June 11

My son and I were out railfanning on the morning of June 11. I decided that I wanted to go shoot some CP trains for a change. We headed up to Rosser and then headed west. I thought I might want to head to Marquette, as I have never been there, but as I approached the elevator at Meadows I saw a headlight in the distance. I pulled over and waited on the elevator track for the train to come.


I hopped back in the car and we headed east to give chase. The train was making good time and it took a while to get ahead of it. As the train approached Rosser it slowed, so I was able to get ahead to grab a few shots just west of the elevator.


As you can see, the second unit was a SOO unit, CP/SOO 6021. 6021 is an SD60.


I leap-frogged them one more time and shot video as they passed the giant elevator at "CP Makwa"... or as one engineer called it, "Mak wa wa wa wa wa".


Right after they passed, CP 8752 West was ready to go.


They headed out with a solid container train. CP 8652 was mid-way through the train.



My son and I headed to the model train store after that, but I made sure to be at mile 10 of the CN Rivers subdivision to catch the outgoing Canadian. VIA 6453 led, with refurbished unit VIA 6411 trailing. You may remember that VIA 6411 used to be the Operation Lifesaver unit.




Not a bad morning of railfanning!

Trains in Moncton

I was in Moncton today on my way to the Open House at the New Brunswick Railway Museum, and I happened to see a few trains on the way.

CN 6021 was zipping around in Gordon Yard at about 11:40 this morning.


CN 4727 and 4729 were resting. I saw what looked like 4709 and 4719 behind them with a 4xxx GP9.


VIA 14 came in a little late with 6427 and 6405 leading a Renaissance
train, with Evangeline Park bringing up the markers. It arrived at what
used to be West End at 12:04 after stopping at a red light at Marsh
Junction for some reason. I saw the new signals by the station and of
course the West End sign and signals are down.


When I was leaving the Moncton area around 3 PM, I heard the Springhill
RTC having a big discussion with CN 307 about where they would meet VIA
15. They decided to have the 9000 foot 307 stop in Amherst, pull ahead
a bit and let 15 into the station track, then back up to let 15 out.
Apparently they were a bit too long for the 8900? foot siding there.