Recent Videos

Here are some videos I took recently.

First, CN 2541 West from Thursday December 17. This was a long intermodal train with CN 2541, sergeant stripe CN 2401 and shiny CN 2291.


The second video is also from December 17. CN 2306 and CN 8846 pulled a train that was mostly empty centerbeam flat cars, with some pipe loads on the head end and a few tank cars here and there.


The third video shows the distributed power (DPU) train from Friday December 18. CN 8865 was on the head end, and CN 8862 was pushing on the rear.

Whither the Canadian?

I went out at noon today to shoot the westbound Canadian. It was a beautiful sunny day in Winnipeg, with a temperature of -8 Celsius. Very nice for December.

I saw two westbound CN freights while waiting for the Canadian. I set up on the stub of Wilkes Avenue west of Kenaston, just for someplace different to shoot. The first train rolled by at 12:09 with CN 2541, 2401 and shiny 2291 pulling a long intermodal train.


The second train (at 12:26) was headed up by CN 2306 and 8846, with a number of pipe loads on the head end, and a lot of empty centerbeam flats and a few tank cars trailing.


Right after that freight passed, I heard CP going north across the diamond at St. James Junction. I couldn't hang around any longer, so I don't know when and if the Canadian rolled through.

EDIT: Apparently the Canadian was 10 hours late leaving Toronto, so that was why it was late coming to Winnipeg. It was due into Winnipeg at 13:40, 5 hours 40 minutes late, so they made up some time along the way. I'm glad I didn't wait around for it!