Random Photos From Hillsborough

Here are a few photos I took one weekend in July 2006 at the New Brunswick Railway Museum in Hillsborough, NB.


Ex-CN 8245 at night by the station.


The same consist by day.


Another night shot.


Their ex-CN baggage car.

Export Train Video

Matt posted a video of CN 436 at Marsh Junction leaving Moncton with the nine export locomotives. The video was taken at about 19:30. Nice use of the car headlights to get some light on the subject!

OrangeRail 2008

Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not head to Orangedale in Cape Breton for the "OrangeRail - Work Days and Slide Shows".

"Star presenter will be Stan Smaill, a CPR Train Dispatcher from Montreal who will show us the highlights of his 1975 trip to Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. Don't miss this featured show but do bring your own images to join in the fun. Kyle will provide us with lots of challenges for the work day, notably, a clean up after this week's demolition of the old house which stood in our front yard."

Saturday October 25, 2008 Work Day 10am to 4 pm
Saturday October 25, 2008 Slide Show and Supper 4pm to 9pm
Sunday October 26, 2008 Work Day and/or Slide Show 11am to 4pm

Some accommodation available, all meals are potluck for participants.

For more information
Phone: Martin Boston 902-756-2539 or email: bill.linley@gmail.com

For more information about Orangedale, visit the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society site or this site.

The Accidental Railfan

I often carry a camera with me, even when I am not anticipating any trains. Sometimes it comes in handy...

Today (Tuesday) I was working near Saint John, and on my way back to Fredericton I passed through Welsford. Bump-bump over the highway crossing, then the usual glance into the siding and WHOA - TRAIN! It turned out that NBSR 2319 East was stopped on the main line for some reason. I pulled over and pulled out my old Fuji A210 to take a few shots.

2319 had her lights doused and both crew were on the ground, walking back to the engine from the consist. I'm guessing they tripped the hotbox detector coming into Welsford and had to fix the problem. Within a couple of minutes of my arrival, they started the engines up (with a big puff of white smoke) and headed out.

NBSR 2319, 2317 and 9801 rolled by me at 3:13 PM with 30 cars in tow.


Always bring your camera!

Export Train Update

CN 436 arrived at Gordon Yard in Moncton at about 15:00. It left Gordon Yard at 19:25 with the same consist, CN 5739, a flatcar, 9 export locomotives, and a trailing flatcar. It will likely arrive in Halifax around midnight.

Phil Ross got a great shot of the train at Lutesville. Click on the photo for the large Railpictures version.

Export Train Update

The export train #436 was due to meet late CN #121 at McGivney. It is due at Pangburn (30 miles west of Moncton) at 13:00. Thanks to Phil Ross for the information.

Export Train

There is a train of export locomotives on its way to Halifax. Train 436 is scheduled to leave Edmundston this morning at 11 AM with CN 5739 leading 9 export locomotives (and two spacer flatcars).

The export units are Freightliner 66954/5/6/7, Fastline 66302, and Direct Rail Services 66431/2/3/4. Thanks to Bruce Hollett for the numbers.

On Monday at 16:36 (Eastern) it went through Belleville, Ontario and it went by Dorval, Quebec at 20:03 (Eastern). At 21:34 it was past Bagot on the Drummondville subdivision, and some estimate it arrived at Joffre around 01:00 this morning.

If it does leave Edmundston at 11 AM, it should be through McGivney around 3-4 PM and into Moncton by 6 PM. It is expected that it won't stay too long in Moncton.

Get your cameras ready!

EDIT: Added details on export units.

Interesting Blog

I want to draw your attention to a very interesting blog by Eric Gagnon, called Trackside Treasure. He has posted some great photos and narrative from train-watching over the years. I encourage you to check it out.

Various Moncton Videos

Kevin Gaudet posted several videos to YouTube lately from the Moncton area.

CN 308 arriving at Gort
CN 539 arriving at Gort with some sorry-looking paint on the GP38s.
VIA 615 through Gort - nice fall colours.

NB Southern Passenger Excursion Tomorrow

Don't forget about the NBSR Rally of Hope charity excursion leaving at 1 PM from Harbour Station tomorrow (Saturday). This trip is to benefit the Saint John Regional Hospital. The train will travel to Welsford and back in about 2.5 hours.

The weather looks good for pictures!

Fall Colours, Eventually

I was determined to get some photos of trains with fall colours in them. My plan was to go out Thanksgiving Monday to St. Stephen and shoot the NB Southern South Job there and on the way back to McAdam. Given its slow speed, there are plenty of opportunities for photos in picturesque locations, as I saw in May 2007.

My youngest son and I set out at just after 9 AM. I knew the train would leave McAdam around 8 AM so I figured I might catch it just before St. Stephen. Well, just after Harvey my little guy got quite car-sick and that was the end of the chase. We headed straight home for cleanup and I was a bit bummed out.

He recovered quickly enough, though, so after lunch I figured we could get the eastbound NBSR freight instead. We went to Rooth (just west of Tracy) and set up at the private crossing just west of milepost 52. We drew letters in the dirt road and waited for the train to show up.

At 15:35 the scanner chirped with the sound of the EOT (End-of-Train) device. Within 30 seconds I heard the nearby crossing bell ringing, and soon NBSR 2319 East came around the corner. It had 2319 and 2317 leading a short train of empty gypsum cars, a single covered hopper, and three autoracks.

NBSR 2319 at Rooth

As you can see, the light was not great. The sun played peek-a-boo all through the chase.

I gave chase. He beat me to the next crossing and then I outran him out of Tracy. I was well ahead by the time he reached the Fredericton Junction mile board, so I grabbed a few quick shots there at 15:48.

NBSR 2319 at Tracy

I wanted to get the shot across the field at Blissville to get as much foliage as I could. I pulled into the Baptist church parking lot, and as I was pulling the tripod out of the trunk, I heard the highway crossing bell ring. I set up just in time to catch him going past at 15:59.

NBSR 2319 and 2317 passing Blissville, NB

Here's the video.

For my next shot, I went to the long shot at Clarendon. It is starting to get very overgrown along the highway and the shot is going away. Maybe a chainsaw next time... The train was there at 16:19.

NB Southern Railway at Clarendon

The farmer in the foreground kept on working the field, oblivious to the train.

I took the long shot at Welsford Lake at 16:23. This was a very nice location.

NB Southern Freight Train at Welsford Lake

As I pulled through the west crossing at Welsford, the lights came on. I parked at the fueling depot by the east crossing and shot them coming through at 16:29.

NB Southern 2319 rounding the bend in Welsford

That was a great afternoon chase, but it was time to go. Thanks to my son for being so patient!

Read on:

• An NB Southern Chase (2014)
• Inside the Dever Road Shops (2012)
• NB Southern Eastbound Saturday (2009)
• Last Train from Calais (2009)

NBEC - CN Sale???

There's another article in the Tribune about the rumoured sale of QRC to CN. It doesn't have anything new, alas. The original rumour said an announcement would take place on September 30 or October 1. So far it seems "business as usual" on the CFMG and NBEC.

CFMG and VIA Videos from CFMGD

Young CFMGD has posted some videos of VIA and CFMG.

Here is CFMG 6902 leading two other SD40 units at Rimouski (mile 125.0) with a decent length freight train.


Late at night, VIA's Ocean blows through Rimouski.


Finally, a nice video of NBEC 6901, NBEC 6905 and CFMG 6902 with a decent length freight train near Rimouski.

New Brunswick Railway Museum Online Exhibit

Check out the Riding the Rails online exhibit at the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN). This exhibit shows the railway stations of New Brunswick, and was developed by the New Brunswick Railway Museum in cooperation with CHIN.

CP Units in McAdam

Danny McCracken was kind enough to send along a few photos of CP units in McAdam in December 1994, just before NB Southern started, and early 1995 as NBSR leased some units. I understand the December photos were taken by Danny's father.


CP 1273, CP 8040, CP 8033 and CP 1275 were the power for the train.


CP 1275 and 1273 were both SW1200 units.


Here you can see 1275 and the nose of CP 8033, an RS23 unit.


CP 4231, MK 4303 and BAR 93 were in McAdam on March 20, 1995. I don't know if the units were run-through power or leased by NB Southern. Quite a colourful consist!

Thanks for sending those to me, Danny.

CN 7010 and NBSR 9801 in McAdam

Gary Lee has a short clip of NBSR 2319 leading the excursion train out of McAdam on September 26.


He also has a short but sweet clip of GP9 CN 7010 and GP38 NBSR 9801 in McAdam.

Reduced Traffic on St. Stephen Sub?

CBC is reporting that the St. Stephen Flakeboard Company is laying workers off due to the economic crisis in the U.S. Much of Flakeboard's revenue comes from the housing industry, and the sub-prime mortgage crisis and now the general economic crisis has hit the housing industry hard.

These layoffs are obviously going to have an impact on the amount of product shipped by rail on NB Southern. Let's hope the layoffs are short term and the good people of St. Stephen can get back to work soon.

Youtube Video Ratings

I don't know how many people pay attention to video ratings on Youtube, but I do. I appreciate it when people take the time to rate my videos, and I hope they are doing so honestly. I like the feedback on what videos people enjoy, and which ones they don't - hopefully none! ;) For instance, this video features a night shot of VIA 15 at Nepisiguit Junction and it is rated 3 stars. I appreciate the honesty, and I agree it isn't a great video. Now the video below of the CP Reunion train last year in Harvey got 5 stars with 6 ratings, so... great!

I do find it suspicious when I see someone just posted a video with only a couple of views and it already has a 5-star rating on it. It's easy enough to game the rating system and rate your own videos, but what's the point?

Traffic For the Gaspe

I saw this article in leSoleil about a little bit of rail business for the Gaspe peninsula. Apparently Xstrata will be trucking 14,000 cubic meters of mine tailings to Gaspe, where it will be loaded into railcars and brought to the Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda. Additionally, remediation work is scheduled for the Gaspe smelter, closed in April 2002.

The tailings come from the Murdochville complex. The tailings are part of the decontamination and decomissioning of the facility, closed since 1999. The article says that there will be 27 sets of 8 cars from mid-October to late November, and possibly another 125-150 cars in 2009.

At the time, both facilities were owned by Noranda. Noranda and Falconbridge merged in June 2005, and Xstrata purchased Falconbridge in November 2006.

It's good to see some traffic on the Gaspe peninsula. Hopefully more permanent traffic will be found.

NB Southern Log Cars

On September 8 I mentioned I saw three NB Southern log cars in the siding at Westfield Beach. On September 24 I stopped and took photos of the three of them - NBSR 4012, 4018 and 4016.


It looks like their cargo will be the pile of old ties beside them. Here's 4012.

Very Long CN 405

Matt the saintjohnrailfan posted a video of a very long CN 405 with 164 cars!


It had 2569, 5430, and 2592 pulling the behemoth train. Matt shot it in Rothesay.

CN and NBEC... Again

Very strong rumours are swirling that there will be an announcement about a deal between CN and the Quebec Railway Corporation (QRC) on Tuesday September 30. This first surfaced in the spring of this year and came to an end in June. This time it seems to be pretty firm. We'll have to wait and see.

Chaleur over the Trestle

Here is a photo of the first Chaleur train over the newly-rebuilt trestle near mile 40, by David Morris. The trestle was washed out in early August. The Chaleur crossed on Monday, September 22.


The train had engines 6412 and 6420 leading baggage car 8618, coach 8140, Skyline 8503, sleepers CADILLAC and DENONVILLE, diner ACADIAN, and sleepers ROUVILLE, BIENVILLE, and LAUZON.

Here's one more shot of the same train, also by David Morris.

Rally of Hope Train Ride

There will be another NB Southern excursion train to benefit the Saint John Regional Hospital. The train will leave from Harbour Station at 1 PM on Saturday, October 18 and proceed to Welsford and back.

Tickets are $20.00 for adults, $12.00 for children 12 and under. Call (506) 632-5823 to reserve tickets, and pick up tickets at NBSR's office at 11 Gifford Road in the yard. Tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis.

Matt's Excellent Halifax Adventure

Matt aka saintjohnrailfan went to Halifax and saw a few trains hither and yon. Here are what I consider to be his best videos.

This is quite a nice night video of CN 121. Doing night video is hard, but Matt did a great job here. What is especially notable about this video is the VIA 6202 RDC on the end of the train.


This video of CN 120 at Enfield, NS is quite nice with the fog and early morning light.


A nice high-speed video of CN 407 at Brookfield, NS just outside Truro.


You can see the whole playlist here.

Saint John Trains 2008/09/23

On a rare trip into Saint John Tuesday afternoon, I lucked out and saw several trains.

I noticed the end of CN 405 near Harbour Station, moving, so I figured 405 was pulling up to Tim's to get coffee and orders. As I passed Island Yard, I saw GP9 CN 7038 on the track leading to the refinery, probably waiting for 405 to get out of the way.

Sure enough, CN 2432, CN 5510 and BCOL 4603 were parked short of the road by Tim Hortons at 15:19.

The light was awful as usual for that location. I took a few shots then ducked into Tim's for a moment. When I came out, I heard the thrum of engines and knew they were on their way, so I stood by the drive-thru line and shot a short video.


On my way back down Rothesay Avenue, I saw the NBSR local waiting to cross Rothesay Avenue from the refinery area. CN 7060 and NBSR 3701 provided the power. The light was not bad here.

Once CN 7038 cleared the track, the local rolled on through.

Of course, I realize now that someone was messing with the camera settings and all my photos were taken at 640 x 480 pixels instead of 2816 x 2112 like my camera SHOULD. Darn it. Oh well, I'm pretty sure I have a few dozen OTHER photos of 7060 and 3701.

Fredericton Station in the News

Sorry I haven't been blogging for the past few days. The Fredericton railway station has been in the news over the weekend, after Mayor Brad Woodside stated "fix it or tear it down". I've been making and fielding a few calls and communicating with good friend Tim Scammell as we have been following the reporting. You can see a few of the articles I blogged about on the railway station blog.

I'll get back to current news soon. :)

CFMG Maintenance of Way Video

Here's a unique video by PhotosMaxMar featuring some of CFMG's MOW (Maintenance of Way) equipment. I like it a lot.

Prairie Sky

I kind of miss the Prairies.

VIA Detour Ending

The damaged bridge in Causcapical, Quebec has been repaired and the NBEC / CFMG line is now open and the VIA detour is over. I'm glad I caught it when I did.

Video of NBEC Ore Train

David Chiasson has posted a nice video of NBEC 587 on its way to Brunswick Mines. Here are NBEC 1849 and 1821 pulling a solid block of blue ore cars along the Nepisiguit Subdivision on September 10, 2008.

Appointment at McGivney

I decided to head to McGivney to see VIA 614 detour through there. Given my disappointment from the last time I went for the detour, I allotted plenty of time before and after the expected time to catch the Ocean.

I left home at about 06:15 and I was in McGivney by 07:00. The weather was overcast but not bad, until about 10 km from McGivney when the fog rolled in. Drat!

When I arrived, the east-facing signals showed green over red, indicating a westbound was coming. I set up near the depot, then got out my Model Railroader magazines and started reading. After a while, I heard a thrum and it turned out to be CN 121 (I believe) rocketing through at 07:27.


I believe the power was 2261, 2436, 5529, 8xxx, and a GP38 and a GP9.

I decided to take a walk to the west end of the siding, since I'd never seen it before. I walked past the 30 bulkhead flatcars in the storage siding, then well into the boonies before I finally reached the other end at mile 87.1. Quite a walk - 1.6 miles.

I waited there for about 5 minutes, then I decided to start walking back. Of course, that's when I heard the hum of an approaching engine. I quickly set up to get VIA 6400 split the signals at 08:42.



So if my last time was disappointment, this must have been an "appointment". ;)

Word has it that the detour will last until September 17 (Wednesday).

My Book

I created a photo book tonight on Lulu with my best VIA Rail photos. It's really quite easy to do on Lulu.

Check it out!

A Message for the Atlantic Transport Ministers

CBC News is reporting that Atlantic transportation ministers are meeting tomorrow (Friday) "in Charlottetown to draft a united message in advance of a national meeting scheduled for later this month in Toronto."

The article goes on to say that they will try to agree on "issues of common interest, such as ferry services, road construction, maintenance and airport security."

We don't need more road money. What we need:

• Public transit funding


• Return of VIA Rail services to Saint John, Fredericton (by way of McGivney or Fredericton Junction)


• Support for taking trucks off the road and putting freight on rails where they belong

Let's hope that at the very least, public transit funding will be discussed at the national meeting. It's a travesty how poorly funded public transit is in the Atlantic provinces.

NBSR Videos

Gary Lee put a couple of videos up. In this one he is riding in NBSR 2317 as it crosses the main road, presumably shunting the yard.


This one shows NBSR 9801, 2318, 2612, and 2317 leaving McAdam with the eastbound freight.

Grand Bay Washout Photos

Bob Boudreau was sent some photos of the washout in Grand Bay. There are some very interesting photos "as it happened".

Here's another photo I took on Monday, later in the afternoon when they were repairing the track.


Be sure to look at Bob's photos.

Export Train

CN 436 is rolling across our fair province carrying 17 locomotives for export. I'm told the power is CN 2250. They left Joffre, Quebec at 23:45 last night.

Skilled Railroader Videos

Mike the skilledrailroader posted a video of NBEC 403 at Jacquet River, NB from September 1 of this year. The train had only one unit, NBEC 6901, and 48 cars.

One segment of this video of mine was shot from the very same place. It's a little iron bridge over the tracks - a good spot.

Another video from the same day, I think, is VIA 15 doing a flag stop at the Jacquet River station with VIA 6426 and 6412.


He posted another NBEC video quite a while ago of NBEC train 402 at Petit Rocher on April 9, 2007.

1994 Causapscal Derailment Video

Trainmasterpat has posted a video showing the wreck site of a CN derailment at Causapscal, Quebec, the same place that CFMG derailed Thursday night. Watch video

Speaking of the CFMG derailment, apparently the bridge was damaged and will need about a week to repair. During this time, VIA is detouring trains over the Napadogan subdivision again. Hopefully someone will get some photos!

NB Southern Line Open

After last weekend's washout in Grand Bay, and yesterday's repairs, the NB Southern main line was open for business last night. The westbound freight arrived in McAdam around 3 to 4 AM this morning and the corresponding eastbound is due in McAdam around noon, assuming it hasn't already arrived. A good job by the MOW crews.

NB Southern Washout Photos

I happened to be going to Saint John today, so on the way I drove through Grand Bay to see if I could find the washed-out track. At Ferry Road in Westfield I saw two NB Southern MOW vehicles doing some work on the track near the crossing.

To my untrained eye, it looked like they were redistributing the ballast.

I also noticed three empty NBSR log cars in the Westfield Beach siding. I have never seen anything but MOW equipment in this siding.

The actual track washout happened in downtown Grand Bay. It looks like about 40' of track was undercut.


There were a few people there, apparently waiting for more loads of gravel. I spoke to one of the MOW people and they said the track should be reopened tonight. I presume it will have a slow order!

You can click on those photos for a larger view.

Rail Washout on NBSR

Tropical storm Hanna did some damage to the roads and rails around the province. CBC is reporting that 45m of the NB Southern line in Grand Bay has been washed out with the rails hanging in mid-air. No word on any detours but I think it unlikely. Read the article

NB Southern UNICEF Train

Matt Keoughan passed on this news item. NB Southern Railway will operate a passenger train with caboose from McAdam to St. Stephen and return on Friday Sept. 26. Tickets are $45. They can be purchased in advance by calling Herb Caverhill at 506-466-6854. Occupancy in the van is up for auction, which means as many people as you want can ride in it. A great way to split the cost.

VIA Railfan Trip to Moncton

Ron Jackson and Andrew Reid are organizing another railfan trip. The last one was held at the end of April of this year. Here is Ron's description:

"Andrew and I have put together another Railfan trip. This one will be to Moncton for a visit to IRSI. We will leave Halifax on Oct. 3 at 12:35 on [VIA] number 15 and return on Oct. 5th on number 14. We will visit IRSI on the Saturday morning and Andrew has something planned for Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night we are planning to go as a group to a local restaurant for dinner (Vito's Italian). A group rate at the Colonial Inn, which is close to the train station (within walking distance) has been arranged. The bus we will use on Saturday only holds 30 and the Colonial has a limited number of rooms, so book early as we will cut it off at 30."

"On the train, normally coach passengers don't get access to the diner, but our group will be able to have lunch both ways. We will not be able to use the Dome car as the train has other groups booked in Easterly both ways. I likely will be able to take small groups back to the Dome for short periods of time depending on how busy the Dome is."

The Costs

Hotel $84.00 plus tax per night. Two per room or single. The rooms must be booked by Sept 20th. The rooms are booked under my name Ron Jackson and the number for the Hotel is 1-800-561-4667.

Bus TBD depends on the numbers

Train $58.00 per person tax included return.

Lunch $28.00 per person tax included for both meals

"The train and meals must be paid directly to me so we can all get the rate and the lunch sitting. Cash or cheque ok on the day of departure. The train and meals must be booked before Sept 20 and there is a $17.50 penalty if you cancel after Sept 20th. You can book the train and meals either by my e-mail or call me on my cell (902) 402-8403"

CFMG Derailment

I'm told the CFMG derailed two cars in Causapscal, Quebec on the Mont-Joli subdivision just before midnight last night. This has blocked the line in Quebec and forced some changes. The derailment is expected to be cleared soon.

VIA 615 returned to Campbellton and spent the day there, after turning on the wye in Matapedia this morning. It will become VIA 614 to Halifax Saturday morning.

NBEC train 402 arrived in Moncton at 14:45 with CFMG 6910 and 6909 leading 34 Ultramar cars (two rams of 17 cars each). Likely the empty Ultramar cars will go west on the Napadogan sub on CN 305 or 473 to the refinery in St. Romald, Quebec. Rumour has it that 6909 is going to Sydney.


EDIT: Réal D gave me the correct spelling for Causapscal and provided me a link to his video showing a forklift transferring lumber from a damaged centerbeam flatcar to another.

Canadian Pacific Railway Reunion in McAdam

The "Second Annual Railroaders Reunion" in McAdam has been announced. It will be on Saturday, September 13 from noon to 4 PM. Details are on the Village of McAdam home page. It's not exactly open to the public but "all those affiliated with the railway (past and present)" and their families are invited.

Last year they had CP 4563 down from Exporail for the reunion. No word on whether something similar is proposed for this time.

We Got Ourselves A Convoy

As I said in my previous post, a CN employee saw the lineup coming out of Winnipeg and said, "We got ourselves a CONVOY!"

The first westbound across the diamond was train #105 with CN 2220 and 2656 and a solid intermodal train at 09:51. In this photo the engines have passed the signals protecting the diamond.


Next up was CN 5683 and 2441 with a 162 car merchandise train at 10:08. This photo shows the engines have already passed the diamond and are by the west-facing signals.



My time was up at this point, so I packed everything up and took a few shots of CN Diamond before heading back to the Perimeter. I decided to have "one more look" trackside before going, and to my surprise there was another westbound. Westbound CN train #199 with 5714 and 5242 rolled under the TCH at 10:31 with another solid intermodal train. I don't know the car count because I ran out of tape after the first 50 or so platforms, but they said they had 10,053 feet.

The conductor told the RTC they had a student conductor on board, and sure enough, here he or she is, between the two regular crew members:


I got the "clear signal" to head home so that was the end of the CONVOY for me. Six trains in two hours - not bad at all!

Dust in the Wind... On the Tracks

I'm enjoying reading the latest few posts on the blog Dust on the Tracks. He spent his vacation here in the east and took some photos of CN, NBEC and VIA. Check it out!

CN Outside Winnipeg

Typically when I am in Winnipeg, I spend a morning on the CN mainline between highway 90 and highway 42 (aka Kenaston and Pembina). It's OK but I wanted something a little more "wide open" this time, so on August 24 I went west, young man, to the intersection of the Perimeter (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Wilkes Avenue (here).

I arrived there and had a quick look east and west, and an eastbound train was upon me almost before I knew it. CN 5768 and 5276 led a long container train with 144 platforms.


I did a bit of looking east, not finding any good locations, so I went west up Wilkes to highway 334 (Harris Road) near the diamond where CN and CP cross. Here I found some wide-open fields, perfect for what I was looking for. The only problem with this location is that the tracks run almost perfectly east-west, so for morning shots like I was taking the sun is problematic. Westbound trains are coming out of the sun, and eastbound trains get the sun on the nose and not much on the sides.

The next train I saw was eastbound unit train #772 at 09:02, with CN 5637 and 5763 leading 102 CN open-top cars.



Note the stylized P on the side of CN 196526.

Not long after that, another eastbound pounded the diamond at 09:17 with CN 2532 and 2536 pulling another unit train (106 cars), this time grain cars, I believe.



I moved up to the diamond itself after that train, looking for a different angle and wanting to incorporate some signals into my shots.

The next few trains were all westbounds. As one of the CN conductors said on the radio, "Looks like we got ourselves a CONVOY!"

--continued in part 2--

EDIT: Added train number.

NB Southern Switching Irving Wallboard

Kevin Gaudet has a few videos on YouTube of NBSR switching the Irving Wallboard plant on Bayside Drive. It was actually leased CN GP9s 7010 and 7060 doing the work.

Pulling loads
Shunting and leaving

And something a bit different, the Sunday evening westbound leaving NBSR's Dever Road yard with 2612, 2318, 2319, 9801 and 2317 for power.
Leaving in the dark