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Title: |
VRS Train 263 |
Description: |
A pair of red Geeps in the Green Mountains |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:36:11 PM |
Location: |
East Clarendon, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
279 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Through the Vermont Countryside |
Description: |
263 works upgrade through farm country on the way to Bellows Falls |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:38:12 PM |
Location: |
East Wallingford, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
243 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Next Stop Smithville |
Description: |
Train 263 coasts downgrade to the next stop at the talc mine in Smithville. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:42:06 PM |
Location: |
Ludlow, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
328 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Crossing Rt. 103 |
Description: |
263 crosses Rt. 103 again as the train drops down towards Chester. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:48:31 PM |
Location: |
Proctorsville, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
155 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rolling Past the Depot |
Description: |
No stops today as 263 heads for Riverside, near Bellows Falls. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:52:28 PM |
Location: |
Chester, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
215 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Bridge in the Fields |
Description: |
263 threads through a through truss bridge over the Williams River. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:55:52 PM |
Location: |
Chester, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Obligatory Covered Bridge Shot |
Description: |
263 rolls past the recently rebuilt (2012) covered bridge over the Williams River |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:58:09 PM |
Location: |
Bartonsville, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
159 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Broadside |
Description: |
263's two Geeps cross Parker Hill Rd. on a recently rebuilt bridge. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2016 Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:02:31 PM |
Location: |
Rockingham, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
CLP 306(GP40-2) VTR 201(GP38-2) |
Views: |
196 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
No Two the Same |
Description: |
Southbound VRS freight heads out of Rutland with a rainbow of color. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/2012 Upload Date: 9/6/2012 9:01:19 PM |
Location: |
Rutland, VT |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
VTR 312(GP40) GMTX 2189(GP38-2) VTR 308(GP40-2) |
Views: |
581 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Maine Northern Leaving the Yard |
Description: |
After assembling a train of about 40 empty chip and log cars, Extra 2666 North is getting out of town. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 8:42:02 PM |
Location: |
Ft. Kent, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
541 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Maine Northern in the Snow |
Description: |
Extra 2666 has just crossed US Route 1 for the second time, as the train continues towards Madawaska. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 8:43:36 PM |
Location: |
Ft. Kent, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
425 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Through the Winter Wonderland |
Description: |
Extra 2226 North slows as they blow the horn and prepare to cross US Route 1 (in the foreground) once again. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 8:44:36 PM |
Location: |
Frenchville, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
437 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
No Potatoes Today |
Description: |
The potato sheds in the background may still be standing, but it's been years since the BAR or its successors hauled any of that particular agricultural product. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 8:45:05 PM |
Location: |
Frenchville, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
361 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
No Need for Water Either |
Description: |
The three GP38-2s lean into the curve, passing the small musuem at Frenchville. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 8:59:17 PM |
Location: |
Frenchville, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
398 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Finally, Some Sunshine |
Description: |
After picking up more empties in Madawaska, the sun finally shines on X2666N as it crosses an open field. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 9:00:18 PM |
Location: |
Grand Isle, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
448 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Snowed In |
Description: |
The playground will be dormant until some of this snow melts. Meanwhile, the Maine Northern has work to do. |
Photo Date: |
2/20/2014 Upload Date: 2/27/2014 9:01:02 PM |
Location: |
Grand Isle, ME |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
Locomotives: |
GMTX 2666(GP38-2) GMTX 2645(GP38-2) NBSR 9802(GP38-3) |
Views: |
428 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Saint John Transfer |
Description: |
Two geeps have a long transfer in tow as they climb past the Mill St. mile board on their way to the Dever Rd. yard. |
Photo Date: |
10/28/2015 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 7:51:33 PM |
Location: |
Saint John, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NBSR 2610(GP38-3) GMTX 2666(GP38-2) |
Views: |
359 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
507 Crossing the Sackville River |
Description: |
A pair of old warhorses haul cement cars up Bedford Hill on a sunny late summer morning. |
Photo Date: |
9/16/2010 Upload Date: 9/17/2010 9:02:46 PM |
Location: |
Bedford, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 9584(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
467 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Division Point |
Description: |
Train 564 stands ready to go in Campbellton Yard. The milepost in the foreground marks the end of the Newcastle Sub, and the start of the Mont Joli Sub. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:34:39 PM |
Location: |
Campbellton, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
370 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
564 Gets Under Way |
Description: |
After spending most of the morning making up the train, 564 is finally leaving Campbellton at 10:28 |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:35:19 PM |
Location: |
Campbellton, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Campbellton Mile Board |
Description: |
564 is just passing the mile board for Campbellton (yellow triangle) as they head east with a freight for Irvco. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:35:45 PM |
Location: |
Campbellton, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) |
Views: |
424 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Jaquet River, NB |
Description: |
564 has slowed for the causeway and pony truss bridge at Jaquet River. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:36:13 PM |
Location: |
Jaquet River, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
279 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Setting Off Centerbeams |
Description: |
564 has stopped at Irvco, and will set off about a dozen empty centerbeam lumber cars for the mill there. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 4:36:36 PM |
Location: |
Irvco, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4703(GP38-2) CN 4773(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
343 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Scale Test Cars |
Description: |
Three scale test cars are on their way to the Windsor & Hantsport, along with some loads of grain. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2006 Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:13:12 PM |
Location: |
Bedford Quarry, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4711(GP38-2) |
Views: |
710 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Train 503: Done for the Day |
Description: |
Train 503, the West End Shunter, has finished its work for the day in Burnside, and is headed for Dartmouth Yard. |
Photo Date: |
11/23/2012 Upload Date: 12/5/2012 9:46:41 PM |
Location: |
Shannon Park, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 9416(GP40-2LW) CN 4711(GP38-2) |
Views: |
370 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
East End Shunter |
Description: |
Train 509, the evening Dartmouth job, heads east along Halifax Harbour, to Autoport in Eastern Passage |
Photo Date: |
5/13/2013 Upload Date: 5/13/2013 9:39:31 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4717(GP38-2) CN 4125(GP9RM) |
Views: |
305 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
509 at Woodside |
Description: |
The East End Shunter heads back to Dartmouth Yard with 30 autoracks from Autoport. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2013 Upload Date: 8/22/2013 10:18:54 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4107(GP9RM) CN 4717(GP38-2) |
Views: |
325 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Truro Local, Train 515 |
Description: |
515's power shoves their train off the main line and onto the yard lead. Out of sight behind them is VIAs Ocean passenger train. |
Photo Date: |
1/11/2013 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 8:22:07 PM |
Location: |
Truro, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Winter,Station,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4719(GP38-2) CN 7015(GP9RM) |
Views: |
322 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Almost a Meet |
Description: |
511's conductor walks back to the local after lining the switch back for the main line. The Ocean waits on the main line for passengers to arrive by bus from Halifax. |
Photo Date: |
1/11/2013 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 8:29:07 PM |
Location: |
Truro, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4719(GP38-2) |
Views: |
385 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 4722 |
Description: |
GP38-2s 4722 and 4720 cross the Sackville River in Bedford with cars for the Windsor & Hantsport and St. Lawrence Cement. |
Photo Date: |
11/10/2008 Upload Date: 11/10/2008 8:53:25 PM |
Location: |
Bedford, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
CN 4722(GP38-2) CN 4720(GP38-2) |
Views: |
826 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Splitting the Signals |
Description: |
407 passes the signals at MP 29 of the Bedford Sub |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2010 Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:59:56 PM |
Location: |
Enfield, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 5612(SD70I) CN 4720(GP38-2) CN 5636(SD75I) |
Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Roadswitcher 507 |
Description: |
507 passes the remains of two wrecked boats on the shore of Bedford Basin |
Photo Date: |
8/22/2010 Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:57:37 PM |
Location: |
Birch Cove, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4721(GP38-2) CN 9584(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
506 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Roadswitcher 507 |
Description: |
Roadswitcher job 507 returns from Windsor Jct. with an assortment of empty cars. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/2010 Upload Date: 9/13/2010 7:53:00 PM |
Location: |
Bedford, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 9584(GP40-2LW) CN 4721(GP38-2) |
Views: |
487 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mini Ore Train |
Description: |
Train 566 has taken the switch to the wye at the junction. This is the location where the runaway train derailed in 1987. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:59:45 PM |
Location: |
Nepisiguit Jct., NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
476 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 566 |
Description: |
Woodchip and center beam cars will be dropped at Bathurst Lumber. The ore cars will continue on to the mine. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:03:03 PM |
Location: |
Blue Mountain Settlement, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
428 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Crossing Route 430 |
Description: |
566 is struggling on the grade as they near the second crossing of Route 430 |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:04:33 PM |
Location: |
Blue Mountain Settlement, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
419 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Climbing the Last Mile |
Description: |
566 has just about reached the mine at MP 14.7. The tops of the ore hoppers are open for loading. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:07:36 PM |
Location: |
Brunswick Mines, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
473 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Top of the Grade |
Description: |
566 slowly pulls onto the mine property to begin loading the ore cars. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 3:08:44 PM |
Location: |
Brunswick Mines, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
447 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA Station in Bathurst |
Description: |
566's crew has just come on duty. They have a few hours of switching ahead of them before leaving for the Nepisiguit Sub. |
Photo Date: |
6/18/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:18:32 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Station |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
441 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Power for Train 566 |
Description: |
566's 3 units switch the train at the Golf St. crossing in Bathurst. |
Photo Date: |
6/18/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:19:38 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
473 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Entering the Wye |
Description: |
566 enters the west leg of the wye at the junction at 20:11. VIA will be by in the opposite direction in about 20 minutes. |
Photo Date: |
6/18/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 8:20:06 PM |
Location: |
Nepisiguit Jct., NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4125(GP9RM) CN 9675(GP40-2LW) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
338 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heading for Dartmouth Yard |
Description: |
Train 503, the Westend Shunter, heads back to Dartmouth after completing a day's work in the Burnside Industrial Park. |
Photo Date: |
4/16/2013 Upload Date: 4/26/2013 10:31:02 PM |
Location: |
Shannon Park, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4121(GP9RM) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
296 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
First Cut of Cars |
Description: |
A battered pair of GP38-2s hauls autoracks out of the small yard. The Shearwater base Chapel is in the background. |
Photo Date: |
8/12/2013 Upload Date: 8/23/2013 9:57:46 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4772(GP38-2W) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
240 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Imperial Oil Refinery |
Description: |
Train 509 passes the Imperial Oil Refinery in Woodside. The facility will cease refining product in the next year or so, and likely just become a storage farm. |
Photo Date: |
8/12/2013 Upload Date: 8/23/2013 9:58:42 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4772(GP38-2W) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
301 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Dartmouth Cove |
Description: |
509 is slowly approaching Dartmouth Yard as the train parallels a new walking trail along the harbour shoreline. |
Photo Date: |
8/12/2013 Upload Date: 8/23/2013 9:59:27 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4772(GP38-2W) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
195 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Pedestrian Crossing |
Description: |
30 autoracks wrap around Dartmouth Cove behind 509's pair of GP38-2s. A newly constructed walking trail squeezes between the track and harbour. |
Photo Date: |
8/12/2013 Upload Date: 8/23/2013 10:00:48 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4772(GP38-2W) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
244 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Hugging the Shoreline of Halifax Harbour |
Description: |
509 heads back to the yard with about 30 autoracks from the loading facility at the end of the Dartmouth Sub. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2013 Upload Date: 8/23/2013 10:02:17 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4772(GP38-2W) CN 4722(GP38-2) |
Views: |
221 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Local Train 537 |
Description: |
Train 537's two Geeps round the curve near the VIA station with three cars from the Caledonia Industrial Park. |
Photo Date: |
6/17/2012 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:23:48 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4723(GP38-2) |
Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A New Angle for 509 |
Description: |
509's two GP38-2s haul autoracks around the point at Woodside, on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour |
Photo Date: |
8/25/2013 Upload Date: 8/28/2013 5:50:08 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4723(GP38-2) CN 4802(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
209 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Back in Dartmouth Yard |
Description: |
The crew has arrived back in Dartmouth Yard with the first cut of cars from Autoport. They will make another trip later that evening. |
Photo Date: |
8/25/2013 Upload Date: 8/28/2013 5:51:06 PM |
Location: |
Dartmouth, NS |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
CN 4723(GP38-2) CN 4802(GP38-2W) |
Views: |
244 Comments: 1 |
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