Postscript: Cataraqui Sub Power

While assembling photos of various CN roadswitchers used on the Cataraqui Spur in the past few decades, it struck me as an excellent opportunity to tabulate all my observations from 1976 to 2015. Ron Barrett photographed 3504-4118 arriving at the Invista plant with a couple of cylindrical covered hoppers plus the DuPont safety training cars in tow (above). Let's join 3504 as we start down the 'Cat Spur' perusing nearly 40 years of roadswitcher locomotive consists. If you make it to the end, you'll find this tabulation more than fills usual post space and there are fewer photos than usual - watch for final photo awaiting you. Here are locomotives and cabooses on trains that I observed to, from or on the Cataraqui Spur 1977 to 2015 with photo links:

Feb/76 3704-3742
Mar/77 3731-79140
Jul/79 4510-76555
Jan/80 1298-1310-79522
Jun 14/80 4600-79351
Jun 18/80 4416-78555
Dec 23/80 4578-76675
Apr 4/81 4417-79247
Oct/81 3741-79399
Oct 24/81 4577-79427
Jan 2/82 3729-79740
Jan 8/83 4511-79513
Jan 22/83 3701-79917
Mar 3/83 3637
Jul 26/83 4245-79374, 4534-79906
Aug 26/83 3727-79906
Jan 5/84 4245-79393
May 18/84 3714-76676
Jan 7/86 4487
Jan 8/86 4360-79698
Jan 22/86 4401-79600
Feb 4/86 4530-79609
Feb 6/86 4406-79565
Feb 10/86 3732-79327
Mar 11/86 4529-79602
Mar 20/86 3719
Aug 28/86 1355-79603
Sep 2/86 3720
Sep 29/86 3731
Jan 1/87 4248-79652
May 7/87 3504-79323
Jul 22/88 4533
Oct 3/88 3629-4377-79623
Dec 30/88 3640-79919
Feb/89 3640
Feb 9/89 4209-78121 International Service (IS)
Jul 20/89 4332-79919
Feb 19/90 4122-79537 first sighting of GP9RM
Oct 13/90 4122-79512
Jun 7/91 4120-4119-79648
Jun 18/91 4121-4122-79657
Jun 22/91 4122-4131-79581
Jul 2/91 4119-4131-79826
Jul 22/91 4121-4124-79632
Jul 31/91 4566-4125-79489 high-nose/chop-nose
Nov 7/91 4114-4108-79623 caboose derailed
Dec 18/91 4115-4121-4119 first sighting of three units-79443
Feb 13/92 4101-4125
Mar 5/92 4118-4120-79355
Apr 28/92 4122-4120-79812
Apr 29/92 4122-4121-79812
May 15/92 4118-4121-79812
May 25/92 4118-4121-79581
May 20/92 4118-4121-79677
Jun 9/92 4118-4121-78107 IS
Jun 22/92 4111-4120-79692
Jul 5/92 4120-4122-79395
Jul 21/92 4122-4118-79395
Jul 29/92 4120-4119
Oct 20/92 7021-4119-79714 first 7000-series
Nov 24/92 4140-4121-79911
Nov 27/92 4124-4121-79629
Jan 22/93 4119-4127-79752
Feb 8/93 4112-4114-79585
Feb 17/93 3568-79753 single M420W
Mar 5/93 4135-4123-79753
Mar 22/93 4108-4123-79577
Apr 24/93 4119-79770
Apr 28/93 4106-4121-79665
May 11/93 4119-4120-79889
Jun 3/93 4143-4142-79412
Aug 23/93 4108-4119
Sep 21/93 4123-4142-78132 IS
Dec 6/93 4119-4121-79382
Dec 17/93 4119-4117-79513
Jan/94 4121-4118
Jan 24/94 78109 IS
Apr 2/94 4118-4128-79683
Jul 8/94 4118-4120-78109 IS
Oct 13/94 4116-4118-79382
Oct 27/94 4118-79752
Oct 28/94 4120-4143
Feb 1/95 4119-4125
Feb 16/95 4119-4125
May 4/94 4120-4118
Jun 9/95 4120-4121-79884
Jul 10/95 4118-4137-79703
Jul 11/95 4121-4104-7035-79703
Jul 17/95 4105-4106
Aug 14/95 4100-4118-79703
Oct 13/95 4141-4122-78100 IS train partially-derailed
Oct 23/95 4121-4118
Nov 5/95 4120-4118-78100 IS
Nov 30/95 4119-4120
Dec 7/95 4143-4139-27 cars-79703
Dec 9/95 4143-7037
Dec 15/95 4108-4139-79703
Dec 24/95 4121-4140
Dec 29/95 4108-4140
Jan 3/96 4112-4121
Jan 12/96 4126-4122
Feb 13/96 4118-4138
Mar 8/96 4138-4102-79703
Mar 21/96 4121-4111
Apr 20/96 4121-4138-79638
May 14/96 3569-4123-79911
May 23/96 4123-3569-79911
Jun 15/96 4118-7041-79911
Jul 4/96 7041-4140-79911
Jul 9/96 4140-7041-79911
Jul 12/96 7041-4140-79911
Aug 5/96 4140-4130-79473R
Aug 17/96 3561-4110-79473R
Aug 21&26/96 3536 North America (NA) scheme-3578-79473R
Sep 16/96 4123-4128-7029-79473R
Sep 17/96 7029-4104
Sep 18/96 7029-4104
Oct 2/96 4104-4128-79473R
Nov 1/96 4143-4114-4112
Nov 5/96 4125-3502NA-79473R
Dec 30/96 7073NA-4131-79473R
Feb 4/97 4114-4121 elephant style-79895 stencilled  W 'Mac Yard'
Feb 5/97 3504-79895
Feb 9/97 4114-4121-79895
Mar 5/97 4137
Mar 10/97 4137-4033
Mar 15/97 4108-4137-79895
Apr 5/97 4143-7068-79895
Apr 22/97 4138-4015-79895
May 5/97 3550-79473R
May 6/97 4125
May 19/97 7034-4136
May 28/97 4103-79473R
May 30/97 7019-7027-79473R
Jun 10/97 4122-7034 elephant style-79473R
Jul 31/97 4138-3585 red cab roof
Aug 1/97 4127-4138-3585
Aug 14/97 3541-4116
Sep 2/97 4133-4118
Sep 15/97 4120-4141
Oct 15/97 4122-4104
Oct 16/97 4113
Oct 25/97 3555-4113-79473R
Nov 10/97 4126-7022
Dec 29/97 4141-4114-79473R
Jan 18/98 4141-4032-79473R
Jan 30/98 4141-4032
Feb 21/98 4117-3567-79473R
Mar 9/98 4100-4122-79473R
Mar 25/98 4122-4100-79473R
Mar 27/98 4025-7076NA
Apr 20/98 7076-7071
May 19/98 4128-7043
Jun 1/98 7043-4128-79473R
Jun 18/98 7070-7043 nose to nose-79473R
Aug 1/98 4113-4112-79473R
Aug 26/98 4140-4141
Jan 16/99 7071-7074-79473R
Mar 15/99 4131-4140-77017 stencilled Hornepayne
Mar 16/99 4131-4140-7074NA
Mar 19/99 4140-4131-77017
Mar 27/99 4132-4140-77017
Apr 21/99 4139
Jun 16/99 4140-4109-77017
Jul 20/99 4131-77017
Sep 14/99 4117-7026-77017
Oct 29/99 4133-77017
Nov 8/99 4133-4141-77017
Dec 15/99 4117-4139
Mar 2/2000 4114-4141-77017
May 20/00 4121-4141-77017
Jul 7/00 4118-4140
Jul 29/00 4124-4100 30 car train at Queens
Sep 3/00 4114-4136 23 cars to Belleville
Nov 27/00 4121-7026 no caboose any more No 590 operating from Belleville
Dec 5/00 4132-4143-4139
Dec 23/00 4132-4139
Feb 5/01 7080NA-4121
Feb 24/01 4124-7080NA
Mar 9/01 7080NA-4124
Mar 14/01 4124-7080NA
Apr 6/01 7027-4139
Apr 8/01 4140-4117
Jul 21/01 4109-4132
Sep 23/01 7081-7082-4119-4100 probably with 519/590 new plan hog-lawing
Nov 4/01 4139-4118
Nov 11/01 4118-4139
Dec 3/01 4116-4111
Jan 19/02 4110-4111 on new diamine track
Apr 7/02 7080-4110-4124-4116
May/02 4100-4124
Jun 21/02 4139-7079
Nov 20/03 4116-4141
Jan 21/04 4143-4104-7068
Jul 11/04 4111-4143-4112
Mar 17/05 4102-4110 13 cars
Dec 15/05 4700-7059 first GP38-2
Mar 25/06 4710-4717
Apr 23/06 4717-7080-4112
Apr 30/06 4717-4143-4112
May 3/06 4710-4143 18 cars
Jun 2/06 4710-5353
Summer/06 4810-4710
Aug 26/06 4122-4100-4710
Sep 30/06 4717-4710
May 21/07 4141-4100
May 22/07 4710-4700
Aug 15/07 4700-4706 No 591
Oct 15/07 4100-4706 No 591
Oct 20/07 7025-4706 No 591
Nov 21/07 4701-4727
Nov 23/07 4701-7015-4132
Dec 6/07 4701-7015
Jan 25/08 7001-4789
Jul 19/08 4701-4717
Dec 8/08 4701-4132-4100
Mar 9/09 7018-4701
Jun 23/09 4100-4132
Nov 8/09 4100-7080
Apr 29/10 4132-7027
Aug 10/10 4131-4132
Sep 25/10 4129-4131
Feb 8/11 7081-4807
Mar 3/11 7068-7071 nose to nose
Mar 10/11 7071-7068 nose to nose
Mar 22/11 4110-7071
Apr 10/11 7082NA-7025
Apr 23&24/11 7082-7025
May 29/11 4131-4140
Jun 26/11 4118-7039
Aug 20/11 4131-7071
Jan/12 7027-7058 nose to nose
Jan 22/12 4140-4788
Mar 22/12 7080-7027 nose to nose
Mar 25/12 7027-7081
Aug 7/12 4138-4134
Aug 19/12 4135-4136
Sep 30/12 4135-7082
Oct 9/12 4135-7082
Apr 18/13 7075-4110
May 26/13 7069-7080
Aug 25/13 4139-7025
Oct 15/13 4136-7069
Nov 3/13 7069-7066
Dec 15/13 7000-4110
Jan 19/14 7000-4110
Feb 11/14 4135-7000
Mar 16/14 7039-7000
May 18/14 7080-7046
Jul 3/14 7081-7082
Dec 22/14 4116-4121
Feb 4&6/15 4125-1444

Now you're ready to head back up the spur to the mainline, just like 1444-4125 on February 6, 2015!