The sun maybe setting on these units in more ways than one. So, interested in a remote controlled RS-18 or RS-3 slug for your layout?
Train 546's power sits in the yard while the crew has coffee. On a side note, Train 571 had 3 units and 12 cars to take North
BCOL 4644 gives an 11,500 foot L570 a tug out of Prince George.
CN L561 heads west on the Nechako Sub with 9500 feet of train.
BCOL 4648 and 2 other Dash 8's lead L570 south with a small train of 17 cars.
L570 crosses over the Cottonwood River bridge a few miles north of Quesnel, BC.
The day is short on time, as is the crew as they pull L570 into Quesnel for a set-off and a crew change.
BCOL engines 4644, 4641, 3910, 4603 and 1700 lead an 11,700' L570 south towards North Vancouver. Back in the BC Rail days, 3 trains each way crossed this line. Now it's down to two big trains. Got... (more)
The mid train power on a lengthy A472 passes the rule 105 zone at Prince George.
BCOL 4642 leads A473's train down the Chetwynd Sub.
BCOL 764 leads CN 2586 and BCOL 754 south with L570's train.
A rare Sulfur train waits in the yard for a crew to take her South to North Vancouver.
The daily Southbound out of Squamish is seen here with a rare BCR SD40-2 leading the 99 car train out of the yard.
SQNV waits for NVSQ to arrive. The crew will swap trains and switch the SQNV before returning to North Vancouver.
The head brakeman gives me a friendly wave as we pace his train Southward..