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5/1/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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VRS Train 263
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
Through the Vermont Countryside
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
Next Stop Smithville
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
Crossing Rt. 103
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
Rolling Past the Depot
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
Bridge in the Fields
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
Obligatory Covered Bridge Shot
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
Broadside
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
No Two the Same
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
Maine Northern Leaving the Yard
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
Maine Northern in the Snow
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
Through the Winter Wonderland
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
No Potatoes Today
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
No Need for Water Either
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
Finally, Some Sunshine
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
Snowed In
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
Saint John Transfer
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
507 Crossing the Sackville River
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
Division Point
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
564 Gets Under Way
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
Campbellton Mile Board
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
Jaquet River, NB
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
Setting Off Centerbeams
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
Scale Test Cars
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
Train 503: Done for the Day
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
East End Shunter
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
509 at Woodside
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
Truro Local, Train 515
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
Almost a Meet
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
CN 4722
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: 
Locomotives:  CN 4722(GP38-2) CN 4720(GP38-2)
Views:  826   Comments: 2
Splitting the Signals
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
Roadswitcher 507
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
Roadswitcher 507
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
Mini Ore Train
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
CN 566
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
Crossing Route 430
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
Climbing the Last Mile
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
Top of the Grade
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
VIA Station in Bathurst
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
Power for Train 566
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
Entering the Wye
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
Heading for Dartmouth Yard
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
First Cut of Cars
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
Imperial Oil Refinery
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
Dartmouth Cove
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
Pedestrian Crossing
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
Hugging the Shoreline of Halifax Harbour
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
Local Train 537
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
A New Angle for 509
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
Back in Dartmouth Yard
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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