CTC Lake
Canadian Pacific SD70ACu 7019 rolls down the west leg of the Wye at Sabula, Iowa departing the Davenport Subdivision and entering the limits of the Marquette Subdivision in the process. The handsome heritage-painted SD70ACu has drawn the lead spot on train 475, the Kansas City to St. Paul freight. With a warrant all the way to Dubuque and no work at Sabula the engineer has the train rolling at what at least seemed pretty close to track speed.
The power is rolling over the switches for the north end of the wye here at Sabula, a spot known as CTC Lake. The very short stretch of track that makes up the north leg of the wye diverges to the left in the distance. At least at one time it was known as the "Bay Subdivision" - appropriately named since it runs from CTC Lake to CTC Island (the east wye switch). It's one of the shortest subdivisions you're ever likely to see at only about 0.3 miles long. As I understand it, that leg of the wye had to be given a separate name in the ICE's computer system back in the day (the Chicago subdivision makes up the south leg), and thus why it got a unique name. Not 100% sure if it's still in the CP timetable this way, but it was in 2014 at least.
CTC Lake
Canadian Pacific SD70ACu 7019 rolls down the west leg of the Wye at Sabula, Iowa departing the Davenport Subdivision and entering the limits of the Marquette Subdivision in the process. The handsome heritage-painted SD70ACu has drawn the lead spot on train 475, the Kansas City to St. Paul freight. With a warrant all the way to Dubuque and no work at Sabula the engineer has the train rolling at what at least seemed pretty close to track speed.
The power is rolling over the switches for the north end of the wye here at Sabula, a spot known as CTC Lake. The very short stretch of track that makes up the north leg of the wye diverges to the left in the distance. At least at one time it was known as the "Bay Subdivision" - appropriately named since it runs from CTC Lake to CTC Island (the east wye switch). It's one of the shortest subdivisions you're ever likely to see at only about 0.3 miles long. As I understand it, that leg of the wye had to be given a separate name in the ICE's computer system back in the day (the Chicago subdivision makes up the south leg), and thus why it got a unique name. Not 100% sure if it's still in the CP timetable this way, but it was in 2014 at least.