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CP 230 takes the curve on the approch to Lovekin in the morning light.
One of the beauty maroon and gray heritage scheme ACu's leads the way, somewhat in need of a bath
With brakes squealing down the grade CP 236 eases into Hamilton as it heads for the border.
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After a long week working for the railway it was nice to pick up the the camera once again and chase something I had been eyeing all week. This pairing has been running between Toronto and Buffalo, NY for some time now. Along my chase I bumped into award winning photographer Ryan Gaynor. Great to meet up again!
The last in my mountain series, looking for chipmunks. This find came toward the end of my busy morning. It is a woodpecker on one of those lovely Western Junipers. I dared not ID for sure, and ran it by my Birdie FB-ID group. Confirmed: Hairy Woodpecker, male, a lifer for me. How cool izhat?
Three big UP motors get an outbound shuttle train moving. This is an NCRC train and crew and they would pick up 65 loads from Shelby.
Engine: MAN D0836LOH
Manufacturer: Almazora Motors Corp.
Chassis: MAN 18.280 HOCL
Body: AMC UNIVERSE MAN version
Canadian Pacific train 252 at Port Henry with new SD70ACU rebuild CP 7012 leading down the D&H for the first time.
Nos. 7012 and 7041 have just passed Liudigou on the climb to Shangdian Summit with a westbound mixed freight. 26 November 2002.
CP 7012 is on the tail end of CP 112 as it slowly approaches Lachine IMS Yard, its transcontinental journey from Vancouver nearly over.
After an overnight train journey from Beijing to Chifeng followed by a drive of almost three hours to our hotel at Reshui where we arrived at about 06.00, a quick departure east was made where we met a westbound mixed freight just after sunrise. Our third pic of this train headed by QJs 7041 and 7012 was just beyond Galadesitai (the station serving the town of Reshui) at the foot of the twisting westbound climb of about 23km to Shangdian Summit. 22 November 2002.
This train has put me through an emotional rollercoaster. It came through Parkville about 4:30am. At that pace, I expected him leaving Lincoln mid-afternoon. He would sit at Havelock most of the day while other empties ran around it. Finally he got a signal into Hobson where a new crew wouldn't be called until well after dark.