During my Four Days in September pop-up posts (link to the first of six
here - it's like a six-pack of pop-up!) The sixth and final post
features a CP track gang that happened along on Day One. I profiled the plethora of passenger and freight trains I observed along CN's Kingston Sub over those four days in late September. I like freight cars, so I'm always watchful for the interesting ones in what are becoming increasingly boring single-commodity freight trains comprising lease-fleet cars. I had some success. The cars I've selected are shown in this post; minimally-captioned and shown in chronological order.
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| Day One: Containers on CN No 149 |
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| CIGX 807749 steel car on CP No 230 |
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| GACX 54853 steel car on CP No 230 |
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One Western Red Lily GWRS 306184, and three original 1981-schemed
ex-SKPX Great Western cylindrical GWRS 306135, 306250, 306118 |
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| SOO 5138 flat car with sheet steel load |
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| Living The Dream on CBFX 398473 |
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| CPKC post-merger container |
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| Temperature-controller white boxes and CP power pack underneath |
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| Condo container on CP |
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| Condo container on CN |
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| Ex- BCOL wheel car 990340 on CN No 305 |
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| Day Two: Could be Elvis, could be Wayne Newton, could be Don Ho |
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| Respecting the shield, slogan, reporting marks |
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| Just Du It! |
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| It's why I watch trains! |
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| Day Three: WC 33145 ex-BN scrap tie car on CN No 372 |
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| TILX 308212 unusually nicely-graffiti'd on a propane tank car |
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| ONT 7796, 7743 |
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| BN 467354 small-logo BN survivor |
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| CSXT 151356 Big Blue in forestry-product pool service |
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| Chicago Central 40040 rare red hopper in scrap tie service on CN No 368 |
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| BCOL 9264 in scrap tie service on CN No 368 - the dogwood logo is in there somewhere |
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| CNA 409337-GTW 408085 noodling along |
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| WC 84714 on CN No 305 |
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| CHXX 144 your basic black gondola |
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| Irving lumber woodn't be any other train than CN No 305 NOKL 736757 |
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| TILX 259444 another colourfully graffiti'd tank |
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| Building America one auto rack at a time with Union Pacific TTGX 835139 |
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| Day Four: Which train is it? GTW 623590 with Irving lumber |
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| Patchwork auto racks on CN No 271: WRWK 9075 |
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| WRWK 9160 |
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| WRWK 9028 |
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| WRWK 9063 |
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| Patchworks from a different series on CN No 276: WRWK 300141 |
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| Patchwork WRWK 300126 |
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| Route Rock remnants on OFOX 815340 |
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| Can't quit the quilts! WRWX 9180 |
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| DUEL purpose |
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| Condo container on CN No 106 at Gananoque Junction |
Running extra...
If you can, attend a Remembrance Day service on Monday.
Spare a thought for our veterans and those no longer with us who fought for our freedom.
The 21st Bn CEF Memorial in Kingston's City Park, taken this week.
Recently shared by VIA's Chief Commercial Officer Michael Acosta, these are conceptual drawings for VIA's arriving-2035 Long Distance Regional Remote fleet replacement. Like many VIA trains, expect this project to run late!
I thought that crooner was Lionel Richie at first. He's easy like Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteYes! And that train will be rolling All Night Long!
ReplyDeleteIs that dome concept an actual dome, or just a glass roofed single level car?
ReplyDeleteHi Ian,
ReplyDeleteNever in the history of VIA Rail Canada has one artist's rendering engendered so much speculation from so many railfans about what a proposed order to an unknown manufacturer might actually comprise! And why not? In the absence of any requirements or dream sequences from VIA, we are left to wonder. Some have wondered whether those are steps at the end.
The fact that the Amtrak Superliner design included only Sightseer lounge cars, not any bulbous roof-line dome, should be an indication that the difficulty inherent in such a design is something VIA will not want to bite off nor chew. VIA has had a pretty bad history with unproven technologies so far!
If it does happen, you didn't hear it here first!
Thanks for your comment,
Eric