As the Georges Alexandre Lebel vessel arrives at Matane QC, CN 561 is waiting to unload the vessel. This vessel was acquired by CN in 2008 from Compagnie de gestion de Matane Inc., a shuttle boat-rail freight service on the St. Lawrence River between Matane, Baie-Comeau, and Sept-Îles, QC. The rail ferry can handle up to 25 freight cars and connects with CN in Matane. Now used by CN as a buffer car to load and unload the Georges Alexandre Lebel, the caboose CFMG 9101, was built from a 472000-series CN Box Car at the Pointe-St-Charles shops in Montreal in April 1971 (ex-CN 79507).
