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| CN 624590 with Irving lumber load |
All freight cars, all the time! Here's some photographic detail depicting the cars of CN Nos 305 and 376 seen at Belleville on March 12, 2016. First, CN No 305's Toronto-bound cars, with each photo captioned.
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| Carbon car TCMX 96147 |
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| Carbon car ECQX 47096 |
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| Enclosed bilevel autorack TTUX 891176 |
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| Pressure-differential covered hopper FAXX 292 |
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| GNRR 7329 with Irving lumber load |
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| CNA 330335 one of 110 ex-LEF&C 3600-4115 hoppers |
Two cuts of CN predecessor-road scrap tie cars and a few assorted cars from CN No 376. I profiled a cut of these mundane but interesting tie service cars in Kingston in 2012
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| BLE 65528 |
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| SSAM 33262 was formerly KCPX Kansas City Power & Light |
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| IC 387185 |
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| ex-BN WC 33131 |
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| IC 365413 |
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| One of four IC (ex-NKCR) gons IC 3784, 3790, 3786, 3778 |
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| BLE 65092 complete with Bessemer logo |
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| Part of the CN family for 20 years - Chicago Central CC 40145 |
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| BLE 1751 (ex-Route Rock) |
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| BLE 65588 |
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| BLE 1607 with www.cn.ca at right |
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| Sodium chlorate CGLX 60911 covered hopper |
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| Logo-less bright-blue BM 3347 |
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| Graffiti'd FBOX 504257 |
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| One of ten plain-jane ACFX covered hoppers on the tailend ACFX 66555 |
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| CEFX 302115 on No 305 |
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| PTEX 21227 on No 305 |
Hours of fun for the traveller, railfan or VIAphile. VIA Rail Canada has launched real-time Corridor train tracking with maps, speed and upcoming stops. Updates every minute. Speeds seem faster in...metric. Have fun!
Before CN ceased passenger service on the former Thousand Islands Railway between Gananoque Junction, on CN's Kingston Sub, and the waterfront Gananoque station, an eclectic collection of passenger equipment and locomotives had the duty. Vintage Gananoque Facebook group photo, dated 1953 shows a wooden combine at the waterfront station. Watch for an upcoming post on CN's Gananoque Spur and the CN wayfreights that served it. Thanks for the inspiration, Jakob!
Richly-deserved! Winnipeg's foremost keyboardist and straight-up rocker Burton Cummings inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the 2016 JUNO Awards. Juno that before I told you?
Why would you state that your CC 40145 is ex Chicago Central? It still is!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional information, Chris. I am hereby appointing you Trackside Treasure's Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist, with special duties in predecessor roads and giant Grand Trunk Corporation corporate property buyouts. That CC paint scheme sure stands out and attracts attention trackside!
ReplyDeleteEric
Indeed it does!
ReplyDeleteAs I am sure you are aware, CCP was part of the IC and now, of course, CN.
There are CC cars running around with new paint and the CN noodle. Have an eye for them!
Are you aware of what the SSAM is?
Ex-Rock Island car. Wow. That car is a survivor. I love that retro paint scheme. I'm not sure any other railway had a livery that was as creative as that one. Great find.
ReplyDeleteSSAM is Sault Ste Marie Bridge Co. The Rock lives on in several formats, though this is one of the more subtle ones.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris and Michael for your comments!
Eric