Eastbound 108 gets ahead of some snow squalls off in the distance.

CP 220 hiballs through Marathon with 65 eastern grain loads.

With all the spare parts, and the journals checked, 8701 is ready to move on to its new home in Prentiss, AB working for Dow Chemicals. With Marathon Pulp being indefinitely idled, the future of s... (more)

Four engines elephant style pull the 2nd section of 222.

CP 102 pulls up beside CP 434-26's train to wait for some maintainers to clear.

CP 8885 heads up a 106 platform 102

As we pull 5 loads of woodpulp for storage up the 4% grade to CP, the chip unloader has about a half of car unloaded of the last 9 chip cars to be spotted before the mill is indefinitely shutdown.... (more)

The final woodchip cars are spotted at the receiver. The mill will be idled indefinitely once the softwood chip pile to the right is emptied. This is expected to be within a few days. The CAT D7 c... (more)

CP 102 climbing the grade out of Marathon with CP 8772 - CP 9508 & 95 cars (long count).

CP eastbound stack train is leaning into the curve coming through Marathon with CP 8770 - CP 9817 & 70 cars (long count).

CP 9599 pulls train 222

CP 8812 + SOO 6042 pull a short 56 car grain train

The days are ticking away for firing this beast up. Four days earlier it was announced that Marathon Pulp would shut down for an indefinite period of time once the woodchips are cleaned out.

CP 435's power (CP 6018, SOO 6038, CP 6601, CP 9152, CP 5868) backs up our main to lift a empty sodium chlorate hopper.

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