After a brief stop on the CN Stamford Sub after crossing International Bridge, CP train 143 with the CMQ barn pair accelerates down the Belt Line Sub towards Buffalo's Seneca Yard as crosses over ... (more)

After crossing the Buffalo River on the track 3 lift bridge, Canadian Pacific 143 snakes its way from the Compromise Branch on to the lead into the Seneca Yard intermodal facility. On the point of... (more)

This train brought railfans and photographers from all over the country, to converge on CSX Train Q165. This Q165 had 2 CM&Q SD40-2F “Barns”, leading 2 broken CP engines... one being the Air Force... (more)

With a crowd of railfans gathered on Unity Island, this is the moment that they were waiting for. Without being PTC equipped, there was plenty of doubt that the pair of CMQ SD40-2F's on the front ... (more)

With a duo of Central Maine and Quebec EMD SD40-2Fs in charge, CSX train Q165 (Buffalo, NY - Schiller Park, IL) roars under the Bort Road overpass in North East, PA with the iconic McDonalds sign ... (more)

CSX Q165 roars across the Erie West Sub behind a pair of Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2F's and a pair of CP locomotives, speeding over the elevated trackage through Dunkirk, New York. The train is... (more)

In may be one of the strangest sights I've ever seen, a pair of CMQ SD40-2Fs, along with one of CP's military units, reverse light under the signal bridge at tower B12 in Franklin Park. Never did ... (more)

In one of the top power sets of the year, two CMQ SD40-2F's lead a CSX intermodal across northern Indiana.

Well this was epic. Q165-20, the miracle train, created mass hysteria across the CSX Great Lakes Division when word got out about two Central Maine and Quebec barns were leading the train. The amo... (more)

Canadian Pacific intermodal 143 makes its way over the CSX Belt Sub in Buffalo, New York with a pair of Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2F's on the point. One of the many Buffalo statues that stand ac... (more)

In may be one of the strangest sights I've ever seen, a pair of CMQ SD40-2Fs, along with one of CP's military units, reverse light at Scott Street in Franklin Park. With the Sears Tower providing ... (more)

Pinch me. I must be dreaming. Defying all odds, CMQ SD40-2F 9020 curves into Welland, Ont., with Montreal to Chicago train no. 143 and a surreal lashup including sister SD40-2F 9022, CP 8013, 7023... (more)

The Barns are back! For how long, who knows. Nonetheless, it's pretty incredible seeing these ol' girls singing out their inevitable swan song on original home rails. After CP 8013 lost function o... (more)

Q165 Riding the sunshine across Lake Erie’s Wine country with a pair of CM&Q’s leading.

On June 21st, 2020, the SD40-2F made its grand return to the midwest, in the form of CP 143 (CSX Q165). Up until this day, no one ever expected a CM&Q SD40-2F to venture out to the midwest.