Cowl Cuck
With a wave from the conductor, X105 flies under the searchlights at New Castle. This could have been a cowl leader, but CN pulled a fast one on us. After hearing CN 149 left Montreal with one of the last remaining cowls in service leading, me and a good friend went east of Toronto (an over 4 hour drive for me from Windsor) with the hopes of chasing it west of Belleville. Unfortunately, CN gave every single other train a crew in Belleville while 149 sat crewless. Speculation was BIT (Brampton Intermodal Terminal) was having capacity issues and they were holding 149 at Belleville (not confirmed, just the likely reason). Just another example of expect the unexpected when out shooting trains haha. Don't get me wrong, I'm still satisfied and happy I got this shot. It just wasn't what I was hoping for.
Train: CN X105 with CN 8878 (SD70M-2) and CN 8870 (SD70M-2).
New Castle, ON
CN Kingston Subdivision
Cowl Cuck
With a wave from the conductor, X105 flies under the searchlights at New Castle. This could have been a cowl leader, but CN pulled a fast one on us. After hearing CN 149 left Montreal with one of the last remaining cowls in service leading, me and a good friend went east of Toronto (an over 4 hour drive for me from Windsor) with the hopes of chasing it west of Belleville. Unfortunately, CN gave every single other train a crew in Belleville while 149 sat crewless. Speculation was BIT (Brampton Intermodal Terminal) was having capacity issues and they were holding 149 at Belleville (not confirmed, just the likely reason). Just another example of expect the unexpected when out shooting trains haha. Don't get me wrong, I'm still satisfied and happy I got this shot. It just wasn't what I was hoping for.
Train: CN X105 with CN 8878 (SD70M-2) and CN 8870 (SD70M-2).
New Castle, ON
CN Kingston Subdivision