaded Unit Grain Train waits for a crew in the siding at Peosta, IA. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)
ex LMS unit
CNIC 2459 at Johnston Yard in Memphis, Tennessee.
