North Country Ribbons
Weaving into Wahnapitae
Ottawa Valley Railway train U431 weaves its way through the thinning birch along the Wanapitei River on a sunny fall afternoon. The small community of Wahnapitae is just east of Sudbury, getting its name from the river which in turn comes from the Ojibwe word waanabidebiing, meaning "concave-tooth shaped water", aptly referring to the shape of Lake Wanapitei.
The lumber heavy freight is running along what was originally CP's Cartier Sub originating in North Bay. They'll transfer over to CPKC rails at Romford and head through Moonlight into the Sudbury yard for their interchange work before returning back east as U430 to North Bay.
On the point is HCRY GP40-2LW 3013 which belongs to fellow G&W shortline Huron Central Railway which runs from Sudbury west to Sault Ste. Marie on other former CP trackage.
Weaving into Wahnapitae
Ottawa Valley Railway train U431 weaves its way through the thinning birch along the Wanapitei River on a sunny fall afternoon. The small community of Wahnapitae is just east of Sudbury, getting its name from the river which in turn comes from the Ojibwe word waanabidebiing, meaning "concave-tooth shaped water", aptly referring to the shape of Lake Wanapitei.
The lumber heavy freight is running along what was originally CP's Cartier Sub originating in North Bay. They'll transfer over to CPKC rails at Romford and head through Moonlight into the Sudbury yard for their interchange work before returning back east as U430 to North Bay.
On the point is HCRY GP40-2LW 3013 which belongs to fellow G&W shortline Huron Central Railway which runs from Sudbury west to Sault Ste. Marie on other former CP trackage.