CP 434 departs Marathon after lifting loaded pulp cars yours truly placed to lift.
I just couldnt pass this scene up! As a Laidlaw Pete pulls away with a load bound for Pennsylvania, I pull away with 15 truck loads (5 boxes) of pulp for Memphis, TN and Chester, PA!
Ever wonder how we fuel up...? Taking on only 1908 Litres of Diesel Fuel (truck ran empty) from Bluewave Energy/Shell.
Class unit CP 8800 and sister CP 8787 kick up some fresh snow with a short 55 platform/6 rack freight.
Plow movement heads east along the Heron Bay sub to begin spreading sidings in the ongoing battle with a Lake Superior Winter!
A plow extra takes a banked curve at the east end of Marathon enroute to Heron Bay to spread the siding.
CP 9142 kicks up snow running through the siding at Marathon.
CP 9504 + CP 6067 pull 2222's freight of 34 platforms/22 mixed/7 racks/4 mixed/4 racks/13 mixed through Marathon.
CP 9107, 5980, 5919 head up 221's train
Some of the 2008 Canadian Holiday train deadheads back to Montreal on the rear of 116.
CP 8580 heads up 116. Not the typical automotive/intermodal train today!
Doing what ALCO's do best! (Actually I cheated... full independent, and 10mph) -44C with wind chill!
First Canac painted Savage owned locomotive. And for those wondering, this unit started out on the QNSL, later being sold to Norampac, and its Red Rock, ON mill before closure. Painted at NREC Cap... (more)
Locomotives parked outside the office
CANX 1349 awaits pickup (destined to Montreal, PQ) with 13 pulp loads and 7 empty woodchip cars.
