Backdropped by downtown Port Arthur, a short ballast train departs Thunder Bay eastbound onto the Nipigon Sub to dump ballast for some springtime tamping and curve rehab projects.
CP 5036 and 2326 couple to the ex MILW-31 Minnesota River sleeper car. The crew is about to depart Northtown Yard and head to the St. Paul CP Yard by Pigs' Eye.