Down to what seems weekly service, a coal train snakes along the coal track in the shadow of Mount McKay on it's way to Thunder Bay Terminals Ltd.
The yard is plugged with grain empties, while engines accompany each other, side by side in Wesfort. Each masters in their own time. CP SD40M-2 5499 sits coupled to sister 5420. The 5400's which r... (more)
CP 8536 accelerates this intermodel train out of the Lakehead in late evening sun.
CN 5293+CN 7213 being used in beltpack mode pull empties from Canada Malt in late evening sun.
Sometimes one wonders why CN does what they do. Today is one of those days. Instead of sending all of this power out on the daily westbound freight which follwed this train by only a few hours the... (more)
A pair of Canada Gesse look on as a pair of CP geeps takes a cut of flat cars over to the Mission Island.
CN 8804 and a GE shove some box cars into the Keefer Terminal
At the time, rare visitor's to Thunder Bay's yard, GP38-2's 3119 and 3056, which have replaced the usual trio of GP9's on the Current River yard assignment, are seen crawling up to the diamond wit... (more)
Looking along Pole Line rd one can see CN 841's massive 139 car 8299ft train
After waiting for the CN extra 10 assignment to clear the diamond an ex Soo sd 40-2 leads CP 221 into the Lakehead.
Thankfully this open feild provides just enough light to be able to capture a trio of red barns pull CP 222 into town.
CP 6011 leads a ballast train back into the Lakehead after a hard days work
Hard to believe but a year later CP 101 is no longer a symbol and a sd 40-2 leading an intermodel train is a sight that is no longer seen.
CN 9672+ 7213 work quickly to get train 437 ready for depature. Note CN 9672 has quite the history. She was bulit in 1974, purchased from GO Transit in 1991, repainted into noodle-no-map paint sch... (more)
CN 9672+ CN 7213 pull a string of grain loads to the elevators