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5/10/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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CN shows up while I wait
Title:  CN shows up while I wait
Description:  I was making a pick up at a customer in Lansing Mich, when this CN eastbound with 86 cars showed on the Grand Trunk. Now if the rain would stop
Photo Date:  9/7/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:26:54 AM
Location:  Lansing, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5625(SD70I) CN 9458(GP40-2LW) CN 5024(SD40)
Views:  825   Comments: 0
Into the sun
Title:  Into the sun
Description:  A westbound CN freight rolls past the VIA station at Cornwall as the late day sun lights up the lead unit. Good for photos, not so good if youre the engineer.
Photo Date:  6/13/1989  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 1:59:57 AM
Location:  Cornwall, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5034(SD40) CN 2034(C630M) CN 5228(SD40)
Views:  820   Comments: 0
Old 40s
Title:  Old 40s
Description:  A set of older SD 40s with an HR 616 trailing roll this 32 car eastbound through the shrubbery.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/29/2015 3:48:15 AM
Location:  Beaurepaire, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5040(SD40) CN 5042(SD40) CN 2102(HR616)
Views:  752   Comments: 1
CN westbound
Title:  CN westbound
Description:  This westbound CN train for Winnipeg just met an eastbound and is headed for Minneapolis and eventually the DWP.
Photo Date:  1/6/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2014 3:29:26 AM
Location:  Berwyn, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5617(SD70I) CN 5041(SD40)
Views:  695   Comments: 0
GMD leading
Title:  GMD leading
Description:  Its leading an SD 40, and an MLW, or course. This was one of maybe three GM units we saw on CN that day. This train is eastbound for the port at Halifax.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 5:00:16 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9586(GP40-2LW) CN 5047(SD40) CN 2306(M636)
Views:  886   Comments: 0
Blah day, good power
Title:  Blah day, good power
Description:  A westbound extra-note the white flags, common practice in Canada-rolls through the Royal Botanical Gardens as it makes its way out of Hamilton and onto the Oakville Sub. How about that spreader tucked in behind the power??
Photo Date:  12/30/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 2:53:35 AM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9625(GP40-2LW) CN 2324(M636) CN 5048(SD40)
Views:  1308   Comments: 2
Pair of 40s
Title:  Pair of 40s
Description:  A pair of battered looking SD 40s lead this eastbound through Dorval.
Photo Date:  6/15/1989  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 3:50:02 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5081(SD40) CN 5080(SD40)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
Making a pick up
Title:  Making a pick up
Description:  An eastbound road train has stopped at the yard to set out and pick up. One of the pick ups will be one of the Alcos to go to Hasifax.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 4:08:40 AM
Location:  Edmundston, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CN 2110(HR616) CN 3562(M420W) CN 5082(SD40) CN 5293(SD40-2W)
Views:  1634   Comments: 0
Rolling for Halifax
Title:  Rolling for Halifax
Description:  The eastbound freight has done its work at Edmundston and is now rolling again with 92 cars. As usual, the sun has gone just far enough that the shot is not well lit. Good power, shot it anyway. Now off to dinner and the Journeys End.
Photo Date:  5/28/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 4:11:27 AM
Location:  Edmundston, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 5293(SD40-2W) CN 5082(SD40) CN 3562(M420W) CN 2110(HR616) CN 1786(RS18u)
Views:  1312   Comments: 0
40s west
Title:  40s west
Description:  CN had a large stable of wide cab GP 40s and they showed up on many road trains. Two, along with an SD 40, lead this 88 car westbound.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:09:00 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9614(GP40-2LW) CN 9416(GP40-2LW) CN 5082(SD40)
Views:  785   Comments: 1
Rolling west
Title:  Rolling west
Description:  Train 393 passes Dorval on its way west with 100 cars in tow.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/19/2015 4:02:15 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9429(GP40-2LW) CN 5192(SD40) CN 5092(SD40)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
EMDs east
Title:  EMDs east
Description:  A pair of 40s lead this 89 car eastbound pig train past Dorval station in the late afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/6/1987  Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:38:44 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 9515(GP40-2LW) CN 5100(SD40)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
Eastbound and almost done
Title:  Eastbound and almost done
Description:  An eastbound freight with 92 cars is almost at the end of its run as it passes the Dorval station.
Photo Date:  6/14/1989  Upload Date: 10/21/2015 3:06:01 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 5154(SD40) CN 5236(SD40)
Views:  570   Comments: 0


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