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| CN 8810 and 2663 shepherd the key train at 30 mph |
More photos. Less Text. Wednesday, while heading west for a pizza pick-up, Toronto-Montreal CN No 376 could be seen in the distance, descending into Collins Bay. Here is a pop-up post of the train. I desperately try to find some interesting freight cars and had some moderate success on this chemical-laden DPU-equipped monster. Previous pop-up posts of 376 were published in
February 2021,
October 2016,
May 2016, and
January 2016.
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| Fall skies behind the train as it heads eastward |
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| Shades of the Cotton Belt - SSW 70429 |
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| Even tank cars now get tagged - like SHPX 229478 |
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| Three coil cars - WFRX 382142-GACX 75806-WFRX 383982 |
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| Tarnished gold - SSW 557019 |
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| DPU 8962 |
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| Two scrap cars - AIMX 20200 and 15084 |
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| One of three combination-door boxcars - CN 598124 and a few cars later... |
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| ...sister car CN 598125 |
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| It's football season - CFL 1012 |
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| Third of three - CN 598173 with interesting stencilled reporting marks |
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| Several green ethylene glycol tank cars |
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| Sometimes 20 of these plain-janes - ACFX 67840 solo today |
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| Bring on the Bessemer - BLE 30168 |
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| The Man with No Name - possibly PLWX 44503 |
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| Here's why - making its last (non-revenue) trip |
Michael da Costa confirmed that PLWX 44503 was on its way to American Iron and Metal in Montreal for scrapping. With that it was a rendez-vous with roundness, a parade of pepperoni, a dinner of diameter!
Running extra...
At this week's Associated Railroaders of Kingston Zoom meeting, we had the pleasure of a presentation by noted Canadian railway author and photographer Bill Linley. Add preservationist to Bill's list of accomplishments, as he was humbly instrumental in the moving and stabilization of 4-6-0
CNR 1274/1521 to Nova Scotia's
Middleton Railway Museum.
The renumbering to 1521 took place to make room in CN's numbering system for SW1200RS's built in 1957. My brother had scanned an interesting slide taken by our Dad back in the summer of 1960. 'Take Your Three Year-Old to the Scrapline Day!' - hey, why not? On the pilot of 1521 in the Turcot Yard scrapline, who could have predicted the twists and turns in the future of this locomotive?
Thursday is Remembrance Day. I've been researching a series that I've entitled 'More Than Poppies', linking each day in November with a Canadian military achievement that happened on that date. Trying to break free of the usual remembrance themes, it's clear the Canada's military experiences spanned four centuries and the entire world. Attend an in-person or streamed service, learn more, and wear a poppy!
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| Kingston's own 21st Battalion monument in City Park |
4 comments:
Good Post. I hope your pizza wasn't left sitting too long.
(comment short and sweet)
I try to keep my comments brief, Robert, but brevity is a gift and I think it's a gift I must have returned!
All was good. We were a little early on the road, but instead of waiting at a waterfront park for the pizza to be baked, 376 filled that time slot nicely. Pizza was hot and ready, and I remain the only part of this equation to be half-baked!
And the afternoon was one of flurries/threat of snowflakes and great transient grey clouds interspersed with sunlight. A pleasant afternoon for trains and pies!
Thanks for your comment,
Eric
I always love those Golden West Service boxcars.
That's it, that's the comment.
A last link to railway-owned cars!
Queen's University Engineering Society newspaper was called Golden Words.
As you can see, I'm being challenged to keep my comments short and it's a tough one for me!
As my daughter used to 'say', kk.
Thanks for your comment, Steve!
Eric
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