First snowstorm of the season... Much easier to travel by rail than by road.
Backing up to pull cars from the CN-MMA interchange and bring them on the main line.
At sunrise, the CN Test Train inspect the right of way as it rolls by the historic Grand Trunk station.
Eric is turning the switch to enter Portec while Tom is at the "wheel" of the MMA St-Jean switcher.
To see how this scene looked like a mere three weeks before, click HERE
It feels like Indian Summer this afternoon as CN 5505 North with a pair of cowl units accelerates away from the CN/MM&A interchange
Fall colors are at their peak in southern Quebec as the St-Jean turn is pushing a heafty 40 cars or so with a single engine over the Chambly canal and onto the CN-MMA interchange.
The dull noise of track squeal as the Amtrak Adirondack with the full-length dome car takes the tight curve in the front of the old Grand Trunk depot. This is the first trip out of Montreal with t... (more)
For a few minutes, a third light has appeared on the signal mast guarding the St-Jean CN-CP diamond... as a full moon was rising at the right place.
Montreal bound Amtrak Adirondack overtakes CN 323 at sunset
Look 'Ma, a man with four arms! Two crew members where walking one behind the other up to the St-Jean diamond to make sure there where no train coming. They could not get a green light because the... (more)
Train # 810 rolls across the Richelieu River towards Farnham Yard
Another gorgeous day in sight as CN 8826 South rolls towards St-Albans Vt