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CP 8051 113 Northbound w/NS trailer at Mordolphin
We got hammered pretty good with the white fluffy stuff over the weekend. With the plows not being able to keep up, as well as a few power outages, you can imagine that there where issues on the mainlines. CP had a slow order in for the Buckskin area do to the heavily packed snow at the CR17 crossing, and the last I heard CN was sending out a rescue crew for a dead 107 at Dock Siding at around 1730 (update: just heard they are still waiting at 1915). When I left home base sometime around 1pm (after dealing with my own snow issues) I had heard the 107 and VIA were still down at Brechin.
Another late-day scenario, but this time locally with the 113 between Medonte and Buckskin - where the foreman was firing up the generators. I was lucky to catch this train just prior to dusk, and with a Norfolk Southern EMD unit trailing. I would not have been happy watching that go by in the darkness! In addition I was able to capture an incoming snowblast close up which all combined really made my weekend.
CP 8051 (AC4400CWM) NS 1062 (SD70ACe)KCS 4782 (ES44AC)
CP 8051 113 Northbound w/NS trailer at Mordolphin
We got hammered pretty good with the white fluffy stuff over the weekend. With the plows not being able to keep up, as well as a few power outages, you can imagine that there where issues on the mainlines. CP had a slow order in for the Buckskin area do to the heavily packed snow at the CR17 crossing, and the last I heard CN was sending out a rescue crew for a dead 107 at Dock Siding at around 1730 (update: just heard they are still waiting at 1915). When I left home base sometime around 1pm (after dealing with my own snow issues) I had heard the 107 and VIA were still down at Brechin.
Another late-day scenario, but this time locally with the 113 between Medonte and Buckskin - where the foreman was firing up the generators. I was lucky to catch this train just prior to dusk, and with a Norfolk Southern EMD unit trailing. I would not have been happy watching that go by in the darkness! In addition I was able to capture an incoming snowblast close up which all combined really made my weekend.
CP 8051 (AC4400CWM) NS 1062 (SD70ACe)KCS 4782 (ES44AC)