Charter Marsh
This was definitely THE shot (at least in daylight that is) of my two days out chasing the famous CPKC Holiday Train for my first time. After photographing them crossing South Bay we headed here to wait at this beautiful and peaceful spot along Lower Road.
They are northbound crossing the little causeway over Charter Marsh just north of the hamlet of Wright. They are about to cross from Washington into Essex County and enter the town of Ticonderoga at about MP 97.9 on CPKC's Canadian Subdivision which traces its history back to 1875. Across the cold blue water of Lake Champlain is the state of Vermont and 25 miles to the east rise the 3000+ foot peaks of the southern Green Mountains.
Leading the way is CP 2249 an EMD GP20C-ECO built in 2013. This is a model unique to the CP (they own 130 of them) which are prevalent system wide in yard and local operations.
To learn more about CPKC's Holiday Train and see some of this year's performers as well as learn about its mission raising money and awareness to combat food insecurity check out the company's site dedicated to this continent wide event:
www.cpkcr.com/en/community/HolidayTrain
Putnam, New York
Friday November 24, 2023
Charter Marsh
This was definitely THE shot (at least in daylight that is) of my two days out chasing the famous CPKC Holiday Train for my first time. After photographing them crossing South Bay we headed here to wait at this beautiful and peaceful spot along Lower Road.
They are northbound crossing the little causeway over Charter Marsh just north of the hamlet of Wright. They are about to cross from Washington into Essex County and enter the town of Ticonderoga at about MP 97.9 on CPKC's Canadian Subdivision which traces its history back to 1875. Across the cold blue water of Lake Champlain is the state of Vermont and 25 miles to the east rise the 3000+ foot peaks of the southern Green Mountains.
Leading the way is CP 2249 an EMD GP20C-ECO built in 2013. This is a model unique to the CP (they own 130 of them) which are prevalent system wide in yard and local operations.
To learn more about CPKC's Holiday Train and see some of this year's performers as well as learn about its mission raising money and awareness to combat food insecurity check out the company's site dedicated to this continent wide event:
www.cpkcr.com/en/community/HolidayTrain
Putnam, New York
Friday November 24, 2023