With close to 10000 tons on the drawbar it is all upto CP AC4400CWM 8062 + EMDX SD70ACe-T4 7205 operating mid train to lift 420's train up the ruling grade on the sub; Neys Hill.
CP 420 snakes its way into the Steel area, passing over the Steel River. Next, the Steel tunnel followed by Steel siding! A very scenic few miles of track away from the shores of Superior.
CP 112 knocks down the approach to Coldwell
CP 118 passes through Marathon as smoky skies from several fires in Northwestern Ontario linger in the air. With a south wind off Superior, the smoke is pushed inland.
Several times per day the Cando switcher delivers and picks up cars from the CP yard for the Terrace Bay mill. They have about a mile or so spur to the yard from the mill.
VIA's Budd car 186 between White River, Ontario and Sudbury, Ontario is just a few miles into the near 300 mile run across the sparsely populated boreal forest, swampy, and rocky terrain.
VIA 186 loads passengers and freight on a rare quad set RDC. The White River yard is pretty empty filled with various pieces of OCS equipment. (The intermodal car is a bad order and would go west ... (more)
CP 421 eases along at 10mph over some freshly surfaced track behind the tie gang
The westbound manifest train has just crested the hill with almost 10000' of freight behind.
CP 7009 + CEFX 1006 lug 421's freight through Neys
After performing their work at Terrace Bay, 420 reverses out the west end to pick up the brakeman and conductor.
Toronto Yard, ON - Vancouver Coquitlam, BC train 103 with CP AC4400CWM 8014, CP AC4400CW 8556, + CP SD40-2's 5901 + 5792 are crossing The Little Pic River trestle, and along the granite rocks dott... (more)
CP 113 heads through Coldwell West, alongside Neys Lake
Toronto Yard, ON - Winnipeg, MB freight 421 climbs the grade through Coldwell with a heavy freight
CP 421 eases into Ripple slowing down for a 25mph slow order due to installation of new ties.