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Identity crisis
A CSX train, staffed by a CN crew, rolling by a classic Conrail milepost with a standard CN whistle post standing in background.
What to think ?
We're deep in Québec province Montérégie area, watching CSX Z847 train, it's tail end still rolling downhill from the small hill south of Ridge, passing QM196 on it's way toward Massena,NY.
In about six miles, at Carrs siding, the Montréal-based Canadian National crew will swap trains with CSX LO29 job who ran from Massena and each crew will head back toward their respective terminal.
This job operates daily out of Montréal's Taschereau Yard, using a combination of GTR and NYC trackage in order to reach the American border at Fort Covington,NY permitting a fast exchange of wood and paper products between CN and CSX.
This is former Canadian National trackage of the Massena subdivision, once extending 84 miles from Massena,NY to Brossard,QC. When CN sold this trackage to Conrail in mid-90's, the later simply changed the milepost from Syracuse,NY, the junction point with the Water Level Route, to the junction with Canadian Pacific Adirondack subdivision at Adirondack Jct, just south of Montréal island.
CN crews only operates from Cecile Jct (QM214.1) to Arnold (QM189.4) in order to reach the 10 007 foot-long meeting point with their American counterpart. From Beauharnois (QM225) to Adirondack Jct (QM238.4), the former NYC trackage was mothballed since more than 30 years.
Lots of history over that piece of track.
CSX Z847-03
CSXT 7202 - CSXT 802
Milepost QM196 CSX Montreal subdivision
Huntingdon,QC
June 3rd 2023
Identity crisis
A CSX train, staffed by a CN crew, rolling by a classic Conrail milepost with a standard CN whistle post standing in background.
What to think ?
We're deep in Québec province Montérégie area, watching CSX Z847 train, it's tail end still rolling downhill from the small hill south of Ridge, passing QM196 on it's way toward Massena,NY.
In about six miles, at Carrs siding, the Montréal-based Canadian National crew will swap trains with CSX LO29 job who ran from Massena and each crew will head back toward their respective terminal.
This job operates daily out of Montréal's Taschereau Yard, using a combination of GTR and NYC trackage in order to reach the American border at Fort Covington,NY permitting a fast exchange of wood and paper products between CN and CSX.
This is former Canadian National trackage of the Massena subdivision, once extending 84 miles from Massena,NY to Brossard,QC. When CN sold this trackage to Conrail in mid-90's, the later simply changed the milepost from Syracuse,NY, the junction point with the Water Level Route, to the junction with Canadian Pacific Adirondack subdivision at Adirondack Jct, just south of Montréal island.
CN crews only operates from Cecile Jct (QM214.1) to Arnold (QM189.4) in order to reach the 10 007 foot-long meeting point with their American counterpart. From Beauharnois (QM225) to Adirondack Jct (QM238.4), the former NYC trackage was mothballed since more than 30 years.
Lots of history over that piece of track.
CSX Z847-03
CSXT 7202 - CSXT 802
Milepost QM196 CSX Montreal subdivision
Huntingdon,QC
June 3rd 2023