It's 11:59 for this switcher: a losing battle as another mighty little MLW Alco is disapearing bit by bit under the heat of cutting torches. Sad.
Stretching the whole lenght of the picture, a CP port of Montreal transfer job is departing the Lachine intermodal facility.
Rebuilt and dipped @ MMA's Derby shop, AMT 532 & 530 (trailing) are headed for their new job in Montreal. As a sidenote, in a few weeks from now, this scene won't be possible as the soya field is ... (more)
EMD only today as a set of SD40s are pulling a cut of intermodals to be brought to the port of Montreal while a set of GP9s look on.
With all of CN's power being standardized, it's always pleasing to see the two different types of cowl bodies still rolling.
MMA 810 coming out of the CN-MMA interchange, back on the main line. Tom is reversing the switch; the abandonned Singer manufacture plant acting as a background.
AMT's flavor of the week: an all ex-GO transit lashup! RBRX 18523, 18524 and 18531 with GO-karts appeared on the Montreal-Delson line this week.
Via 15 headed for Montreal. As a sidenote, 6457 was second unit and damaged when VIA 15 derailed on the morning of Feb 25, 2010 near Quebec City. Leading 6400 fell on it's side and is in a sad sta... (more)
Snow flying at high speed, I ventured to the yard at night to find a plugged and joined for the weekend ex-GO Transit 531. Rosen Beaudin Railway Group/GBI (CAD) put it back in use then rented it t... (more)
Two mile posts in the same picture... Rolling on the turning bridge and headed for Iberville to pick up it's train MMA810 will then head back to Farnham.
Six brand new multi-levels are crossing the Richelieu river as the sun is rising. Mont St-Bruno in the background.
All set to go... Destination: Maine.
In the dead of the frigid night sits a dead unit left behind and the dead Singer plant standing silently in the background... Actually, the unit wouldn't load.
Glowing spots courtesy of a rising sun over the Mount St-Hilaire... Pusher engine AMT 243 is a rare visitor, usually working on the Dorion/Rigaud line
CN 324, delivering directly cars to MMA 810; a very rare move...
