The Pointe St-Charles Switcher is leaving the Port of Montreal with a short transfer on a snowy afternoon. CN 9523 with a very faded nose leads CN 4795.
Two sets of local power (CN 9523/CN 9410 & CN 4800/CN 4727) are seen behind Coteau station.
After dropping off grain cars in the Pointe St-Charles yard, CN 9523 & ex-GMTX CN 4904 are heading west light power.
Sun-bleached CN 9523 leads GP9 7060 and a string of grain cars over the Lachine Canal towards Pointe-St-Charles.
CN 522 is getting ready to back up as it does work at Nova Grain with CN 9523 & CN 9410 for power.
GP40-2L(W)'s CN 9523 and CN 9410 are the power on CN 522 as it finishes its maneuvers at Nova Grain.
CN 522 is getting ready to head back to Southwark Yard after working at Nova Grain. Power is faded CN 9523 and zebra striped CN 9410.
CN 522 has finished its work at Nova Grain and is about to head back to Southwark Yard as a crewmember flags the Rue Gaudette crossing. Power is CN 9523 and CN 9410.
GP40-2L(W)'s in contrasting paint schemes are seen side by side as CN 522 works at Nova Grain. CN 9523 is about to be put ahead of CN 9410 before they depart for Southwark Yard.
CN 522 with CN 9523 in the lead after a series of maneuvers is about to back up towards Nova Grain (visible in the distance at left) as it finishes its work here.
Arriving at the WSOR yard.
CN 9523 with CN North America paint scheme sitting as a backup unit at the AMT Mont-St Hilaire commuter train yard
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