On June 21st, 2020, the day after the pair of CMQ barns lead train Q165 across CSX, Buffalo was treated to another barn leader in the form of CMQ 9023 leading CP train 246, the Frontier yard trans... (more)

In may be one of the strangest sights I've ever seen, a pair of CMQ SD40-2Fs, along with one of CP's military units, reverse light at Scott Street in Franklin Park. With the Sears Tower providing ... (more)

Pinch me. I must be dreaming. Defying all odds, CMQ SD40-2F 9020 curves into Welland, Ont., with Montreal to Chicago train no. 143 and a surreal lashup including sister SD40-2F 9022, CP 8013, 7023... (more)

The Barns are back! For how long, who knows. Nonetheless, it's pretty incredible seeing these ol' girls singing out their inevitable swan song on original home rails. After CP 8013 lost function o... (more)

Q165 Riding the sunshine across Lake Erie’s Wine country with a pair of CM&Q’s leading.

On June 21st, 2020, the SD40-2F made its grand return to the midwest, in the form of CP 143 (CSX Q165). Up until this day, no one ever expected a CM&Q SD40-2F to venture out to the midwest.

Canadian Pacific train 143 (Montreal, QC - Buffalo, NY) has a pair of Central Maine and Quebec EMD SD40-2F's leading a GE AC44CM rebuild and CP 7023 the Air Force Heritage unit, providing for an u... (more)

CSX Q165 cruises over the Indiana Harbor Canal with a pair of CMQ SD40-2Fs leading. I never would’ve thought a pair of former CP red barns would make their way to the Windy City in this day and ... (more)

Canadian Pacific intermodal 143 ended up with quite the unusual pair of lead units in the form of a pair of Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2F's as it made it's morning run into Buffalo over the CN St... (more)

Talk About Foreign Power: With the recent acquisition of the Central Maine & Québéc (CMQ) railway by Canadian Pacific, a handful of the CMQ GMD SD40-2Fs have made the surprising move of rejoinin... (more)

In what has been a memorable week for the D45/D48 local power, a rare blue face from northern Maine makes its inaugural run up the former D&H Colonie Sub as former CMQ 9023 leads the morning CP Sa... (more)

On a sticky summer morning, the stubborn low clouds refuse to budge as CP local D48 departs north on the west Kenwood Runner for the Colonie Subdivision. Making its inaugural appearance on this se... (more)

After having to take it slow due to CP's bridge over the St. Lawrence Seaway being raised, CP 253 with CMQ 9023 and CMQ 9022 for power is pouring it on, with the signal at Adirondack Jct showing a... (more)

Meet the new boss. Two editions of CP 251 (formerly CMQ 1) are parked just west of Farnham. The one at left arrived on Saturday evening and has CMQ 9010 leading, the one at the right arrive... (more)

Two Canadian Pacific 251's are awaiting to be dealt with by the yard crew.