No more CSX power. Run-through train CN 327 (which gets handed off to a CSX crew at a siding near the Quebec-New York border) was normally powered by CSX units until last fall. Since that t... (more)

CN SD70M-2 8017 leads CN M301 West through Griffith.

A gathering of two yard jobs, stored locos & two foreign jobs this morning. The CP-BN had to scoot out of the way of the CN transfer, heading to get its cut, as well as another inbound train (out... (more)

CN 324 is crossing the Lachine Canal with CN 8017 & CN 3077 for power. A CN noodle is visible on the first car and the power, as well as in the far distance at left, on CN's headquarters building.

Joint NS/CN run through train (CP 930 when on CP rails) at Essex, NY with CN 8017 and CN 2294

CN 305 has three units up front (CN 8017, CN 2294 & CN 3096) as it approaches CN St-Henri. In a short distance the train will stop to change crews at Turcot Ouest and the inbound crew will take CN... (more)

Joint NS/CN run through train (CP 930 when on CP rails) at Essex, NY with CN 8017 and CN 2294

A 154-car CN 527 is about to pass MP 3.13 of CN's Montreal Sub with CN 8017, CN 2570 & CN 8906 for power. The leader is missing part of its nose noodle.

The head end of CN 527 dodges clouds as it emerges from the Turcot Interchange with CN 8017, NS 9798 & CN 2570 for power.

A short 56 car X318 slowly moves towards Seagram with a dead in tow C44-9W

With the downturn in traffic, CN has decided to park SSV (stored serviceable) units at many of their terminals to protect potential power failures that happen on the road. CN SD70M-2 8017 was one ... (more)

SD70M-2 CN 8017 heads intermodal train 101 west at Clover Bar, approaching Edmonton.

NS 117 (Bellevue, OH-Chattanooga, TN) slowly come down on the main heading for the east side yard lead.

CN 401 heads west through Montreal West, led by CN 8017 (missing part of its nose noodle) and CN 9450. Five cars back from the head end is a Bombardier Multilevel car destined for New Jersey Trans... (more)

CN continues to equip their first order of SD70M-2s and their IC C44-9Ws with distributed power equipment. A nice part about this is that they normally get a good cleaning afterward. CN 8017 is a ... (more)