Logo
Geoff Doane's Collection
 
5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
  Page Controls   View:  Pics Per Page:
Passing the Engine Room Tavern in Truro, NS
Title:  Passing the Engine Room Tavern in Truro, NS
Description:  407 crawls through the level crossings of Truro, before backing into the yard. The track on the left is all that remains of an extensive yard which once handled passenger train interchange between the Bedford, Hopewell, and Springhill Subs.
Photo Date:  5/20/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:14:21 AM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 2523(C44-9W)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
407 Leaving Dartmouth
Title:  407 Leaving Dartmouth
Description:  407 is oone mile into OCS territory on the Dartmouth Sub, just passing the switch to the gypsum plant at mile 10.1.
Photo Date:  5/21/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:14:45 AM
Location:  Dartmouth, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 2523(C44-9W)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
Shubenacadie, NS
Title:  Shubenacadie, NS
Description:  407 crosses the Shubenacadie River at its namesake town. Next stop will be Truro, NS.
Photo Date:  6/2/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:15:09 AM
Location:  Shubenacadie, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2523(C44-9W) CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 7019(GP9RM)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Climbing the Grade on Folly Mountain
Title:  Climbing the Grade on Folly Mountain
Description:  The GP9 is off line, as the two GEs lug train 407 up the twisting grade to Folly Lake in Nova Scotia.
Photo Date:  6/2/2012  Upload Date: 6/23/2012 11:15:39 AM
Location:  Folly Mountain, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2523(C44-9W) CN 2438(C40-8M) CN 7019(GP9RM)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
CN 2301
Title:  CN 2301
Description:  A new ES44DC with the rectangular windshields heads up 120's power at the Halifax Intermodal Terminal
Photo Date:  10/4/2008  Upload Date: 12/4/2008 9:54:10 PM
Location:  Halifax, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 2301(ES44DC) CN 2526(C44-9W) CN 2559(C44-9W)
Views:  773   Comments: 0
Train 120 in the Cut
Title:  Train 120 in the Cut
Description:  120 has just crested the grade on Folly Mountain, and is starting the descent to Truro.
Photo Date:  7/30/2018  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 2:14:28 PM
Location:  Folly Mountain, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2723(C44-9W) CN 2280(ES44DC) CN 2528(C44-9W) CN 2145(C40-8W)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Manifest Train 407
Title:  Manifest Train 407
Description:  Daily "junk" train 407 hauls by one of the few remaining 3-aspect signals on the Springhill Sub, and onto the Tantramar Marsh
Photo Date:  10/28/2015  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:23:16 PM
Location:  Amherst, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2530(C44-9W) CN 2175(C40-8W) CN 2256(ES44DC)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
Making a Run for the Mountain
Title:  Making a Run for the Mountain
Description:  After a short section of slower running, 120's diesels have been notched out for the assault on Folly Mountain
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 4:54:42 PM
Location:  Westchester Sta., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2619(C44-9W) CN 2560(C44-9W) CN 5660(SD75I)
Views:  159   Comments: 2
Almost Finished
Title:  Almost Finished
Description:  120 wraps around the cove as the train proceeds towards Rockingham Yard, on the Halifax Transfer Track
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 5:02:56 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2619(C44-9W) CN 2560(C44-9W) CN 5660(SD75I)
Views:  213   Comments: 3
CN Train 406
Title:  CN Train 406
Description:  CN 406, the Saint John turn from Moncton, has startled a bald eagle into flight at it rolls along the fill at Fundy.
Photo Date:  10/13/2010  Upload Date: 2/29/2012 9:02:07 PM
Location:  Fundy, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2563(C44-9W) CN 2569(C44-9W)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
CN Train 406
Title:  CN Train 406
Description:  The two Dash-9s are making good time as they pass the former station site.
Photo Date:  10/13/2010  Upload Date: 2/29/2012 9:04:13 PM
Location:  Anagance, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2563(C44-9W) CN 2569(C44-9W)
Views:  1173   Comments: 4
CN Train 406
Title:  CN Train 406
Description:  Clouds are chasing 406, as they make their way towards Saint John.
Photo Date:  10/13/2010  Upload Date: 2/29/2012 9:05:52 PM
Location:  Bloomfield, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2563(C44-9W) CN 2569(C44-9W)
Views:  408   Comments: 2
Morning Manifest
Title:  Morning Manifest
Description:  Daily manifest 407 from Dartmouth crosses the Shubenacadie River one fine morning on its way to Truro, and eventually Moncton, NB
Photo Date:  8/9/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:40:29 AM
Location:  Shubenacadie, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5742(SD75I) CN 2573(C44-9W)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Taking a Run at the Hill
Title:  Taking a Run at the Hill
Description:  With the whole train now on the main line, the engineer opens up the throttle to take a run at the 1.7% grade of Bedford Hill
Photo Date:  7/3/2013  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 10:01:45 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2578(C44-9W) CN 2515(C44-9WL) CN 2226(ES44DC)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Three Geez
Title:  Three Geez
Description:  The two Dash-9s are showing their age, smoking it up, as train 121 takes a run at Bedford Hill
Photo Date:  7/3/2013  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 10:02:38 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2578(C44-9W) CN 2515(C44-9WL) CN 2226(ES44DC)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
CN 407 Near Laurie Park in Nova Scotia
Title:  CN 407 Near Laurie Park in Nova Scotia
Description:  407's three Dash-9s have the train of mostly autoracks rolling at track speed as they cross the big fill near Laurie Park.
Photo Date:  5/23/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:42:14 PM
Location:  Grand Lake, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2580(C44-9W)
Views:  169   Comments: 3
Springtime in Nova Scotia
Title:  Springtime in Nova Scotia
Description:  407 is nearing the town of Stewiacke on this fine spring morning
Photo Date:  5/23/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 5:42:31 PM
Location:  Stewiacke, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2580(C44-9W) CN 2671(C44-9W)
Views:  262   Comments: 1
A Very Late Arrival
Title:  A Very Late Arrival
Description:  120 is over 5 hours late as they pull down the transfer track in the freshly fallen snow.
Photo Date:  2/3/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:14:27 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5713(SD75I) CN 5763(SD75I) CN 2332(ES44DC) CN 2588(C44-9W)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Yarding Train 120
Title:  Yarding Train 120
Description:  120 moves down track G10 towards Fairview Jct. and the switch to the Deepwater Spur.
Photo Date:  7/6/2013  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 10:45:32 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8879(SD70M-2) CN 2590(C44-9W) CN 5651(SD75I)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Nine Mile River Crossing
Title:  Nine Mile River Crossing
Description:  Train 120 crosses Nine Mile River at the site of the first steel railway bridge manufactured in British North America.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:33:54 PM
Location:  Elmsdale, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  Train 120 passes the old quarry site at the top of Bedford Hill, mile 13 of the Bedford Sub.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:34:39 PM
Location:  Bedford Quarry, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  213   Comments: 2
Rockingham Yard is Just Ahead
Title:  Rockingham Yard is Just Ahead
Description:  120 is on the Transfer Track, skirting Birch Cove on the Bedford Basin.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 6:35:02 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2248(ES44DC) IC 2703(C44-9W) IC 1038(SD70) CN 2596(C44-9W)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
Bottom of the Hill
Title:  Bottom of the Hill
Description:  Dynamic brakes are whining as 120's four GEs brake a heavy train at the bottom of Bedford Hill
Photo Date:  5/13/2013  Upload Date: 5/13/2013 9:34:16 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2596(C44-9W) BCOL 4614(C40-8M) CN 2640(C44-9W) CN 2186(C40-8W)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
407 From The 102
Title:  407 From The 102
Description:  Junk freight 407 passes mile 29 of the Bedford Sub on its way to Truro, NS
Photo Date:  8/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:55:34 PM
Location:  Enfield, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5612(SD70I) CN 9450(GP40-2LW) CN 2598(C44-9W)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Big Train
Title:  Big Train
Description:  5 units lead train 121 at Windsor Jct. in a rare daytime departure.
Photo Date:  1/25/2009  Upload Date: 1/25/2009 5:01:14 PM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2273(ES44DC) CN 8863(SD70M-2) CN 2599(C44-9W) CN 8019(SD70M-2) CN 2426(C40-8M)
Views:  1179   Comments: 0
Yarding 120
Title:  Yarding 120
Description:  A rare BC Rail leader as 120 yards the train in Rockingham.
Photo Date:  1/1/2013  Upload Date: 1/1/2013 5:42:26 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCOL 4612(C40-8M) CN 2244(ES44DC) CN 2600(C44-9W)
Views:  471   Comments: 2
Train 407 at East Shubenacadie
Title:  Train 407 at East Shubenacadie
Description:  ex-CNW Dash-8 leads a trio of GEs towards Truro on a sunny spring morning.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 4/7/2015 7:59:02 PM
Location:  Shubenacadie, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2129(C40-8) CN 2147(C40-8W) CN 2607(C44-9W)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
407 Arriving in Truro
Title:  407 Arriving in Truro
Description:  407 hauls slowly past the Truro VIA station before backing into the yard to pick up local and CBNS traffic.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 4/7/2015 8:00:46 PM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2129(C40-8) CN 2147(C40-8W) CN 2607(C44-9W)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
120 Nearing Wentworth Station
Title:  120 Nearing Wentworth Station
Description:  120's 3 locomotives lean into the curve as they approach the crossing of Valley Rd.
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 4:53:23 PM
Location:  Westchester Sta., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2619(C44-9W)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Snow Storm
Title:  Snow Storm
Description:  120 has just passed the mile 12 hot box detector, and is running at track speed towards Truro.
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 4:57:19 PM
Location:  Debert, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2619(C44-9W)
Views:  181   Comments: 2
Late Intermodal
Title:  Late Intermodal
Description:  With the slow running in Truro behind them, 120 is trying to make up for 3 lost hours, as they head for Halifax
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 2/15/2014 5:01:24 PM
Location:  Stewiacke, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2619(C44-9W)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Train 511 on the Dartmouth Sub
Title:  Train 511 on the Dartmouth Sub
Description:  The loaded gypsum train passes through the Burnside Industrial Park on its way to Wrights Cove, about a mile ahead.
Photo Date:  4/16/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 10:31:38 PM
Location:  Burnside, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5633(SD75I) CN 2622(C44-9W)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
Across the Frozen Pond
Title:  Across the Frozen Pond
Description:  120 is making up for lost time, passing the pond at Bedford Quarry
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:07:39 PM
Location:  Bedford Quarry, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Sweeping Around the Curve
Title:  Sweeping Around the Curve
Description:  120 is on the final approach to Rockingham Yard and the end of its journey.
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:09:22 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
Entering Rockingham Yard
Title:  Entering Rockingham Yard
Description:  120 is crawling down the ladder track in Rockingham Yard. Bedford Basin is in the background
Photo Date:  2/2/2013  Upload Date: 2/3/2013 8:10:41 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2634(C44-9W) CN 8000(SD70M-2) BCOL 4612(C40-8M)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
CN Train 120
Title:  CN Train 120
Description:  framed between the signals at the junction, 120 will shortly begin the descent to Rockingham Yard.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 9:36:37 PM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8959(SD70M-2) CN 2652(C44-9W) CN 2171(C40-8W)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Nine Mile River Crossing
Title:  Nine Mile River Crossing
Description:  120 whips up the snow as the train of mostly empty well cars heads for Rockingham
Photo Date:  1/4/2014  Upload Date: 1/4/2014 7:32:32 PM
Location:  Elmsdale, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2294(ES44DC) CN 2657(C44-9W)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Cold Morning in Nova Scotia
Title:  Cold Morning in Nova Scotia
Description:  It's -16°C as 120 crosses the small causeway over Mill Cove
Photo Date:  1/4/2014  Upload Date: 1/4/2014 7:36:48 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2294(ES44DC) CN 2657(C44-9W)
Views:  188   Comments: 1
Wrecked Fishing Boat
Title:  Wrecked Fishing Boat
Description:  120 slowly pulls past the wreck of the Two Daughters on their way into Rockingham Yard
Photo Date:  1/4/2014  Upload Date: 1/4/2014 7:39:59 PM
Location:  Birch Cove, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Wreck,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2294(ES44DC) CN 2657(C44-9W)
Views:  202   Comments: 2
CN 120 at Windsor Jct.
Title:  CN 120 at Windsor Jct.
Description:  2 hours earlier, Windsor Jct. had been socked in by the fog too, but it has mostly dissipated by now as 120 (with an Illinois Central leader) blasts through. Buried near the end of the train is DPU SD70M-2 8923.
Photo Date:  8/3/2016  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 11:35:41 AM
Location:  Windsor Jct., NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  IC 2722(C44-9W) CN 2659(C44-9W) CN 2141(C40-8W)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Foreign Visitor
Title:  Foreign Visitor
Description:  CP AC4400CW 8655 tags along on 120s power as the train nears Mile 9 of the Bedford Sub.
Photo Date:  1/17/2015  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 6:22:47 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2670(C44-9W) CN 2134(C40-8) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) CP 8655(AC44CW)
Views:  271   Comments: 1
A Rare Visitor
Title:  A Rare Visitor
Description:  CP power is extremely rare in Halifax. This is likely a unit that has been leased to another road and is on CN for HP hours.
Photo Date:  1/17/2015  Upload Date: 1/19/2015 6:24:34 PM
Location:  Rockingham Yard, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2670(C44-9W) CN 2134(C40-8) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) CP 8655(AC44CW)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
Mile 9 of the Bedford Sub
Title:  Mile 9 of the Bedford Sub
Description:  120 is on the approach to Millview and the entrance to Rockingham yard
Photo Date:  7/13/2013  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 11:11:51 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 8856(SD70M-2) CN 8951(SD70M-2) CN 2674(C44-9W)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Intermodal Train 120
Title:  Intermodal Train 120
Description:  120 is rolling along the shore of the Bedford Basin, approaching Rockingham Yard
Photo Date:  8/25/2010  Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:47:10 PM
Location:  Millview, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2685(C44-9W) IC 1001(SD70) IC 2701(C44-9W) CN 2689(C44-9W)
Views:  438   Comments: 1
Intermodal Train 120
Title:  Intermodal Train 120
Description:  Its almost noon, and 120 is coasting down Bedford Hill, past MP 10
Photo Date:  8/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:50:01 PM
Location:  Bedford, NS
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2689(C44-9W)
Views:  343   Comments: 0


Site Design ©2001-2020 Tim Huemmer
Photos © respective authors
  Contact: info@rrpicturearchives.net